Return of the Mighty Observations Thread

[revbob]

Thanks, guys.

I had a great experience with a postal person a year or so ago. Usually they just seem like dead inside and going thru the motions but this one woman was happy, smiling just delightful, it made my day.

[oliver]

but this one woman was happy, smiling just delightful, it made my day.

If I'm ever shopping and I see a retail employee smiling I assume they must be new to the job.

[Mimi]

but this one woman was happy, smiling just delightful, it made my day.

If I'm ever shopping and I see a retail employee smiling I assume they must be new to the job.

sounds about right

[Dr. Medulla]

but this one woman was happy, smiling just delightful, it made my day.

If I'm ever shopping and I see a retail employee smiling I assume they must be new to the job.

In Paul F. Tompkins' brilliant Labouring Under Delusions, a stand-up set about his experience with work, he describes getting a retail job: Hey, that'd be fun, I like people … and you think you do!

[gkbill]

but this one woman was happy, smiling just delightful, it made my day.

If I'm ever shopping and I see a retail employee smiling I assume they must be new to the job.

Hello,

When I see someone who is pleasant while working a mundane crap job, I like to think they're like Viktor Frankl - they refuse to let their circumstances win and drag their attitude down.

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.”

Be happy - don't let the bastards win.

[Dr. Medulla]

One of the weirdest American history factoids is no longer current: President John Tyler's (1841–1845) last grandson has died: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/298 ... l-aliveall

[revbob]

One of the weirdest American history factoids is no longer current: President John Tyler's (1841–1845) last grandson has died: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/298 ... l-aliveall

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[Flex]

One of the weirdest American history factoids is no longer current: President John Tyler's (1841–1845) last grandson has died: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/298 ... l-aliveall

Saw that this morning. crazy historical connective tissue. Similar to the last civil war widow living to2020

[Dr. Medulla]

One of the weirdest American history factoids is no longer current: President John Tyler's (1841–1845) last grandson has died: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/298 ... l-aliveall

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Hmm, they url changed. Try this.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/298 ... till-alive

[Dr. Medulla]

One of the weirdest American history factoids is no longer current: President John Tyler's (1841–1845) last grandson has died: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/298 ... l-aliveall

Saw that this morning. crazy historical connective tissue. Similar to the last civil war widow living to2020

I didn't know that she'd died. That was another factoid I've dropped into lectures, that the US was still paying a Civil War pension to a widow.

[revbob]

So my wife was invited to a gathering this past Sunday and really wanted me to go. People from the unitarian church she dabbles in. It was a shitty day weather wise so we were inside and people took their shoes off. Anyway at the end I go looking for my sneakers and they aren't there but there was a different pair, same color(black) and similar style although a different brand. Also MUCH smaller. I start scanning feet and I see a much shorter, older man swimming about in my size 13s. I go over to him while holding his shoes and get to him before he gets out the door and suggest that maybe he was wearing mine by mistake. He sort of looked at me like I was nuts and then finally conceded. I tried to do it all as quietly as possible but it felt awkward and then some people were joking about it and I felt bad for the old dude and then I wondered how I'll fair in about 15 to 20 years.

[Dr. Medulla]

So my wife was invited to a gathering this past Sunday and really wanted me to go. People from the unitarian church she dabbles in. It was a shitty day weather wise so we were inside and people took their shoes off. Anyway at the end I go looking for my sneakers and they aren't there but there was a different pair, same color(black) and similar style although a different brand. Also MUCH smaller. I start scanning feet and I see a much shorter, older man swimming about in my size 13s. I go over to him while holding his shoes and get to him before he gets out the door and suggest that maybe he was wearing mine by mistake. He sort of looked at me like I was nuts and then finally conceded. I tried to do it all as quietly as possible but it felt awkward and then some people were joking about it and I felt bad for the old dude and then I wondered how I'll fair in about 15 to 20 years.

Well, I'm just proud that you didn't beat him savagely for the effrontery while screaming, "I am iron man!"

[revbob]

So my wife was invited to a gathering this past Sunday and really wanted me to go. People from the unitarian church she dabbles in. It was a shitty day weather wise so we were inside and people took their shoes off. Anyway at the end I go looking for my sneakers and they aren't there but there was a different pair, same color(black) and similar style although a different brand. Also MUCH smaller. I start scanning feet and I see a much shorter, older man swimming about in my size 13s. I go over to him while holding his shoes and get to him before he gets out the door and suggest that maybe he was wearing mine by mistake. He sort of looked at me like I was nuts and then finally conceded. I tried to do it all as quietly as possible but it felt awkward and then some people were joking about it and I felt bad for the old dude and then I wondered how I'll fair in about 15 to 20 years.

Well, I'm just proud that you didn't beat him savagely for the effrontery while screaming, "I am iron man!"

The guy was probably 80. I seriously thought maybe let him have them for a second but he probably would have tripped over them at some point, took a header and then it would come out that they were my shoes and why did I give these clearly too large shoes to this guy knowing they didn't fit and what did I think would happen and Id be a community pariah.

[Dr. Medulla]

So my wife was invited to a gathering this past Sunday and really wanted me to go. People from the unitarian church she dabbles in. It was a shitty day weather wise so we were inside and people took their shoes off. Anyway at the end I go looking for my sneakers and they aren't there but there was a different pair, same color(black) and similar style although a different brand. Also MUCH smaller. I start scanning feet and I see a much shorter, older man swimming about in my size 13s. I go over to him while holding his shoes and get to him before he gets out the door and suggest that maybe he was wearing mine by mistake. He sort of looked at me like I was nuts and then finally conceded. I tried to do it all as quietly as possible but it felt awkward and then some people were joking about it and I felt bad for the old dude and then I wondered how I'll fair in about 15 to 20 years.

Well, I'm just proud that you didn't beat him savagely for the effrontery while screaming, "I am iron man!"

The guy was probably 80. I seriously thought maybe let him have them for a second but he probably would have tripped over them at some point, took a header and then it would come out that they were my shoes and why did I give these clearly too large shoes to this guy knowing they didn't fit and what did I think would happen and Id be a community pariah.

The path not taken …

[gkbill]

Hello,

Given the obese build of many cops, I'm surprised they fit down the entry way. Well done regardless.

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