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Old 03-28-2003, 04:34 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Ya know, I really get baffled at peoples behaviors sometimes. Either directly or indirectly.

I have always been one to watch people rather than try to communicate. IMO I learn so much more about a person from watching them. There be times I get very baffled at the behaviors.

Todays Observations:

1. Went to the Post Office with my daughter to pick up my mail. We got done and got in the van. I thumb through my mail and then placed it on the spot I always do. then I reached for my sunglassess off the dashboard and put them on. While I put them on this man in his mid 40's carring a breifcase watched me put my sunglasses on and then gave me a funny look then flipped me off for no reason whatsoever. I thought to myself. What the heck did I do? No one else was around in thier cars. I looked around to see if it was misdirected and nope it wasn't. So I am baffled by the behavoir. All I did was put my sun glasses on and he happened to be in my direct line of vision.

2nd oberservation. After there we went to the grocercy store to pick up a couple of items. We are standing in the check out counter and I noticed that I wasn't the only one disturbed by the checkers behaivor. The older man (mid 60ish) in front of me also had a stressed look on his face as well. Clearly the checkers behavior was causing this as he effected me just as well. the check is a tall man my guess at least 6ft tall and very heavy set. He had a cough and he kept removing his "hankerchief" (was really a small towel) out of his pocket and coughing into the towel and then procedded to wipe his sweating forhead without even refolding the towel. in other words he wiped his coughed on spittled towel right on his forhead and then continue to handle groceries and money.

Maybe im just a too neat freak when it comes to cleanliness cuz I had to hurry up home just to wash my hands. I know that is bad, but I could clearly see that the man wasn't aware of how his behavior was effecting others.

Some days makes for a really intersting observation and other days just plain bafflement. the latter has been one of those days today.

The first man I think was aware of his behavior as he had to conciously think to do that. The second I don't think he relized what he was doing. Its amazing how people can be so totally unaware of themselves or even thier surroundings so often.

Last night was intersting, we all were in the rig and we were taking a left turn into the store parking lot and this one lady cut us off as we were making our turn. so we go to finish out turn only to have to turn even wider becuase the bloke behind the broad did the exact same thing. trying to take a left out of the parking lot while we was taking a left into the parking lot. grrrrr. two people in a row.

Well I'd just thought i'd share my strange observations today.

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Old 03-28-2003, 04:56 PM   #2 (permalink)
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which store in Portland?

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I got flicked off by a trucker on the interstate the other day.

No idea why.

I waved back

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I have always been one to watch people rather than try to communicate. IMO I learn so much more about a person from watching them. There be times I get very baffled at the behaviors.
I second that - especially these days.

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which store in Portland?

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I think it would be strange to watch myself act.

I act strange when I'm in public, I'm just not myself, people make me uncomfortable it seems.
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Ppl are just messed up. For example look at me.
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Old 03-28-2003, 06:44 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I think it would be strange to watch myself act.

I act strange when I'm in public, I'm just not myself, people make me uncomfortable it seems.
It is strange watching yourself on tv. It brings new perspectives of yourself. You never relize how you move when talking or how your body responds to different things till you see yourself on TV. Its quite an interesting experience. One that I think everyone should at least experience once in thier life. You will get to see yourself as how others see you rather than what you think you would see of yourself. Its always a shocking suprise. At least it was for me.

I am not understanding? How do you know you don't act yourself? Or do you mean you conciously don't act your self in public because people make you unconfortable? What difference does it make if you act yourself or not if people in public make you uncomfortable? IMO I think people who don't be themselves in public are spotted far faster than the ones who just act themselves. I am just curious to your way of thinking. Please if you will enlighten me.

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Ppl are just messed up. For example look at me.
how do you know for a fact you are messed up? Are you just making a joke or are you serious? If you are serious. I have found more often than not that other peoples opionions about myself are not what I expected of myself. Most times comes to a pleasant suprise. I personally don't care what others think of me, however there comes times in a persons lives that they get to listen to someone else of how they see them. Most of the times these observations are not asked for but somehow get told to the person. Largly I have found these obersavations are formed from how a person behaves rather than what they say.

Has it ever occurred to you that someone elses observation of yourself is not "messed up"?
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Some more random observations:

At the bank, there's this teller named Abdul, he's an Arab guy but I think he was born here, since his English is so perfect. He's about 25 I guess, and very friendly...you can tell that it's not an act, it's his character. Just a nice guy.

Well, while standing in line, I noticed that Abdul was cranky, impatient, and looking very stressed in general. So I got to sit down with him, he takes my deposit, I said "dude, what is going on?"

He got kind of snappish, he says "I'm FINE!" So I shut up, and he looks at me for a second, and I swear, I saw this horrible....
something in his eyes. Fear, anger, I don't know. I wonder what happened to him, to make him so crazy. I wish I could do something, sheesh, the rest of the time, he's a good person!
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Knot,
Most likely your observations are quite correct, if instints tell you that is what you saw chances are it is. The eyes are the most interesting of a person, they give away so much that people don't even relize it. That is of course they don't habitually wear sunglasses all the time, inside and out. Chances are if they wearing them inside as well its because they are hiding something. Either being stone or they know their eyes give away to much of themselves. I have meet people before flat sober who refuses to take thier sunglasses off.

So knot did you Smile a genuine smile when Abdul finished your transaction? You'd be suprised the power of a smile can do for a person. I have been able to prove this theory a million times over with people who are cranky about something. Expecially with workers.

heres a story that stands out for me. I shop in winco all the time. A older woman was the cashier. 2 people that were in front of me did nothing but made the womans job that much harder and frusterated her to no end. I conciously made a point to myself that before I left I was going to get a big ole smile out of this woman. You could clearly tell she wanted the heck outta there. So when I walked up I gave her a big bright smile. and she slowly had a small smile. This wasn't good enough for me. So when we were finished, I got it across to her that I apperciated her just for working and putting up with people and I gave her another Big smile and looked directly in her eyes. This is when I got my reward. she smiled so good and when I walked out and looked back I could visibly see that she was in a much better mood.

Its quite intersting how a persons behavior both negative and positive can effect people. No words are needed. only the eyes and a facial expression is all that is needed to convey a thought to someone.

Just look at children for example. Children are the classic examples to peoples hearts. They do something so simple as just look at you with a smile and you can't help but to smile back. Or they just discover something so simple as a rock and running to show thier parents and you delight in seeing that because they are so innocent and brings many a smile to strangers of all walks.
Then thier are those people that even a childs contagious smile can not soften thier hearts, for they are too much into themselves and thier own problems that they are totally unaware of what is taking place around them. Quite intersting to see this. Even myself have been caught up in this from time to time.

I think a lot of wisdom can be gained from just watching people.
Human behavior is such a facinating subject.
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