Nice or annoying?
Discussion
My job often leaves me wound up by the weekend. I like to go out to bars and clubs to unwind. I prefer to be by myself, I don't know why, I just like it like that. I often find myself being invited to join groups of complete strangers, which is very kind of them I guess. However, I do actually like being on my Jack Jones, nine times out of ten. At which point does folk being nice, become folk being annoying? I don't wish to appear rude to these folk, how do I tell them I wish to be left alone without seeming rude or mental?
kers will leave you alone, works for me. Although I sometimes have to soil myself. 
Carthage said:
I have a similar problem in that random strangers talk to me.
I have been told (by a PHer so it must be true
) that I tend to look at people too directly, maybe even make eye contact without realising, and this is what triggers it.
I'm going to perfect my spitting technique and aim. That should put them off.
That makes sense. I do tend to look straight into people's eyes when I look at them. It's involuntary, but I deffinately do it. I have been told (by a PHer so it must be true
) that I tend to look at people too directly, maybe even make eye contact without realising, and this is what triggers it.I'm going to perfect my spitting technique and aim. That should put them off.
Eddh said:
Oh so you are 'that guy'... the one who sits in the corner on their own and oggles the 18 year old girls jiggling around?
Not really. The only 18 yr olds I'm interested in tend to be single malts. Sitting at home would bore the crap out of me, I don't mind being in a group once in a while, it's just when I'm trying to be alone, to de-stress, and regroup my thoughts, it's kind if odd (but strangely flattering) that complete strangers seem to want to 'help' me out. I guess it's not a bad thing, I just need a plan of action that doesn't involve offending them.Monkeylegend said:
Wear a badge with Bert written on it, that should work.
That would end up in the Spanish Inquisition. The whole 'Bert' thing is a running joke. My surname is Bassett, so everyone calls me Bert, or Berty. It's all good, it gives me some ammunition if I'm out in a group, and anyone wants to know if my name is actually Bert. 
Hoofy said:
Just wondering if I am missing out on something. How is being alone in a bar/club not boring but being alone at home boring?
Because there are no people to watch when I'm at home. There's nothing as entertaining as watching a disagreement develop into a fight, in a bar or club 
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