and he was also wearing a pirate hat.

 so i was at work the other day, yesterday, last night, and i had some "run-ins" i guess you could say. run-ins. this is actually stemming into two stories but i will get to both of them. the order of these two stories has no importance to me, they both are worth bringing up though.
so, i was working behind the snackbar, i'm going to set the scene up for you. i was working with jon, remember i mentioned jon before so i didn't say his last name because we have been previously introduced. but it's kaiser in case you were wondering. ryne was the manager. we were kind of slow and i was on my concession register. a group of three walked in, two girls, one guy, and they walked towards the ticket counter. as i walked to the register, i greeted them. here is the opening of the conversation:

Me: "Hi."

Her: "Hi,                             ... Good, Thanks."

now i am like wtf? and i wanted to look at her friends because i was about to laugh. i almost laughed and made eye contact, but i restrained myself. she assumed, i am assuming this, that i said "how are you?" except i didn't. and her go-to response is "good, thanks." and if i don't ask her she still responds, making her look like a fool.
this was strange to me, even stranger was that it happened twice, last night. similar scene, no set up needed.

Me: "Hi."

Him: "Hi, just fine."
again he's got his response in his back pocket ready to lay it out in case i ask him how he is doing. don't be doing that. you embarrass yourself when that person doesn't speak the way you are expecting them to. very similar situation... normally when you finish a transaction at let's say, a gas station, and the cashier says, "have a nice day," you might say, "thanks, you too." common. and polite. but if i just gave you your small popcorn, no butter and large diet coke and say, "enjoy the show," don't say, "you too." i won't be enjoying the show. i have to work.
you see this is a common response to say, "thanks you too," but you have to actually think of what the person said to you. too many people aren't thinking about their own conversations. they respond like a reflex. it's actually kinda funny when the person realizes that i won't be enjoying the show with them and as they walk away they say something like, "well no you won't," or something to that awkward degree. and sometimes i'll say, "don't worry, i get that all the time," or "maybe i will, once i'm off work." you know, to be polite. either way i'm sure they are like in their heads, "wow, i'm a ritard."
i used a lot of quotes today. and i also decided this post is long enough that i will postpone the second part of the work related blog until tomorrow. "hopefully."

hey remember that coach who made the half court shot when he wasn't supposed to make it???