The Sheeple Instinct

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A tip from the pros - move seats.

I don't believe it - I was planning to start a thread saying EXACTLY that!! !

This very thing happened to me 2 days ago - I was in a restaurant for my lunch in the quietest spot I could find and 3 noisy NT girls came and sat at the very next table behind me (so one of them was actually back-to-back with me - grrr!! !) when there were about 20 other empty tables, not next to anyone, they could have sat at.

Why, why, why do people do this? Don't they realise they are invading my space?

Because I work in an open-plan office and commute by train, I like to be in a quiet place away from others for lunch.

That's not too much to ask, surely?

But you wouldnt be able to whinge about it on a forums if that happened, would you now?

In an EMPTY restaurant, my wife and BABY sat down at a table to get a salad. Some women came in and sat down RIGHT BESIDE US! Come on... the place is empty... they weren't even entering conversation with us so they weren't doing it to be sociable.

Then they start lighting up their cigarettes right in front of the baby.

I gave them a harsh glare as we picked up and moved to the other side of the restaurant. I *should* have said something. I'm sure their weak little brains thought, "what a look he gave us! How rude of him! And leaving too!"

Last edited by BlueMax on 05 Oct 2007, 6:28 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Thankfully, all restaurants and pubs here in the Uk are now no smoking.
Halleluiah.
Of course, back when I was a smoker, I might not have been quite so exuberant about it.

I refuse to go along with the crowd. It feels natural for me to not go along with that sorta stuff anyway.

Yes, I cant stand it, dont get me wrong, half the time I can be sociable, but thats when I have energy

When I dont have energy or have something on my mind or even have other things to acomplish on a time limit, I would rather have a considerable distance between me and the next person, and perfer not to be interupted at all. I can even be mean or snap at ppl on occasion when im in this mode, as they may have interupted my thought process or violated my space, or caused any number of inconviences to me.

When Im in the store I want people away from me, i dont mind talking, but usually because im the fastest person in the store as far as walking and shopping, when people are close to me the tend to slow me down, and that makes me mad cause i hate stores and want in and out quickly.

WHen at work and im doing math in my head, or making a travel plan (i plan everything meticulously, not sure if its an ASD thing er not) and someone asks me a question or wants me to converse with them, i usualy give an angry look or say 'WHAT!' loudly or even respond to their question (often i dont even hear it, or process it) I say 'I dont know!'

When I used to go to collage I tended to sit up in the front of the room and in the less population denseity courner of the class where it would be quieter and I could focus better. Well... inevitably people dont always sit in the same seats like me and occasionally someone or more then 1 would sit down right near me and i hated them for it.

Jeeze... writing/reading this makes me sound very self centered, perhapse its something to work on