Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Eel Already washed em. A colleague walked past me and said she says hi earlier, so I went by the tills and said hi. She noticed I was "learning".

I think she wants me to be social or something. I dunno. Humans are weird animals.

@Knuckles-Fajita Humans are gross. A married friend asked me what I was doing for Valentines, assuming I had a date or something. I reminded her that people disgust me.

@HobbitGamer Reminds me of my approach to work.

I love the technical side of my job. Screw customer service. Even newer colleagues have said I'm...let's say... Not all there in the head, so I just relish in being blunt. They like it, probably find it endearing. It's just my normal. I can deal with customers incredibly fast, probably because I know what they want, where it is, and can get them there with minimal words.

Then again today I went on a random tangent about Samuel L Jackson and a skit he did online about being a role model. Verbatim quoted the script.

I do wonder if people think I'm weird. I can do nice, it's just my idea of nice is...minimal fuss and go on your way.

@NEStalgia - That was the exact wording on the different packages that worked me for the upsell. There was original astoundingly imprecise tip, and precision tip for four dollars more. What choice was there at that point. People could have been watching, and I just can’t be known as astoundingly imprecise tip guy.

@Tyranexx
I still active playing DDR Arcade until today at my local game arcade and nobody noticed if i am already 35 years old man. Other peoples thought me as between 20 - 25 years old dude.
I felt disturbed to nowadays young kids that couldn't even play video games (console or handhelds or arcade) properly like they didn't even try or play seriously. I still saw nowadays kids couldn't even play Rhythm games (especially Arcade games) properly. They tend to hit or tap the buttons randomly or as fast as they can without even listening the music and always get Failed result or the lowest score. They didn't even want to learn how to play those games correctly.

@Knuckles-Fajita soon enough you'll be able to recreate this scene

The only reason I remember Valentine's Day even exists is because it's impossible to not see people talking about it online. But I never do anything with it. The only people in my parent's generation of the family who did not get divorced didn't get divorced because one or the other died first. And I've already had cousins in my generation get divorced after only a couple years marriage. At least one friend too.

Relationships fail. That's what they do. If they don't it's only because someone dies before they do.

Oh, speaking of Valentine's Day...
Who will watch Sonic 2020 movie ?

Here in Mexico we call the day of love and friendship.

So it's perfectly ok to spend it with friends and family.

And I'm afraid I won't be watching the Sonic movie that day. Too romantic.

@Eel I already have a "I dont like it when you look at me like that" face apparently.

@Heavyarms55 Valentine's day is purely capitalist manipulation of the masses, as are all public holidays in our modern profit driven society.

I only know this because I had to make up some Valentine's promotions.

I'll watch the Sonic Movie though. I could do with a different kind of disappointment and emptiness in this edition of the marketing chocolate day.

Chocolates go around. We have...

Spooky chocolate day
Holy chocolate day: Origins
Lovey chocolate day
Holy chocolate day 2: Revenge of the Bunny
Chocolate day: 4 kids
Motherly chocolate day
Fatherly chocolate day
Green chocolate day
My chocolate day (everyone gets their own once a year!)
Etc

Chocolate here, chocolate there. In Japan they have two lovey chocolate days!

Yeah, that's what they WANT you to believe...

Wii game party by midway confirmed

Ah, that one. I do believe that I've actually got that installed on my modded Wii as well.

@Tyranexx Hand-cheese? Wow, lady. If you're trying to gross me out, you're doing a fine job already...
But yeah, I hate people with greasy hands touching my controllers. Luckily, I don't have any of those kinds of people in my circle of friends and family. And if the kids have sticky fingers because of candy or whatever, then I'll of course tell them to clean them up first, before they're allowed to touch anything.

As for being too careful: I won't say that there's no such thing, but you've never come across as such, and if wanting to take care of your precious belongings means being too careful, well... then I'm probably the same. And I think others on here will probably also agree.

@ThanosReXXX well, if it wasn't in their cups, it sure was in mine 😉

@NintendoByNature - Somehow, I’ve never played beer pong. It seems weird to say, but it hadn’t yet been “invented” during my binge drinking days, mostly in college. Back then, we played a lot of Three Man, which was a dice drinking game, and also some card game I can’t even remember anymore. The thing that bothers me about beer pong when I’ve seen it played is that the ball may as well be a used urinal mint by the time it lands in a solo cup because it’s been everywhere by that point. It wouldn’t have stopped me from playing if I knew about the game when I was younger though. I would have just powered past those thoughts.

I pretty much ignore Valentine's Day; it's too commercial and mushy for my liking. I even know married couples that don't really pay attention to it. I consider it to be the most useless holiday.

I'm much more partial to Discount Chocolate Day on the 15th. 😉

@MarioLover92 One of my Windows Theme backgrounds on my work laptop came with an image that directly references the blister from those games! XD

@Anti-Matter I personally wouldn't think anything of it if I saw someone playing DDR. There aren't any machines near where I live, so it's kinda hard to practice lol. I'm also personally not that great at rhythm games.

Why a kid can or can't play a game depends on a lot of factors, but I think some of it is because they're used to touch-based games and are less used to games with buttons.

@ThanosReXXX Hand cheese is just what I've seen it referred to as online. It thankfully doesn't come up often these days, but I know I touched a few pretty gross controllers in my younger days.

I may be a bit too careful at times, considering the fact I play some of my handheld devices with a light cloth barrier (typically a thin shirt) between my hands and the machine itself to stave off moisture stains and fingerprints; darn Nintendo and some of their shinier surface coatings on some devices lol. That was a problem with the Wii U GamePad and my OG 3DS. Using a shirt is more common during the summer months; I deal with dry hands during the winter, so it isn't much of a problem this time of the year.

@bimmy-lee i was a master bouncer in my yout. That and quarters were my go-to games. What we always did so no one got rabies from anyone else was fill the cups with water and chug a good amount of beer so we weren't sharing cups. Flippy cup was always fun too. Ahh the glory days.
I would've pegged you as a beer ponger from miles away. Well if you ever visit Chicago, all we need a wood door no one is using and some stands to hold it up. We can easily do a 1 on 1. The good thing about beer pong is even if you lose, you're drinking 😂

@Link-Hero honestly...i hear what you're saying but when youre caught up in the every day cycle of work, kids, schedules etc. It Almost forces couples who don't get to express thier affection for one another, the time to go out and have 1 on 1 attention that they don't normally get to do. We don't get each other lavish gifts( my wife and I), but we usually get to go out and have dinner for a couple hours which happens maybe 3 or 4 times a year. So it does have some good.

@Knuckles-Fajita Same here, yo. I’m great with customer service and training events, etc. But it’s very tiring because I’m trying to hide the fact that I have general disdain for most of the audience. My colleagues that appreciate me the most are the ones that like my short-worded and to-the-point style. Why say more words when less will do.

@NintendoByNature - I’ll bring a door to Chicago with me, just in case all your doors are in use. That’s next level technique there with the water in the cups. Smart. Completely alleviates my major concern about the sport. I was probably the ponger you thought I was, except my experience was in a different arena of beer drinking as a sport.

@HobbitGamer - I like your short worded style. Remember when I called you through the NSO app because I was freaked out about how I should politely leave the first online Smash match I had ever played? Turns out you just leave and everyone assumes you’re not (are) rage quitting. That remains the one and only time I’ve ever used the app.

@bimmy-lee Haha, that was priceless. 😂