What to say when people tell you to SMILE

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Don't you just HATE it when annoying people tell you to 'smile' or 'cheer up' or something similar when you are feeling CONTENT or just THINKING?! Well I found a list of responses on the internet that have worked for me, and I find them quite amusing. Here is the site:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/articl ... tml?cat=49

^ I like those responses. Oh, how I HATE when people tell me to smile!! Always have. I usually don't respond at all, and continue not smiling. That alone tends to throw people off - which makes me chuckle on the inside.

I usually say, "huh...wa...what did ya say?!" They just answer, "Oh...never mind."

Oh, I do hate that.
I usually just ignore them (and if it's a stranger, walk away from them.).
Or this:

if someone says "smile", i just lift my lips and show them my teeth for a second.
i can not smile unless i feel like smiling, and that is never in concert with any other person.

once i was stopped in the street by a religious girl who was doing some "crusade" thing, and she asked to talk to me so i let her.

she asked what makes me "smile", and i said that an electric shock to the back of my neck may make me "smile".

she was on her way after that response, but it was a valid response. an electric shock to the back of my neck would cause contraction in my cheek muscles, so it would be a "smile".

there was nothing else that could make me smile that day.


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i can remember another situation that happened about a year ago.

there was a person who was a "team spirit" person in our office (where i sometimes work) who was new (i did not find out his true role).
he used to come in to my office and ask whether i was "happy". i told him "yes", but he did not seem to believe it.
he tried to instill some kind of "spirit" in me. he was a manager so he was "above" me.
he asked me to "smile" and and i said "no thanks".

him: c'mon Mark. you know that when you smile you feel better.
me: i do not need to feel any other way than i do now thanks.
him: so are you happy with how you feel?
me: i like to be left alone thanks (hint).
him: but you have to integrate with everyone Mark!
me: please!! i want to think about this (a problem i was solving)
him: does it worry you to get close to people?
me: (i started to see his head as rather goofy, and i saw his words as silly, so i smirked about that)
him: ahhhh... got a response from you have i champ?
me: (i was very entertained at his thinking that my smirk was in deference to him. i started to chuckle and i looked at him because i found him entertaining with his stupid persistence in trying (and failing) to make me smile).

i started to laugh then, and he thought at first that he had "brought me out of my shell", but after a little while, he did not like the force of my laugh (it was was severe), and he became defensive, and he left my office soon after.

i do not say "cheese" with my teeth bared.

When people tell me to smile, I bare my teeth in the same way that an ape does when it's being aggressive. That either makes them wish they hadn't said it, or gets them mad at me and say "That's not a smile!" Either way, I make my point. I smile just fine. In fact, one thing my friends say about me is that they like my sense of humor.

I generally just ignore people when they say that to me. I wish I had the courage to reply with some of those suggestions.

I used to get this remark all the time. I'd sometimes go for a didn't notice your existence look.

However, here are a couple of things that come to mind if you feel inclined to respond:

Them: "Smile!"
You: "[Command them to perform some rude bodily function in the same tone]"

Them: "Smile!"
You: "Bog off."

I respond with the truth: "Sorry, I don't know how."

haha I love the come back answers that site provides.

Usually I just give them a crooked smile and instantly return to my apparently sad face.

When I was a baby nobody could get me to smile unless I felt like it. For photos, they'd wave my favorite toys around and make stupid faces, and I just looked at them. I've got it on video. It makes me laugh.

I love the responses on that site. I might just use some of them. Usually when people ask me to smile I just say no thanks.

Sometimes I say "I don't feel like it." People tend to laugh and leave me alone.

I say I'm just tired, thanks.

I would always just say "Or what?"
I have noticed that men do this to women more. It's obnoxious.

I use one of those responses quite often..."WHY?".
If I don't want to smile, I don't see why I should have to just to make others feel more secure about their own ability to make people happy (well, that's my theory anyway).

The article the original poster linked to claims this phenomenon exists only as males saying this to females - but I recall several times where females have said this to me. To the best of my knowledge, a guy has only said this once to me, and as that was four years ago, I couldn't spare the exact details.

I guess I've never thought of this at all. I feel like I either (appear to) ignore the person in question - or if it's injected into a conversation, try to gauge the relevance of the inquiry. I enjoyed the sarcastic responses; I'm not certain if I would be quick-footed or bold enough to use them, but they did provide a chuckle.