Yet another rant from an antisocial grocery store worker here.
Honestly, this is something I will probably never understand, so any "questions" in this thread are more just me explaining my viewpoint, but if you wish to try and explain it to me, feel free to, I won't feel offended or anything, and I hope you guys don't either.
With that said...
Sometimes I'm at work (it even happens in other places while not at work), I'm minding my own business, doing whatever it is I need to be doing at the time, whether it is working, or even shopping at another store.
No matter what I'm doing, or how intently I seem focused upon doing whatever it is I'm doing, there's always some... person .... who walks up to me, or past me, or whatever and feels the need to strike up a conversation with me, out of the blue, for no apparent reason.
Sometimes they'll ask me what I think about the weather, for some God-only-knows-why reason. Um, dude, I probably have pretty much the same thoughts as you about the weather. 'My, that's some weather we having there'.... um, hello, Captain Obvious. I needed you to tell me that, yes I did. *rolls eyes* I didn't know that it was pouring cats-and-dogs or that the snow was rolling in like a Blizzard or it was so cold that your drool freezes inside of your mouth, I somehow missed that point.
Or if I'm at work, they'll go "Working hard, eh!?". Nah, not at all! In fact, I'm standing there holding a 20lb+ box in my hands because I felt the need to start working out, you know. I didn't wanna go to a gym because their membership fees are overpriced, so I thought I'd do some volunteer work, and pump some iron... err.... boxes full of cans, etc, instead! Yeah, that's it... *grumbles* Of course I'm working, Captain Obvious. What the *bleeep* does it look like I'm doing!?
And then, there's the people who walk right up to me, stand in front of me while I'm trying to do something and they'll go "How you doing, man!?" or "Whatdya say!?" And I'm like "Oi...."
Okay, dude, I don't know you, first off. Second, I have about 10 other things on my mind right now, and chances are you probably made me forget something. Thanks. Third of all, get out of my way, can't you see I'm trying to do something!?
Honestly.
I don't really understand why people try to talk to me IRL... I'm this lone wolf guy who prefers to keep to myself, keep my own nose in my own business. Maybe if I'm bored I'll do some idle chatter or something, but really I'm not too terribly interested in it, and if I could have a day where I don't talk to a single person, I'm perfectly fine with that. I'm much better at talking online than I am RL, when I have time to choose my words carefully and when I don't have to worry about things like physical appearance and eye contact that everyone else seems to value so highly.
The bottom line is, I don't even know you people, why the heck are you trying to strike up conversations with me? If I were a woman, I'd at least understand and could find some logic in a guy trying to talk to me, but I'm a guy. Why are all these other guys trying to talk to me? Argh. It drives me nuts!
I'd prefer to just be left alone, unless there was some actual business. If I'm at work and someone walks up to me and politely asks me what aisle something is in, I'll gladly help the person. I have nothing against doing something like that, but for idle chatter, I just.... don't see the necessity in it, I guess.
Anyways, its nice to blow steam now and then...
Hope you enjoyed yet another one of my rants, lol.