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Nervous Rex

Nervous Rex

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  • Nervous Rex
    I have been talked down to, patronized, and insulted, but never so much as when the self-checkout station tells me to “place item in bag or cart, then scan next item” for 15 items in a row. Like, “I got it the first time. You can shut up now.”
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    Tristan_USA
    Tristan_USA
    Lol. I actually prefer the self checkout though. I don't normally have issues with them and they're quicker. However I will say the times I do have issues with them it's always them telling me to put the item in the bagging area. I think it's because it's weighing everything to make sure a person doesn't not pay for an item.
    Yeshuasdaughter
    Yeshuasdaughter
    I've learned that most of those stations have volume controls, where you can actually mute her voice!
    Nervous Rex
    Nervous Rex
    Oh! I need to learn how to do that! I was thrilled to learn what button mutes the ads at the gas pump at the gas station near me (Maverik gas station, top right button at the pump).
    Nervous Rex
    My brain is so weird. I woke up in the middle of the night and in my half-awake state I thought, "Oh, it looks like I fell awake."
    Nervous Rex
    Watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy with my wife for the bajillionth time. We usually take about a week to watch the whole thing. Don’t be hasty!
    Nervous Rex
    A friend just told me that he missed me in some meetings that I used to attend because when I was there he “didn’t feel weird.” That’s a compliment, right?
    Rodafina
    Rodafina
    I think so? I think I am that person for people, too. Let’s take it as compliment.
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    Luca
    I’m also that person for people. I agree that we should take it as a compliment.
    My friends may feel weird when I’m not around, but they’re certainly going to be bored :)
    Nervous Rex
    I am an absolute master at putting my foot in my mouth. In any social setting, I can find the most optimally wrong thing to say. The only reliable defense I can find is to keep my mouth shut and never say anything.
    tree
    Nervous Rex
    Nervous Rex
    That’s new to me, too! Thanks! I love stuff like this.

    Looks like it came from the Italian aibofobia. In English, we’d have to add another h: aibohphobia.
    tree
    tree
    Yeah. Italian. The English version is mentioned, too.
    Nervous Rex
    I have interviews and any situation like them where I feel like I'm being put on the spot. I try to look calm and collected, but it makes me slowly build up adrenaline so that by the time it's over, I am shaky and anxious. It takes so long to recover from.
    Nervous Rex
    I’m left-handed, but right-elbowed
    tree
    tree
    How does that work?
    Nervous Rex
    Nervous Rex
    It doesn’t. It’s just me being nonsensical.
    tree
    tree
    Oh. OK. It might have been like how I am right handed and was surprised that it's easier to stand on my left leg and do an exercise than it is to stand on my right leg to do the same type exercise. (Point toes and inscribe circles, about a foot off the ground, leg out stretched.)
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