I have kept some of these responses to myself till now figuring there would be more than enough of them. Well, that has been true in spite of which:
When I was younger, it was much more common for servers and sales persons to ask my wife what he wanted. She would shrug, give a mild version of "how the hell would I know," and require they deal with me. Alternatively, and much more fun, I would often respond immediately, "Wait, I'll ask him," then I would and then I'd communicate his response. This would elicit some fascinating reactions. Ron Denis ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Rossi To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Dealing with people I tried to take a shop class through the local community college. After the first night, I got a call from the school saying that I couldn't take the class. Both Teresa and I were signed up for three classes each, several hundred bucks worth of classes. I said that if I couldn't take shop class, I wanted the money back for all six classes, both Teresa and me. They countered with forcing me to sign a waiver. I grudgingly agreed, but realized pretty quickly I wasn't going to get anywhere in the class, the instructor really wanted nothing to do with me. So I stopped going, and vowed that I would never sign another waiver. I realized later that it was a stupid request. This class was for anyone. Any idiot could walk in off the street, with several fingers missing from previous shop accidents, and take the class without signing a waiver. But I had to. Screw that! I love some of the stories you guys have told about your spouses or girlfriends responses when people start talking to them. Teresa is far too timid to say anything like that, typically I just ignore their stupidity and start answering them. They eventually get the idea. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 __________ NOD32 3627 (20081120) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
