Conversing face to face?ÿis a lost art I'm afraid.?ÿ Our culture has reduced conversation to all the clich?? retorts and repetitive replies everyone has touched on here.?ÿ But some of us keep trying.?ÿ If I hear one more millennial talk about "having too much on?ÿhis or?ÿher?ÿplate" when speaking of work load I am going to scream.?ÿ If it's their mouth that they're using..please let me help by stuffing my foot in there.
I enjoy striking up conversations in public with folks that are trying way too hard to let everybody know how displeased they are with having to deal with the rest of us.?ÿ The checkout line at the A&P is a good place, or the corner drug store.?ÿ
There was a lady in front of me at the checkout that seemed pissed that she had to even be at the grocery store.?ÿ?ÿ She griped about the prices, she griped about the way the sacker was handling her food and she even griped about?ÿall the crap you have to punch in the little credit card reader.?ÿ
As she was finishing?ÿup I asked her if she had forgotten dog food.?ÿ She looked at me with an incredulous look that someone was even speaking to her.?ÿ "I don't have a dog" she replied to me in a curt manner.?ÿ I told her?ÿthat was probably a good thing because if she did she would either kick the poor thing when she got home or gotten bit when she walked through the door.?ÿ When she told me I was rude I thanked her for?ÿnoticing?ÿand told her "you too".
After reading all the replies it is quite pleasing to know that I am not the only one who feels the way I do. There many times each day where I just want to hit people in the head with a 32" aluminum baseball bat just to hear the sound. I can only imagine but I'm sure it would be a wonderful sound. I'm sure it would be better than, like, anal, bro, you know what I mean, I'm just saying, To be honest, etc..
"Exactly" has become far too common as well. ?ÿAs in you tell someone something and the first word of the responding sentence is "Exactly, ............." ?ÿ?ÿ
This happens all the time when what you said had no right or wrong or some sort of measure involved.
It's funny, down this way we have the same phrases. Although in any supermarket out in the suburbs, much of the conversation doesn't even reach that level, and grunting appears to be sufficient. And I've seen folk manage to select a meal, confirm whether it is take out or dine in, pay for it and leave without even grunting - just slight differences in the pointing direction of the chin.
We used to have, and probably still do, two odd words "choice" and "grouse" that were used to convey that something was good. And although it must be over 20 years ago I overheard this conversation between two fellows at the gym, as they rested between sets:?ÿ
That's kinda like the joke about an elderly couple that invited friends over for supper. After eating, the guys went to the living room to watch tv and the wives were in the kitchen cleaning up.
The homeowner told the friend about a really great movie they watched the night before.
The friend asked what the name of the movie was. The rest went like this:
Homeowner, after a long pause: "What it the name of that flower that Men are expected to give their wife on special occasions?"
Friend: "A rose?"
Homeowner: "Yes, that's it" and then he turned toward the kitchen and hollered "Hey Rose, what was the name of that movie we watched last night?"
