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Trebor Almasy, September 18th 2006 6:06 pm

Story Time!!!
So I was at my local grocery store today purchasing some essentials and I'm waiting in line to pay the cashier(a highschool student) and the guy in front of me just starts acting retarded.

Now here's a guy who's probably, I'd say about 45, and he's handing the cashier the items from his cart. But when she goes to grab one, he holds onto it. Like a retarded kid. Then she's scanning some fruit (a small purple thing) and he says "if you bruise that before I do..." which is where he's pausing for the laugh. Now here's the problem. It wasn't funny (and after so many comics, believe me,I know not funny.)
So she finally gets done scanning his items, and tells him the total. First he complains "Ten dollars! Aww man..." Then he reaches into his wallet, and pulls out 11, and then as the cashier is reaching for it, he pulls it away. How is that funny? If anything it makes you look like an ass.

Anyone that's worked in a job like that(as I have) knows that a little mindless banter is fine, but don't be a retard. Seriously.

Reader's Comments:

Guest, September 18th 2006 8:54 pm

I sympathize. I scan groceries at a local shop.

I find its important that when a retarded customer comes in, just take a BiC (or a higher-quality pen, if you like) and collect their Adam's Apple with it. If you really get good at it, you can do it in one motion.

doom bubbles (Guest), September 19th 2006 2:24 am

some people dont know the meaning of the words 'stop' and 'moron'..

Admin, September 19th 2006 8:32 pm

Wow... I know exactly why that happened too.

There's a program available on the internet called "Double Your Dating" written by (penname) David DeAngelo, which is designed to help men become better at attracting women. There's also a video series by him called "Cocky Comedy" which focuses on a particular style of flirting that involves being cocky and funny to attract women. In this video he talks about how he likes to mess with cashiers by being cocky and funny. But he also mentions that he likes to "disorient" them by holding on to the credit card when she reaches for it, and also not quite grabbing onto it again when she tries to give it back.

Now, the fact that you've actually blogged about this is kind of a shock to me, because I am actually dedicating myself pretty seriously to this program.

I think a lot of what the guy says is very good and true, but your story is kind of a reality check to me to realize that 1) not everything the guy says is exactly great material and 2) blindly trying to use "tricks" without really "getting it" is just going to screw you over.

Now confronted with this information, its a little bit of a stab to my ego, because until now I was actually feeling pretty good about my progress.

Back to the drawing board I suppose...

Anon (Guest), September 20th 2006 11:49 am

And that is the reason the guy is a 45 year old virgin. It�s a self correcting mechanism to prevent dumb fucks from reproducing.

KatanaSoul, September 22nd 2006 4:50 pm

Don't Give Up Dan! I think this guy just isn't using the advice properly, he's blindly using "tricks" with out getting it as you say. I've read through the double your dating guide, and that stuff definitely needs to be fully understood, or you'll end up looking like an ass.

Remember, the book sais that it will take about 2 years of practice for you to be good at it.

Through my experience, I've learned that you can't win if you don't play, and don't expect to get something if you don't ask. If you fail you just need to try again, when you get a game over in a video game, do you turn it off and don't play it again, or play it over and over again until you win? Also, everything that requires courage is hard at first, but gets easier the more you do it.

That's just my opinion... I think the answer is very simple, but unfortunately still quite hard.

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