when you're on autopilot
- enjoy your meal
- you too!
- welcome!
- i’m doing well, thanks for asking.
- Happy birthday!
- Thanks, you too!
Well... Come!
(Things you can say to your dog but not your partner)
I once did that one to the Boots employee at Heathrow Airport wishing me a nice trip 😄
It was a good thing too: I was having a very challenging day and laughing at myself for that really brightened my mood 😁
Thank you, I will.
Pulls up a chair and starts eating off your plate
The trick I’ve found over years of people-Ing as the person working is to always end with a statement that can either be turned back with ”you too!” without being awkward, or warrants something other than an autopilot response.
Thanks for stopping in, have a great night
Enjoy your meal and if you need anything just let me/us know
Don’t forget to tell your friends about us, and have a great day
Etc.
That way it’s totally fine for them to autopilot the pleasantries and they won’t feel cringey after.
I once said to an employee, "Have a peaceful rest of your shift!" And he said, "You, too," and I didn't turn away fast enough and I watched his soul leave his body.
You legally work there now
My dentist: got anything exciting coming up?
Me: Going to Bali in a couple of weeks, you?
Dentist: no, I’m not going to Bali.
😆
What is a CVS guy
It's the guy that makes fake CVs on demand.
A machinist? And they specialize in front wheel transaxles?
Some old dude who hasn't moved on to newer version control systems like git or hg
There is a store in the US called CVS. The “cvs guy” is the cashier/worker.
Cautionary Votive Spirit
Currently Vexed Soul - having to deal with customers, especially ones like that! :)
Back in late 2023 or early 2024, I was doing chat support with one of the major US e-retailers due to a return & refund situation that I was honestly expecting to be a problem because that type of thing pretty much always is for some reason.
I ended up getting escalated to a higher tier tech named Muhammad who was miraculously able to quickly address the problem that his peers seemingly could not. At the end of our interaction, Muhammad thanked me for my patience and kindness, and replied something along the lines of "see you on the other side."
For some reason that random and otherwise meaningless expression has stuck with me ever since. Hardly a week goes by without me thinking about it at least once.
It was a reminder that our time here is limited. And while I'm not a big believer that there is another "side" like I assume someone named Muhammad believes, it was still somehow comforting and an important reminder of perspective.
"See you on the other side" is effectively the same as "you're going to heaven for this" and I love that
These kinds of verbal slip ups are universal, look how many comments and up votes this post has.
It's funny, just laugh about it, nobody should agonize over this funny and harmless bit of being a human.
For example, I bought some beer a couple of days ago, and after I paid the guy said "have a good evening and enjoy the beer"; and I said "you too"...
I guess I hadn't processed the second part quickly enough.
See if you say "you too and I will thanks!" That works. You too for the nice evening and then acknowledge that you WILL indeed be enjoying the beer.
I think of it as another bug in the Human Build 1.0, along with getting an eyelash in your eye and tripping over nothing. Once 2.0 comes out they will surely have all this stuff fixed.
Nah, 2.0 just adds more microtransactions.
I always just use my mom’s rewards for everything. I get the discounts and she gets the rewards points. 🤷🏼
I'll enjoy the night with the git guy instead.
He knows how to commit.
:fake internet award:
