[nabs-l] Awkward Situations: What would you do?

Joseph C. Lininger jbahm at pcdesk.net
Sun Sep 20 03:13:01 UTC 2009


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I think one of my favorites happened when I'd gone out one Saturday
night. I was talking to a woman, and this guy came up behind me. He
says, "Sir, you can't see her face, but she doesn't trust you." I
responded with a laugh and said, "Well, she shouldn't, since she doesn't
know me." And he says, dead serious, "No, I mean, she thinks you're
dishonest. Or shifty maybe. I've been watching you. You're facing her
and looking at her sometimes, but you haven't met her gaze the entire
time you've been talking to her. You keep moving your eyes around." I
pointed to my white cane and said, "no muscle control over the eyes I'm
afraid." The girl I was talking to laughed, as did the guy who had tried
to "help" me. So it was all friendly. However, I found it interesting
because I'd been asked why I didn't make eye contact before, but never
had someone assume it was for any sinister reason. Not and tell me they
were assuming that, anyway.
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Stress (N): The condition that occurs when ones mind overrides the
body's natural desire to reach out and slap the hell out of someone
who desperately deserves it.
Joseph C. Lininger, <jbahm at pcdesk.net>
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