The Socially Awkward Penguin (aka 95% of the Hype!)

[JP]

OH MY GOD..

I AM this penguin.

 

[Silvermoth]

I had my own socially ackward penguin moment today. My boss said "Silvermoth, would you like some cake?" and I was like "yeah, sure" and he said okay, go into that room and get some.

I went in...and it was a girl's farewell party. A girl I never even knew. So I ate my cake and didn't say anything and then finished with "have a great time!"

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

I had my own socially ackward penguin moment today. My boss said "Silvermoth, would you like some cake?" and I was like "yeah, sure" and he said okay, go into that room and get some.

I went in...and it was a girl's farewell party. A girl I never even knew. So I ate my cake and didn't say anything and then finished with "have a great time!"

When I changed departments at art school, I went into the design department, knowing only two people there, by the second week everyone in that building knew who I was. 4 or 5 floors of students, from the second years to the fourth years. Why? Because I made sure I made an impact on the day when we all stood in front of hundreds of people and introduced ourselves by way of designing a product.
I won first prize that day for my idea, everyone loved it, everyone laughed their asses off, i was never forgotten.
and i didn't even buy any art materials that day, I spent my last bit of money on a bottle of cider, drank it in the park, went to my sisters, made my project out of my nephew's lego, and went back into art school.
That went a long way in me making good friends in that department.
I used to be a socially awkward penguin, but I learned to take the time to talk to people, and take an interest in them. It's called being a decent human being, and all this social awkward stuff is just a lot of crap, fear and rudeness, one turns into the other.
On my first day at art school, no-one was making the first move in talking to each other, no-one knew each other, so the first break we had, i just said to myslef 'fug it, i'm gonna talk to that guy', walked over and joined him at his table, introduced myself and got talking. months later, he commented on that, and i had forgottne all about it, he said 'No-one was saying anything to me that first day at art school, everyone was just being shy, not saying jack, except him, he just walked right up to me and started talking.'
all this socially awkward penguin stuff has to stop, it may be something that geeks are proud of, or don't want to confront, but you have to just bite the bullet and talk to people, who gives a crap if they don't like you, or you say something stupid, they are not going to hit you over the head with their umbrella and call the police. Just frickin talk to people.

 

[SWAT]

You seem like a person I would't like meeting...

 

[WalkingDeadMike]

I do the sneak up to the peep hole thing. I don't really like talking when getting my hair cut, but that's to do with my dislike of small talk, not being awkward around girls. I'm actually more willing to be chatty if it's a good looking girl cutting my hair.

 

[Optimus_Prime_]

Is this really that socially awkward. I actually don't do this at that, but I have a big house and when people knock or ring the doorbell I will shout back "coming!" but I'm 99% sure they can't hear me through the door.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

I do the sneak up to the peep hole thing. I don't really like talking when getting my hair cut, but that's to do with my dislike of small talk, not being awkward around girls. I'm actually more willing to be chatty if it's a good looking girl cutting my hair.

Ach, i used to talk small talk with my barber all the time, sometimes you would go on to talk about interesting things, sometimes not. Hell, he would end up talking to me about some real personal things about his marriage and whatnot sometimes if no-one else was around. Other times, just current events and stuff.
Also, one time I was getting my hair cut for an extra part in a film, and the woman cutting my hair, was maybe in her late forties, started talking to me about that book 'The Bible Code', which was a strange coincidence, as i had just finished reading that book myself, and after that she started talking to me about problems she was having with her son.
You really don't know what will occur in the convo after the small talk prelimenaries, sometimes you would get a very good conversation.

 

[Yurka]

I think I've done all of these things.

 

[SpideyVille]

I've done everything front that first post, aside from the haircut by a woman part, since my barber is always a guy. But I thought I was the only one who did things like that, especially the doorbell part.

 

[Darkness Falls]

i am this penguin lol

 

[Drizzle]

 

[Spider-Vader]

 

[Darkness Falls]

lmao i've done the txting outside friends house

 

[WillardNation]

The texting outside the house isn't the least bit socially awkward.

 

[JP]

It is for me.

 

[WillardNation]

Really? Everyone I know does that. No one knocks anymore. What is this, 1994?

 

[SpideyVille]

Really? Everyone I know does that. No one knocks anymore. What is this, 1994?

Same here, I know plenty of non socially awkward people who do that. Just goes to show what technology has done to us, making even the most mundane things seem irrelevant.

 

[JP]

Just meeting people in general.. I'd rather text them to tell them I'm there then have to ring a doorbell and encounter someone they live with.

Or if I'm meeting someone at their job, I text them to let them know I'm there so I don't have to go inside their work and ask someone where they are. I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE!

 

[WillardNation]

I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE!

That's gonna make life a bit difficult for you.

 

[Yurka]

This one should end "And dont ask for it back."

 

[JP]

That's gonna make life a bit difficult for you.

It has. I get by.

 

[knowsbleed]

I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE!

I have a hard time believing this, you seem like a very social person.

 

[JP]

I like my friends.

I just hate all other people. I'd never be able to work in retail.

 

[WillardNation]

But how do you make friends in the first place?

 

[JP]

But how do you make friends in the first place?

The same way everyone else does...


I just don't like dealing with people. I could never be a waiter, or a sales clerk, or any job where I'd have to be behind a cashier or on the other end of a telephone. Tourists are the bane of my existence. I hate crowded places (LOL I live in NYC). I just can't stand people 90% of my days.