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to think that this complete stranger should acknowledge me?

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nevergoogle · 01/08/2011 21:00

I mean, FFS, for the past two years I have walked past this guy on my way to work, every single bleeding morning.
Then, on my way home, we pass each other again.
We live in a small town, there's never anyone else about yet he strides past with his head up and stares straight ahead as if I'm a figment of my own fucking imagination.
I think he works near my house, and i must work near his. It's a 10 minute walk.

Is it too much to expect a 'morning' or a 'fuck sake is it you again trying to get a reaction who the fuck do you think you are?'
fucking something surely!? it's very annoying

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SoupDragon · 02/08/2011 22:01

FGS just say good morning to him.

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nevergoogle · 02/08/2011 22:03

i will. but he wasn't there this morning Hmm

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Animation · 02/08/2011 22:03

Nevergoogle.

How did you get on today?

Do you have a plan? Smile

Animation · 02/08/2011 22:04

Aaw - he wasn't there. Sad

GingerbreadDad · 02/08/2011 22:06

Probably got wind of this thread and thought to dodge the bullet

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nevergoogle · 02/08/2011 22:06

i miss him Smile

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mayorquimby · 02/08/2011 22:08

"even just a little nod, or a smile or hello?
hardly small talk."
Would do my head in if it was someone I knew I was going to see every day. No problem nodding hello to people I pass randomly etc. if I'm in a good mood. If it's everyday I'm going to have to feel like I have to do it when I'm in a shitty mood,in a zombie like state of tiredness, absolutely hanging or simply just wanting to keep my head down,get through work and get home while being left to my own devices.

QuintessentialShadows · 02/08/2011 22:09

Why dont you that the good old classical "Dont worry love, it might never happen!"

Grin
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nevergoogle · 02/08/2011 22:12
Smile
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mayorquimby · 02/08/2011 22:12

hate that one too. I always dead-pan back "it already has, my mum died last night."

Animation · 02/08/2011 22:13

...or you could offer him a sweet - like from a bag of pick and mix.

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nevergoogle · 02/08/2011 22:14

oh no, that would be creepy animation.

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QuintessentialShadows · 02/08/2011 22:14

You could offer him a Sugus sweet (Carloz Luis-Zafon - "the shadow of the wind"), LOL!

notlettingthefearshow · 02/08/2011 22:17

Yes I think you're unreasonable - you shouldn't waste your time getting annoyed with a stranger like this.

He probably thinks, what's the point in saying hello if you clearly are never going to go beyond this? It's just a social nicety with zero meaning. It's tedious saying hello to strangers that you will never say any more to.

Maybe you are one of those lovely cheery people who enjoys saying hello to everyone. And he is not. That's all there is to it.

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nevergoogle · 02/08/2011 22:17
Confused
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limitedperiodonly · 02/08/2011 22:18

You could offer him a barley sugar that had some pocket-lint on it. Then he'd know you wanted to be familiar instead of creepy.

Animation · 02/08/2011 22:21

....aw, how about a nice morning Krispy Kreme dougnut - from a box of 9?

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nevergoogle · 02/08/2011 22:22

it seems there is a fine line between lovely and cheery, and needy.

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ReindeerBollocks · 02/08/2011 22:23

Is he really really tall? Because you just know that really tall people are afraid of us teeny weeny short arses don't you? They think we are like witches and may cast short spells on them, then they become short too and lose the amazing ability to reach the high shelf in supermarkets and stuff....

I bet you that's why he won't nod/say hi to you.

bullet234 · 02/08/2011 22:24

I don't want total strangers saying "hello" on the street to me either, especially when I'm happily daydreaming or I'm trying to keep track of Ds1 channelling the spirit of Perkin Flump whilst Ds2 shrieks "meemee maa maa" and "bubbably" at the same time.

Animation · 02/08/2011 22:25

"It's tedious saying hello to strangers that you will never say any more to."

Nah, there's no such thing as strangers. Nice to say hello I think.

iscream · 04/08/2011 13:15

Yes, they are friends you haven't met yet.

It is very possible Grin that he is a maestro who has been writing a symphony in his head for years now. So, he see's nothing around him, lost in music. But, one day, his masterpiece will be finished, and he will proclaim "I call this.... "nevergoogle!". I don't know why, but the name just came to me?"

ProfessionallyOffendedGoblin · 04/08/2011 13:20

Or he could be pushing the boundaries of human knowledge and understanding, wandering in realms beyond most mortals' ken. Working on a cure for the common cold.
Then all is lost as a cavorting loon shimmies past him, covered in glitter and carrying a set of fluffy handcuffs. Shrieking 'GOOOOOD MOOOORNINGGG!!'
The Person from Porlock reincarnated.

ContraryMartha · 04/08/2011 15:33

Okay ProfGob and Quimby, we got your disapproval the FIRST time. You are fuming all over what is, or could be, a light-hearted thread.

Nevergoogle, you really should plan a special goodbye for him on your last day...
A song perhaps? Glitter definitely...

ContraryMartha · 04/08/2011 16:10

Ask him for a high-five.

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