Movie Theater Problems: Enjoy the Movie
If you ever worked in a movie theater you had this happen to you. In my days at the cinema I remember customers saying "You too" countless times after I told them to enjoy the movie. And consequently, I have done it as a moviegoer. While most customers just keep on walking however, because this has happened to me so many times, it sets off a trigger that snaps me out of herd mentality and I am quick to correct myself and make some kind of joke out of it.
Posted by Freddy on Wednesday, July 05, 2017 | Permalink
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I dunno about other people, but with little social skill, I have 'triggers' that when something fits the criteria, sets off the response. Something that sounds similar to 'have a nice day' gets an automatic reply 'you too'. I've done this.
Once ran into someone else with the same thing, and we went around a circle a couple of times... "Hey, how's it going?" "Pretty good, how about you?" "Pretty good, how about you?" "Pretty good, how about..."
Posted by: TechTyger | Wednesday, July 05, 2017 at 08:18 PM
Haha. Yea, there are certain things that you just automatically reply to.
Posted by: Tech Support Survivor | Thursday, July 06, 2017 at 12:21 PM
Yep. Done the How's it going? Pretty good, and you? Dance a couple of times, also, after so long on the help desk, I'll often just automatically ask the person I called for help if there's anything else I can do for them or thank them for calling. Just a knee jerk "who's on first?" reflex
Posted by: TenebrisVenator | Thursday, July 06, 2017 at 01:00 PM
*raises hand* I am a 'you too' offender, sorry.
The scene I hate is where you ask how they're going and there's this uncomfortable silence. That's why I don't often ask it. Your life might be hell but I don't want you to lie and tell me it's 'okay'; and if you tell me the truth about it sucking there's not much I can do to help.
If you ask me that question, I'll give you (an edited version of) the truth. Most people can't handle that.
So I prefer to avoid the whole issue by avoiding the question.
(Is this aspie behaviour? Maybe I am part-aspie...)
Posted by: Sgtpsycho | Friday, July 07, 2017 at 01:42 AM