Comments on: Listen, I Heard You

By: LDisney

LDisney — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:50:27 +0000

I’m a blog virgin but I had to leave a comment on this topic. Since I got married and changed my last name I have encountered a plethora of people that think they are being clever and interesting but in actuality are showing that they are astonishingly simple minded… Yes my last name is REALLY Disney, no I don’t have any idea if there is any relation and yes it is a neat/cool last name. I’m not sure if this regularly repeated conversation I am forced to have with complete strangers is more or less mind numbing then when I am asked to spell my last name (even after explaining it’s just like Walt, you know creator of Mickey Mouse, the world, the land and just about every animated movie you have ever seen… no? Still nothing?…). That is when I just start signing “It’s a small world after all…..”

Hey cuz, I never thought about that. I imagine that getting old rather quickly (the convo, not the last name).

By: Skep

Skep — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:30:52 +0000

I’m the same way with auto responses… especially the “You too” , but what absolutely p****s me off is when I thank someone, for a door being held open or some such service and they reply. “uh huh” or “Mmm hmmm”

I really want to turn sharply around and say: “Oh, pardon me, in future would you just prefer if we foregoed (forgoed, not forewent?) ..if we dispensed with courtesy -I’d surely hate to tax your already burdened social interactions further”

Instead I just smile… and quietly picture them burning in hell.

Uh huh.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:05:14 +0000

I tagged you to do some dumb meme, you sick son of…

Well, it’s two months later… wonder if I should still do it?

By: sadiesadie

sadiesadie — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:51:25 +0000

I smile at everyone too. I love it, because you can always see that strained look on their faces while they try to remember if they actually know you or not.

I’m sure it’s more fun if you’re female; an innocent smile from a female to a male will always be misinterpreted.

By: jesseybean

jesseybean — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:18:01 +0000

I “you too” alot at my job. Usually I catch myself and they get a “You… *mumble*”.
With my kids, it never fails. I tell all of them, “Whats up?” and they reply, “Good.” What the hell? I’m raising a bunch of retards.

I’m convinced that all humans have the “you too” gene.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:08:48 +0000

“How about this weather we’re having?” Just stab me in the head instead of saying that to me.
Remember Kevin. He once said, “It’s feels good out. I think I’ll leave it out.”

Weather = lowest common denominator.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 31 May 2008 02:58:34 +0000

I often reply to my servers at resturants with a “you too” when they tell me to enjoy my meal. I always feel like a schmuck when they walk away shaking their heads at me.

I found out that the comedian Brian Reagan does a bit similar to this topic. I suggest checking it out, it’s very funny.

By: Red

Red — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:59:43 +0000

Or you could just be a total bastid and ignore everyone and be an ass. That wouldn’t be cool.

Nah, I couldn’t do that. It’s more fun to engage people and let them give me the opportunity to be an ass.

By: betme

betme — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:13:20 +0000

Luke, I pulled the “you too” slippage this past Friday. A coworker peeked his head in my office and said, “Have a nice weekend.”

Of course, without thinking, I responded in kind. And then wished I could slip thru the floor tiles when I remembered the man was taking time off for his Mom’s funeral.

Awww… crap.

By: Taoist Biker

Taoist Biker — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:01:02 +0000

Maybe he thought you said, “What’s going on?” because that’s the kind of thing he’d have said.

I pull the “you too” thing at least once or twice a year. Always a pleasure to out myself as an utter idjit.

No, it was pretty obvious he wasn’t listening to me at all – I was pretty clear.