Greatest social fear

postmodern_girls · 5 months

No one has pointed this out but the worst is:

"Hey!"

"Fine, thanks, you?"

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2ndself · 5 months

I'm pretty great at creating one incorrect phrase out of two phrases that are flying through my brain. "Have a good later"

zeppelinfromled · 5 months

I'm way more worried about calling someone by the wrong name.

dethvenger · 5 months

That's almost as bad as when you go to the movies, and the person at the ticket box says "Enjoy the show," and you reply with "You too!"

DreamLifter1221 · 5 months

I'm a cashier at Target, and I do that and look like a dumb ass way more than I should >.<

I_am_not_angry · 5 months

When a woman says to me "Happy Fathers day!"

And I respond "You Too."

majestatis · 5 months

I did this in a job interview and somehow still got the job.

audiotree · 5 months

I have a friend who does this intentionally.

Friend: "Hi! How are you?" Me: "Good, how are you?" Friend: "Fine, how are you?" Me: ...

Intrexa · 5 months

Walking down the halls of my offices when "Hey, what's going on" "Good, hows your day been?" "Not much"

Cecek · 5 months

Source: Poorly Drawn Lines

dr_doombot666 · 5 months

This happened to me kinda. Came into work one morning, this girl I work with walked in shortly after...

Girl: "Good morning, how are you?" My response: "Good morning, how are you?"

socialcocoon · 5 months

"Do you mind if I sit here?"

"Yeah, yeah, go ahead."

ErrorlessGnome · 5 months

I love the waiter/patron exchange:

waiter: Enjoy your meal!
patron: you too!
waiter(thinking): I'm at work you scumbag

peoplesuck357 · 5 months

"What's up?"
"Pretty good"

johnny150 · 5 months

Hey, how are ya?

GeneralRam · 5 months

I was at a friends funeral and met her dad.

Hi GeneralRam you ok?

Yeah you? (..... Shit, of course he isnt it's his daughters funeral)

brownboy13 · 5 months

Removed - Rehosted Web Comic. Please link to the authors original page.

http://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/social-fear/

vretavonni · 5 months

Source anyone? Tried reverse image searching the comic but it only turned up more aggregator sites.

smash790 · 5 months

Just laugh it off or something, no need to get traumatized for something so small.

Seriously, if this is a fear to you maybe you should never go outside.

Q_Flat · 5 months

"Hey how are you doing?"

"Nothing much- you?"

vORP · 5 months

"I'm... doing.. well, yeah I gotta get going, see you around."

mecrosis · 5 months

I do this on purpose, so how many loops I can go through before the break.

Bayshun · 5 months

Or when someone asks "what's up" and you respond with "fine," or something to that effect.

self-defication · 5 months

This happened to me at work not long ago while meeting a higher-up in the company. I actually just said "...shit." and we had a chuckle. They probably still think I'm a jackass though.

Xiol · 5 months

For me it's usually:

"Hi, you alright?"

"Yeah, thanks."

You don't really give a shit about if I'm alright or not, and I don't give a shit if you feel alright or not. You're only asking me because it's social convention. Let's cut the bullshit because we're both busy people with things to do.

Carniestealing · 5 months

The creator of this (Reza Farazmand) doesn't care if you repost this but just wants credit for his work.

This is his site: Poorly Drawn Lines

nwzimmer · 5 months

Simple solution: Actually give some thought to what you say instead of 'automatically responding' with no thought at all.

BobbyFranklyn · 5 months

Every single time someone walks into my work...

arodynamicfalcn · 5 months

the longer you look at this, the more it looks like they're just holding hands

C0GNITIVE-DISS0NANCE · 5 months

All. The. Time.

donkeyrocket · 5 months

Waitress: "Enjoy your meal!"

Me: "Thanks, you too."

EsquireKing · 5 months

I can never understand why verbal mistakes make you people so antsy

ccipher · 5 months

I once answered the phone by saying "Fine, thank you". Yeah... That didn't go down so well.

imthepoolguy · 5 months

Insert awkward penguin meme

lemmereddit · 5 months

Been there. Lol

njt159 · 5 months

I have done that so many times its not even funny one time I met a friends parents the first time and I couldn't talk, I just nodded at every question, very awkward

IrRichey · 5 months

This happened quite recently with a very attractive woman where I get my hair cut. I then followed it up with terrible math...

[deleted] · 5 months

Immediately after noticing you did this, just keep talking. Skip to the meat of the conversation if there is any; if it's small talk, spit out a "what brings you here?" or some other vacuity elaborating about why you feel great.

duvakiin · 5 months

id love it if just once someone would play along

prairierustic · 5 months

I was having a conversation with a customer at my register and said my day wasn't going that bad or something like that, and when the guy and his daughter were leaving I apparently said, "Have a bad day!" and only realized it when I heard the girl ask her father why I told them to have a bad day... I was like, "Wait... wat did i just do?"

4chans_for_pussies · 5 months

Classic SAP.

itsabouttime4265 · 5 months

Had this exact experience with a cop who was responding to a noise complaint. Needless to say, it quickly gave away the fact that I wasn't sober...

ColonicIrritation · 5 months

Mine would be not hearing what someone said, responding with a slightly amused "heh" "ah" or "yeah" then seeing their expression and coming to the slow realization that they were asking me a question.

KSullivan88 · 5 months

No lie. I once had this exact exchange on the phone with Sarah Jessica Parker.

Dankycheese · 5 months

Its not that bad

SuperTallBlonde · 5 months

story of my life.

Kilgannon_TheCrowing · 5 months

I see this happen a lot, and no one cares. Further proof that formalities are just BS - neither party cares about the answer, to the point where they don't even properly register the question.

Meme_Spawner · 5 months

...I never realized just how much I do this....

subkamran · 5 months

I hate when I say, "Thanks" or "You're welcome" to things that are opposite of what I said.

Losnoso · 5 months

I did this the other week in a coffee shop after being handed some ground roast, only a little different it went. Guy: Thank you, enjoy the coffee. Me: Thanks, you too I didn't know what to do my body felt like it shut down. OH GOD WHY

ShadowSkill · 5 months

I do this on purpose actually.

bdiddy12 · 5 months

This is called grovertime. Greeting overtime.

carnage123 · 5 months

I do this way to often :/

esPhys · 5 months

"Hey, what's up?"

"Good, you?"

OHGODNO.JPG

doigel · 5 months

I do this constantly working in retail.

MrJMaxted0291 · 5 months

I still dread the thought that I'll accidentally address my art teacher with "yes mum" instead of "yes miss".

Just thinking about it gives me the shivers.

Edit: I haven't had an art class in over 9 years and the possibility of running into her and calling her mum still horrifies me.

DriveOver · 5 months

I absolutely hate it when I see someone I know and they say "What's up?" at the same time that I say "Hey man", then we walk past each other. Should I turn around and answer with what is indeed up with me, or continue on my way without acknowledging their question? This shit keeps me up at night.

IronDiggy · 5 months

I've done that before. It's just as awful and awkward as you fear it is.

mbop · 5 months

I've done this before. I lowered my head in shame and just walked away...

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_kT_ · 5 months

I am a waitress, and every time I accidentally address a 'sir' as a 'ma'am' or visa versa, I pee myself a little. It's most definitely the worst one for me.

[deleted] · 5 months

I Do this all the time. Or when my parents or someone says "have fun" i reply with "you too!"

shankems2000 · 5 months

person is obviously leaving for the day and walking out the door

Me: Hi, hows it going?

FFandMMfan · 5 months

"Happy Birthday."

"You too."

[deleted] · 5 months

when I get stuck in a loop I play it off like I was joking and go for like 8 loops then exclaim "WELL thats enough of that nonsense" then say see you later.

Terps34 · 5 months

Pro Tip: Get in the habit of saying "great, thanks" instead of "great, you?" This will give you a couple of seconds to think Hmmm, did I already ask him/her this question

coopdaloop123 · 5 months

posting this on my facebook, i don't care if i get called out for taking it off reddit front page, the world must know of this terror!

br4ssm0nk3y · 5 months

This happens to me a lot, and I just play it off and keep it going if the other person is willing to play along.

platik · 5 months

Or when someone says "what's good?" and you reply "not much."

fundamentals · 5 months

One time, I had to have my picture taken to have my work card renewed. The photographer, a beautiful girl, greeted me. She was expecting me. "Hi, fundamentals? Hi I'm Melissa." "Hi, I'm fundamentals".

BandBoots · 5 months

RECURSION ERROR

shazbots · 5 months

I made a clean version of the image: http://imgur.com/FZaEe

deviousbtw · 5 months

As a worker in retail, I can tell you this happens way too much :(

wayndom · 5 months

"A bore is a person, who, when you ask him how he is, tells you." - Oscar Wilde

im_an_optimist · 5 months

I work at dunkin donuts and i get this ALL the time from customers who then get all red and i laugh.

xnoybis · 5 months

Easy fix - follow up with, "just making certain," "just double checking," or some random PSA, like: "redundancy is golden" if you're in an office environment.

Murman · 5 months

When I am at work, I work at the till in a store, conversations tend to die in this way. An example would be: Me: "Hey how are you?" Customer:"How's it going?"

Nothing more is said except for thank you etc.

dhaft88 · 5 months

on the phone:

"see ya"

"love ya - fuck"

TonightsSpecialGuest · 5 months

My son and I are waiting for 2 large pep & cheese brick oven pizzas that are on sale every Wednesday for $ 7 a piece. They have 3 or 4 racks in the oven with pizza in various states of the cooking process. One of the girls pulls 1 out, boxes it up, puts it on the counter and tells me it'll be a few minutes for the second one. I know 2 will be ready in that time so I turn to dude behind us and ask him if he's just grabbing 1 pizza. He confirms he just needs 1 so I tell him to take the one that's ready now and get wherever he's going. Dude is quite happy about this, nods in acknowledgement and says " Cool. Right on bro." With which I reply " No problem, thanks." Son and dude look at me with look of huh ?.

tldr; I am reh-tard

brewmatt · 5 months

Thats something you get used to when your a cashier.

[deleted] · 5 months

first world problem

VelociraptorFetus · 5 months

This is a great fear for some people? I sometimes do this on purpose just for silliness.

DuneBug · 5 months

This is socially awkward penguin defined...

Gyrant · 5 months

Link to the source you prat.

Pabrunthhu · 5 months

Is it bad that when I opened the link and saw the format, my brain immediately went to xkcd-land and I spent 30 seconds after I finished reading it trying to get the alt-text to work? Then I saw colours and was monolithically confused.

doctorqui · 5 months

Whoah, but I do that like every day

MrCaraway · 5 months

I'm more worried about some unfortunate handshake - stabbing the another person's palm with my thumb or grabbing just the fingers.

I have this reoccurring nightmare in which I try to shake somebody's hand but my thumb is entangled in my sleeve... awful.

M0T0BACKhand · 5 months

I used to work room service and 40yrs+ men would do this like 1/3 of the time and they never seemed to notice

Suhaa · 5 months

I find that people do this to me an awful lot, it would only really offend if I was like, yo, this person doesn't really care about how I actually was, or care about this conversation, so I will not continue it any longer. But I think you guys have control over what you say, it's not accidental.

bfarz · 5 months

Why did you crop out the watermark? Anyway, even though this'll get buried and OP will get all the credit, here's the source: http://poorlydrawnlines.com/

NbBurNa · 5 months

the bride and groom were doing their obligatory rounds at the reception dinner. the groom said "thanks for coming"...I responded with "you too".

Actinographic · 5 months

I like to see how long I can keep the loop going for.

Doobley405 · 5 months

I did that today...to a hot girl...damn I'm lame.

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