People who keep looking "backwards" while standing in line
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Isn't it sort of like "cheating" for attention from strangers if they have a captive audience already looking right at them?
Was getting some coffee this afternoon & the guy who was currently being served couldn't pay attention to the barista if is life depended on it.
Wonder if these same people also look "backwards" at shows?
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sideshow Bob
I turn around @ shows
I turn around @ shows sometimes just to see the light show in a different perspective or to see if anyone is stealth taping from the balcony/ loge/ mezzanine.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 19.5 Degrees
I turn around @ shows
I turn around @ shows sometimes just to see the light show in a different perspective or to see if anyone is stealth taping from the balcony/ loge/ mezzanine.<<<
Not necessarily referring to people looking for something behind them or even saying that one ought not look backward; however, there are clearly some people who *only* look backwards to scope out other people often. Not saying the occasional scope is bad either, I'm talking about "habitual offenders".
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: fish
every time I look over my
every time I look over my shoulder I see the same folks eyeballing me
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jeff
Is staring and admiring
Is staring and admiring oneself in shop front windows similar? If so I am a bad offender.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call"
You see the same people
You see the same people serving you. You see different people in line for service.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High
In line for a show, or
In line for a show, or standing in GA at a show, all you can see if you look ahead of you are the backs of peoples' heads, unless they're turned around. Looking backward you can see who's there.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Thumbkinetic
Boobs. Duh.
Boobs.
Duh.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ________
This user has the best
This user has the best threads
how the fuck do you come up with this stuff?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Old Fart Message Board
So should they only look
So should they only look forward at all times? How bout sideways?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: An organ grinder’s tune
i try not to wait in lines.
i try not to wait in lines.
but fuck i hate people standing behind me.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Johnny D
^When I'm the last one to
^When I'm the last one to enter a crowded elevator (which I usually am), I stand with my back to the door. It probably makes people feel awkard that I'm the only one standing in the opposite direction as everyone else (and they have to actually see my face), but I'm not one to face a door/wall when it's a few inches from my nose.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: hooper
Strange thought process
Strange thought process
Yes, I look in every direction pretty much no matter where I am
Kind of strange to just look forward
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Oaksterdam Dan
Ever think maybe there just
Ever think maybe there just backwardass people!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: St. Mark
People in my area get really
People in my area get really impatient and put off nervous, boarderline homicidal energy while standing in lines.
It's kind of unnerving.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MarkD
JohnnyD, I do that
JohnnyD, I do that intentionally. Really puts some folk off.
And I spend more time looking behind me in line than looking forward. Who wants to look at the back of folks heads? And you can only stare at that cute ass up ahead for so long. Looking back you can see if any friends are behind you.
I don't get your point.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: treat island
I look around in all
I look around in all directions in lines; I'm a curious person.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: charmskooldropout
I'm next, suckers
I'm next, suckers
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ...
look around
look around
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ausonius
"Is staring and admiring
"Is staring and admiring oneself in shop front windows similar? If so I am a bad offender."
So easy to believe. And it explains so much.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Tim
I love to people watch
I love to people watch
With cell phones most people don't even know I am looking
Air shows are the best place to look at boobs
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Bluelight
I was at the bank yesterday
I was at the bank yesterday and few folks behind me were coughing, so I moved closer to the teller and I feel a short guy breathing on my shoulder, it was this really cool old vet with a gin-blossom nose. Salt of the earth.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Fly
I hate lines except for
I hate lines except for concerts. I do not wait in line for "fast food" or convenience stores. If there are more than 3 people in front of me at a coffee shop, I'll go next door or go without. I laugh hard and mock those that wait 20 deep in line for their stupid pink drink with nonfat milk and swirls of chocolate at starbucks. THAT is a true custy. When forced, I will be patient and just kinda look around- back, forward, front, art on the wall, whatever. Im big on personal space so If someone gets too close in line I will give them the stink eye. people are funny, self included
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Johnny D
I admit that this bugs me
I admit that this bugs me when I observe this happening at the front of the line I'm in (add nose-to-the smartphone while cashier waits for the payment to the list). Pay attention to your business transaction then get out of the way for the next customer. It's OK to be pleasant and enjoy a friendly, brief interaction with the staffperson, as long as it doesn't impede efficiency too much. Teamwork, folks:
>>>>>>>the guy who was currently being served couldn't pay attention to the barista if is life depended on it.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Johnny D
Fly,
Fly,
I have an addiction to strong coffee, so I'm willing to wait for it. Trust me: everyone wants to keep me caffeinated. Just straight coffee for me, but I can't begrudge those who want to sample other fares that the store offers.
In fact, I have an unnatural affection for the person who actually hands me that cup of coffee. They get to see my true grateful/happy face.
To each their own.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Scarlet
What drive me even crazier is
What drive me even crazier is the people who stand too close in line.. The other day I stopped at Sheetz and this guy was super close behind me. The more I moved away, the closer he came. When I got to the register, he was right next to me instead of waiting at the little waiting sign. I was in a bad mood so I turned to him and really bitchy said, "would you like to pay for my order???" He looked at me like he had no idea what he did... argh!!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lucky Day
Why is backwards in quotation
Why is backwards in quotation marks in the thread title?
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(((personal space)))
(((personal space)))
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^^ That's 19.5's "signature"
^^ That's 19.5's "signature" - It separates him from the rest and helps us to identify the poster without needing to open the thread.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: charmskooldropout
you people are what makes
you people are what makes standing in line unpleasant
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Johnny D
^That's what my 14-year-old
^That's what my 14-year-old son tells me all the time.
I'm a walking, talking, backwards-looking Faux-Pas in action.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee
Maybe they're just paranoid?
Maybe they're just paranoid?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: treat island
^That's what my 14-year-old
Fixed that for you
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Chuck511
>>>I turn around @ shows
>>>I turn around @ shows sometimes just to see the light show in a different perspective
Used to love doing that at Dead shows. It amazed me how the light show looked from the front looking back. Stunning!
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.....if ya look at it right
.....if ya look at it right
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: O'Toole
>>>What drive me even crazier
>>>What drive me even crazier is the people who stand too close in line..
Ignorant mofo's, can't stand that business either. Sometimes i move sideways a bit but still hold my place.
We got in trouble one year at the Aerosmith ride at hollywood studios. We had like a nice five foot gap in front of us. They were all serious about tightening up the line, even threatened to toss us out. Disneyworld and amusement parts are notorious for people impatient and breathing on your neck.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Johnny D
Mais Joouudeeet!
Mais Joouudeeet!
Yue duu nut lake maie Fronch?
Zut alors!!!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 19.5 Degrees
What drive me even crazier is
What drive me even crazier is the people who stand too close in line.. The other day I stopped at Sheetz and this guy was super close behind me. The more I moved away, the closer he came. When I got to the register, he was right next to me instead of waiting at the little waiting sign. I was in a bad mood so I turned to him and really bitchy said, "would you like to pay for my order???" He looked at me like he had no idea what he did... argh!!<<<
I'm with you, this is worse. It's almost like said people who line up to the side secretly wish they could plow right through you and be "next". Glad you confronted him, I'm going to hijack that line!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 19.5 Degrees
Why is backwards in quotation
Why is backwards in quotation marks in the thread title?<<<
Because ultimately, who am I to tell anyone which direction they face is "forward"?
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^^ That's 19.5's "signature"
^^ That's 19.5's "signature" - It separates him from the rest and helps us to identify the poster without needing to open the thread.<<<
I find the use of scare quotes in a descriptive manner (linguistically speaking) to be very "liberating" in so far as it's expressive capabilities.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: _________
Never Stand Directly Behind A
Never Stand Directly Behind A Female In Any Line It Is Disrespectful And Always Allow Space - Courtesy Courtesy Courtesy !
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jeff
I wonder what Ned will have
I wonder what Ned will have to say about all of this 19.5?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jazfish
Cool thread. Those folks that
Cool thread. Those folks that go against the flow, also.
Damn , Wrong Way Corrigans.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: dimethyllovebeam
>>>People who keep looking
>>>People who keep looking "backwards" while standing in line
witness protection program
>>>And Always Allow Space
^this..
love the dense fucks who nudge their cart into you at the checkout line, then look away when you turn around...that's when the items go onto the belt at a snail-on-quaaludes pace...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: smiley
Backwards Down the Numberline
Backwards Down the Numberline
Jones Beach 2010, my favorite version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl4JkU-T6Pk
funny thread.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Oaksterdam Dan
^^^^^^^^^^^Never Stand
^^^^^^^^^^^Never Stand Directly Behind A Female In Any Line It Is Disrespectful And Always Allow Space - Courtesy Courtesy Courtesy !
Stand back a few feet from her to give her space and check her out eventually without staring like a gentlemen...sorry single!
Nobodies allowed to invade my space except for concerts, smoking area's, dubs games at the Kingfish, ecstasy people, hugs & sex. Anything else back the fuck up I'm claustrophobic...unless she's cool & cute then all bets are off...sorry single thing again.
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When I look over my shoulder,
When I look over my shoulder,
What do you think I see?
Some other cat looking over
His shoulder at me
And he's strange, sure he's strange.
-- Donovan
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You got to pick up every
You got to pick up every stitch.
Heard this song was about making or capping acid. Anybody know the story?
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I Get Stared at People ALL
I Get Stared at From People ALL the Time - Really ! and i am No Rock star ! sometimes it bugs me !