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OK, so a little background.

I am at work at the moment, I work the desk 3rd shift at a hotel. I was outside, smoking a cigarette, when a guest came through the lobby and started to walk to his car.

This is the extent of the conversation we had...

Guest: "Smoking a cigarette, huh?"

Me: "Yeah"

That's it.

Within about 3 seconds, I realized just how utterly meaningless and stupid both of our statements were. This happens more often than most of us realize and we're all guilty of it at some point or another.

Anyone agree, or have a similar "stupid" conversation they would like to share?

You made it stupid by not going on with his statement, all you did was agree with his statement,that you were smoking a cigerette, there was no banter from you, indeed most conversations start up with meaningless observations, its just a way of breaking the ice.
Sorry, but the fault here is all yours.

You should have replied, 'No, it's a chicken' :(

You should have replied, 'No, it's a chicken' :(

Right. I'm putting you on report. Two times in as many minutes, Moleland, I dunno...

;) Took me a second to get that.

Would total silence be any better?

Right. I'm putting you on report. Two times in as many minutes, Moleland, I dunno...

;) Took me a second to get that.

W00t!

'Right that's it, you're going on report for singing, whistling and being quiet.'

I had a conversation once that went like this.

Me: *playing my Gameboy*
Guy: ...Yo.
Me: Hi.
Guy: ...
Me: ...
Guy: ...*buys a pretzel and eats some of it*
Me: ...You gonna finish that?
Guy: ... *walks off*

Anyone agree, or have a similar "stupid" conversation they would like to share?





I read your post,






that was a waste of time...

Hey ive been against logical convo since like forever man!
Talking is like so you like that programme?
Yeah
Cool
I liked that actor
yeah
Moleland is funny
yeah


YOUR ALL A BUNCH OF BLENDERS!

You made it stupid by not going on with his statement, all you did was agree with his statement,that you were smoking a cigerette, there was no banter from you, indeed most conversations start up with meaningless observations, its just a way of breaking the ice.
Sorry, but the fault here is all yours.

True, but considering he didn't even stop walking as he made his statement, and by the time I replied he was walking away towards his car with his back turned, I didn't really feel the need to try and start an in depth conversation.

I read your post, that was a waste of time...

Then so was responding. :rolleyes:

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WTF???

OK, so a little background.

I am at work at the moment, I work the desk 3rd shift at a hotel. I was outside, smoking a cigarette, when a guest came through the lobby and started to walk to his car.

This is the extent of the conversation we had...

Guest: "Smoking a cigarette, huh?"

Me: "Yeah"

That's it.

Within about 3 seconds, I realized just how utterly meaningless and stupid both of our statements were. This happens more often than most of us realize and we're all guilty of it at some point or another.

Anyone agree, or have a similar "stupid" conversation they would like to share?


He was telling you that you were looking disreputable, and lowering the class of the hotel.

Isn't it obvious?

He was telling you that you were looking disreputable, and lowering the class of the hotel.

Isn't it obvious?



This is exactly like my superior commenting on jewelry I apparently wasn't allowed to wear at work:

Him: My my, that's a lot of nice jewelry you have.

Me: Why, thank you.

Him: *reaches into briefcase and hands me a company policy handbook*

Me: Oh :(

YOUR ALL A BUNCH OF BLENDERS!

It has been my pleasure to be insulted in a variety of ways, some infinately witty, others painstakingly crafted to be cruel. I have seen the vulgar and the violent, the tounge-in cheek and the left-handed compliment. I have been stung by a sharpened tounge and jabbed with a unintentional barb.

I have seen a host of insults visited against my person the likes of which I had not imagined possible. I have derserved most of them, indeed, perhaps all of them.






But I have never been called a blender.

This is exactly like my superior commenting on jewelry I apparently wasn't allowed to wear at work:

Him: My my, that's a lot of nice jewelry you have.

Me: Why, thank you.

Him: *reaches into briefcase and hands me a company policy handbook*

Me: Oh :(

Yeah, it's typical behaviour for smug assholes. :mad:

Yeah, it's typical behaviour for smug assholes. :mad:

Yeah, we should just be allowed to break all the rules!!!1111!1 What a wanker. :rolleyes:

Yeah, we should just be allowed to break all the rules!!!1111!1 What a wanker. :rolleyes:

It's not that you're breaking the rules, it's that they invariably broach the topic while faking a friendly appearance, then turn on you with their 'real' intention.

It wouldn't surprise me in the least if Mr. 'Smoking a Cigarette?' dude has subsequently complained to management about a certain staff member smoking outside.

OK, so a little background.

I am at work at the moment, I work the desk 3rd shift at a hotel. I was outside, smoking a cigarette, when a guest came through the lobby and started to walk to his car.

This is the extent of the conversation we had...

Guest: "Smoking a cigarette, huh?"

Me: "Yeah"

That's it.

Within about 3 seconds, I realized just how utterly meaningless and stupid both of our statements were. This happens more often than most of us realize and we're all guilty of it at some point or another.

Anyone agree, or have a similar "stupid" conversation they would like to share?

Many times , I wish something like that would be the whole of a conversation. I've been around some people who cannot be quiet. They feel like for some reason they have to fill the void with babble.



That person sounds like they were just being friendly. Although if it were me walking past you.. I would've just Hello or nothing at all. At least they went about their way and let you enjoy your smoke :)

It wouldn't surprise me in the least if Mr. 'Smoking a Cigarette?' dude has subsequently complained to management about a certain staff member smoking outside.

First of all, I'm still at work, and the manager is not in today.

Secondly, nearly the entire front desk staff smokes, and the only place where we are allowed to do so is out front so that we can immedeatly put out our cigarette and go back inside if a guest requires assistance.

Lastly, if he were to complain, which I know he won't, since he is also a smoker (he's staying in a smoking room)...my manager would act like she was concerned, and then forget that the entire conversation ever took place.

It wouldn't surprise me in the least if Mr. 'Smoking a Cigarette?' dude has subsequently complained to management about a certain staff member smoking outside.
No one should smoke. It kills, costs money to kill yourself and makes your teeth yellow.
Me, I am as white as the fresh snow falling in December.

(It means I never smoked)

Me, I am as white as the fresh snow falling in December.

Die racist fucktard!11! :mp5: :mp5: :sniper: :sniper: :mp5: :mp5:

Secondly, nearly the entire front desk staff smokes, and the only place where we are allowed to do so is out front so that we can immedeatly put out our cigarette and go back inside if a guest requires assistance.
You should but Nicorette patches (or what you have in your country) with your money instead of cigarettes.

Die racist fucktard!11! :mp5: :mp5: :sniper: :sniper: :mp5: :mp5:
I didn't mean to say that... It was just a "parabola"...

I didn't mean to say that... It was just a "parabola"...

Explain yourself, prejudiced one

Explain yourself, prejudiced one

He was talking about his teeth. Sheesh, learn to understand what you're reading, please.

Explain yourself, prejudiced one
I said I was as pure and virgin (not talking about sex) as the fresh, fairy-like snow... I never touched a cigarette...

He was talking about his teeth. Sheesh, learn to understand what you're reading, please.
Exactly!

Exactly!

And you! Get off his back about the smoking thing. Sheesh.

(I'm an equal-opportunity assh*le.)

I said I was as pure and virgin (not talking about sex) as the fresh, fairy-like snow... I never touched a cigarette...

Holy crap the repo men have been busy lately.

What was the parabola thing about?

And you! Get off his back about the smoking thing. Sheesh.

(I'm an equal-opportunity assh*le.)
Why? Are you a smoker? Go buy Nicorettes!

No one should smoke. It kills, costs money to kill yourself and makes your teeth yellow.
Me, I am as white as the fresh snow falling in December.

(It means I never smoked)


Good for You!

I quit smoking cold turkey once. I felt great.. not only cuz I wasn't smoking ( that was a big part tho-mentally and physically) but I was excersizing regularly, eating nutritious foods, quit drinking, got rid of dead weight (loser bf) worked a good job ( only had to work 3 days, 2 12hrs on weekends with one 8hr during the week and made pretty good money ) and was in college heading towards my B.S. in Biology.

Since then I went back to smoking.. drinking.. lost the job.. quit school.. stopped excersizing regulary.. don't eat quite as nutritious food.. got back with the sorry bf ( broke up now tho -- for good!) became a hermit went through depression and regret. I will turn my life around and appreciate the good much more then I did that first time. Stopping smoking is gonna be a bit harder than it was that first go around I think. :(

So, you mean small talk is stupid. It can be, or it can be reassuring to know that there is someone to talk to, who'll give you a little opener like that for free.

I quit smoking cold turkey once. I felt great.. not only cuz I wasn't smoking ( that was a big part tho-mentally and physically) but I was excersizing regularly, eating nutritious foods, quit drinking, got rid of dead weight (loser bf) worked a good job ( only had to work 3 days, 2 12hrs on weekends with one 8hr during the week and made pretty good money ) and was in college heading towards my B.S. in Biology.
Good!

Since then I went back to smoking.. drinking.. lost the job.. quit school.. stopped excersizing regulary.. don't eat quite as nutritious food.. got back with the sorry bf ( broke up now tho -- for good!) became a hermit went through depression and regret. I will turn my life around and appreciate the good much more then I did that first time. Stopping smoking is gonna be a bit harder than it was that first go around I think. :(
That is less good...

Why? Are you a smoker? Go buy Nicorettes!

I've never smoked a damn day in my life. But people who annoy smokers in this latest form of prohibition make me want to so damn badly.

Their money, their bodies, their problem. Let them be.

If it was me I'd be all super-defensive about smoking. Primarily because people have a tendency to feel it's OK to go off on smokers, who along with Muslims, are rapidly becoming the black sheep of the globe.

Guest: Smoking a cigarette, eh?

Me: Yeah. Got a problem with that, motherfucker? I'm well within my rights as a citizen, as a productive employee, as an American, as a consumer, to purchase and utilize in the proper fashion a pack of cigarettes. You may call me a murderer, but I could call you an idiot and we'll see which accusation is more likely to stand up in a court of law. People who call smokers murderers apparently don't know what murder is, or don't care if they make a mockery of justice in their attempts to justify their oh-so-clean lifestyle. Is that a car you're getting into, by the way? Yes it is. Do you know that cars produce far more air pollution each minute than 1,000 cigarettes could? Sure, okay, I made that particular statistic up. But since when did you anti-smokers care about made-up statistics anyway? You'll gladly suck up whatever the anti-smoking lobby will offer you cretins as 'proof' of how rotten and evil cigarette smoking is. Meanwhile people die in the tens of thousands on the freeways, in the tens of thousands due to cancer caused by air pollution, but hey let's irrationally blame the cigarette smokers. Why don't you back away from me before I burn my butt out in your eye, you hypocritical sack of maggot puke. Since you've already convicted me of murder, I certainly have no problems merely fulfilling your wet dreams by doing you physical harm - especially when you get in my face about my personal choices. Yeah, that's right. Back the fuck off.

There. Interesting, stimulating conversation!

True, but considering he didn't even stop walking as he made his statement, and by the time I replied he was walking away towards his car with his back turned, I didn't really feel the need to try and start an in depth conversation.


You could have yelled out, sorry but the fault here is still all yours.
I suggest some people skills classes could be beneficial for you here.

me: (smoking a cigarette)

not very skinny woman: (eating a hotdog and drinking a coke) You know that's bad for you, right?

me: Are you kidding?

me: (smoking a cigarette)

not very skinny woman: (eating a hotdog and drinking a coke) You know that's bad for you, right?

me: Are you kidding?This causes me many complex emotions, grappling for power; however, the one that has come out on top can be best expressed in seven letters: ROFLMAO.

:D

The conversation ended prematurely, I thought.

I feel the same way about passing people in the hall at work. You only need to greet someone once a day. You don't have to smile and say hello every time you see the same person in the bathroom/kitchen/hallway/copy room.
:headbang:

Why? Are you a smoker? Go buy Nicorettes!

Just for that I'm lighting up one of my Davidoffs. If someone wants to smoke they should be allowed to. I mostly smoke cigars, but I will use an occasional high end cigarette, such as Davidoff, Cartier, Lucky Strike, or if I can get a hold of them, Cohibas.

Just for that I'm lighting up one of my Davidoffs. If someone wants to smoke they should be allowed to. I mostly smoke cigars, but I will use an occasional high end cigarette, such as Davidoff, Cartier, Lucky Strike, or if I can get a hold of them, Cohibas.
Differents makes "taste" different? I didn't know...
I've never smoked a damn day in my life. But people who annoy smokers in this latest form of prohibition make me want to so damn badly.

Their money, their bodies, their problem. Let them be.
No! Don't let them be!! It destroys the environnement!! The Smoke!! I'm Becoming a hippie!! I have to stop yelling and go eat a tangerine!!

me: (smoking a cigarette)

not very skinny woman: (eating a hotdog and drinking a coke) You know that's bad for you, right?

me: Are you kidding?
But was it diet coke?

OK, so a little background.

I am at work at the moment, I work the desk 3rd shift at a hotel. I was outside, smoking a cigarette, when a guest came through the lobby and started to walk to his car.

This is the extent of the conversation we had...

Guest: "Smoking a cigarette, huh?"

Me: "Yeah"

That's it.

Within about 3 seconds, I realized just how utterly meaningless and stupid both of our statements were. This happens more often than most of us realize and we're all guilty of it at some point or another.

Anyone agree, or have a similar "stupid" conversation they would like to share?it's called "Small Talk." It's meaningless, it's stupid, and it's a replacement for
Guest "hi"
You: "hi"
guest Getting into car: "Bye"
you: "bye"

Their money, their bodies, their problem. Let them be.
Their money, but not just their bodies or their problem. Maybe if people ONLY smoked in the privacy of their own homes with other smokers, but that is rarely, if ever, the case. You know since smoke is SMOKE ir permeates throught the air and since the carcinogens arn't touch activated, they float throguh the air with the smoke - its called second hand smoke and its just great

Dad: Is that the sun or the moon?
Me: *checks, gets blinded* It's the sun...
Dad: ....oh.

Dad: Is that the sun or the moon?
Me: *checks, gets blinded* It's the sun...
Dad: ....oh.

*blinks*

How did this question arise?

*blinks*

How did this question arise?
We were driving, sun was covered in clouds. It KINDA looked like the moon, but the whole blinding thing gave it away.

I've got a million of these with my dad. I just try to forget about them about 3 seconds after they occur. They are so random...


Dad: So...weather is nice today!
Me:...Yeah...
Dad:...
Me:...
Dad:...*20 minutes later*...
Me:...

We were driving, sun was covered in clouds. It KINDA looked like the moon, but the whole blinding thing gave it away.

I've got a million of these with my dad. I just try to forget about them about 3 seconds after they occur. They are so random...


Dad: So...weather is nice today!
Me:...Yeah...
Dad:...
Me:...
Dad:...*20 minutes later*...
Me:...Lol, I can totally imagine that! :D

*Me answering a math question before the teacher finished reading it...my class is stupid...*

Person 1: Wow.

Me: I know.


This is why I prefer IMing, email and forum posting.

Yeah, the great thing about posting is that you can edit your posts... the bad thing is that you can't interrupt. You can't be nearly as annoying as in RL. ;)

Yeah, the great thing about posting is that you can edit your posts... the bad thing is that you can't interrupt. You can't be nearly as annoying as in RL. ;)

I try not to go to RL...but I just can't resist my inner loser...

EDIT: Oops, for some reason, I though RL meant role-playing. I must've been high.

erm...well I was riding my bike the other day...and some crazy lady from up the street runs out of her house and yells "no helmet!!!"
she continues to lecture me for about 10 minutes about helmet safety and stuff while her daughter is sitting there about to cry. she then starts talking about dimples with me, and I tried to ride away but she again stopped me to talk about her friend's son whos head got run over by a car...
"if he had only been wearing a HELMET, his head wouldnt have been crushed"
I rode away and she was yelling after me "you may think im crazy, but at least I am healthy!!!!!!"

The end...
Pain and Misery

erm...well I was riding my bike the other day...and some crazy lady from up the street runs out of her house and yells "no helmet!!!"
she continues to lecture me for about 10 minutes about helmet safety and stuff while her daughter is sitting there about to cry. she then starts talking about dimples with me, and I tried to ride away but she again stopped me to talk about her friend's son whos head got run over by a car...
"if he had only been wearing a HELMET, his head wouldnt have been crushed"
I rode away and she was yelling after me "you may think im crazy, but at least I am healthy!!!!!!"

The end...
Pain and Misery


Now I understand your name...

The stupidest conversation I ever had went like this:

Me: Hello, [name deleted], you ultra sexual beast you!

[name deleted]: ... *kicks shins*

Me: What was that for!?!

Note we are both male, he is Christian (hence the homophobia) and I am heterosexual.

We do such things to him to annoy him. A lot.

Yeah, the great thing about posting is that you can edit your posts... the bad thing is that you can't interrupt. You can't be nearly as annoying as in RL. ;)
Somehow you succeed to be though. :D

The stupidest conversation I ever had went like this:

Me: Hello, [name deleted], you ultra sexual beast you!

[name deleted]: ... *kicks shins*

Me: What was that for!?!

Note we are both male, he is Christian (hence the homophobia) and I am heterosexual.

We do such things to him to annoy him. A lot.

Hopefully next time he kicks u, he aims for your head.

I've seen some interesting responses to my original topic. :)

I'd like to thank everyone who didn't hijack this thread into one about smoking.

Some people just can't ever seem to seperate themselves from issues that they feel strongly about. :p

I've seen some interesting responses to my original topic. :)

I'd like to thank everyone who didn't hijack this thread into one about smoking.

Some people just can't ever seem to seperate themselves from issues that they feel strongly about. :p

Like Cod.

Which I firmely believe in.

"Oh dear, you seem to have fallen down a thirty foot well, are you okay?"