Missing a few parts....

[Landshark77]

Okay fellas…. Here’s the dilemma. Friday after work, I was on my way home and realized that I was out of beer. I decided that tonight is not going to be copasetic if I didn’t have any. So I made a detour to stop off at the normal place I buy beer from.
I pulled up, and noticed that the ‘new’ guy was working again. I walked in, nodded, and went straight for the Bud Light.

I grabbed my ‘drink of choice’ and approached the counter. A few words was passed back and forth with the cashier (one that sees me every time I come in) and I was told the price.

“That will be $7.57.”

“Okay.” I replied.

As I handed him a twenty dollar bill, I was challenged on my age.

“May I see your drivers license”?

I was in awe that this guy that seems me practically every other day and checks me out will ask for my id. So, I thought, what the hell… he’s just doing his job. I handed him my id and began to look for my Jeep keys. Then out of nowhere I hear this bloke says,

“Whoa”!

Then he lifts up my license and holds it up to my face. I assume he is checking the picture out to make sure its me. I laughed and said,

“Yea. That’s me”!

He asked me if I was sure that the id was mine, and not my older brothers. I was like….

“Yea. I am sure”.

Then out of nowhere, the cashier goes,

“Wow. You’re a young one. Nice. Very nice. Your aging quite good. Man… that’s.. ummm… (mumbles under his breath something). “

He hands me my id and I left. Later on that night, it hit me. Every time I come in, he usually talks to me, make direct eye contact, and says overly friendly comments.
I think I am probably the only guy that feels this, but I think I was born missing some parts of my brain. Like the kind to tell you someone is attracted to you. Hell, if I would have known this earlier, I would have taken him around back and probably poked him in the brown eye.

Guys? Please tell me I am not alone in this?

 

[Pecker]

Well, Landshark, he may be flirting.

Or he may be damned good at customer service.

He sounds like the kind of clerk I searched in vain for when I was in retail management.

 

[db03]

Ya I'm totally dense in that dept. too. Nornally someone has to say it clearly into my face before I have any idea, like" i like you, do u wanna go out"??

Until then I'm clueless, I think most men are like that.

I'm also a huge flirt, but its often done completely sub-consciously.

 

[SomeGuyOverThere]

For me it varies, sometimes I can spot it a mile off, sometimes I dont realise it, sometimes I don't want to realise it!

 

[Lex]

I get similar reactions when people find out my age as well. I was in my doctor's office and this eldery man was coming in--I held the door for him and what not. He told me "I've got ties older than you are. How old are you, son?"

"32" I said.

"Really?! You're looking good--must be taking care of yourself."

He proceeded to ask what I did for a living, if I exercised, etc.

I remember being 25 and getting upset when I got carded and now, nearly 33, I take it as the ultimate compliment. Now, I don't recall being hit on--but it is noce when someone tells me that I look young.


My radar for being cruised is getting better daily. At first, I never noticed guys checkiing me out in a bar, etc. Now I can tell a little bit better.

 

[jonb]

I think most guys fail to recognize it.

 

[Steve26]

It's always been my experience that men and women tend to be on different wavelengths when it comes to communicating attraction, so it can be hard for a guy to pick up signals from women. I've learned at my high school reunions of quite a few girls who had crushes on me way back when ... man oh man, if I had only had a clue!

Attention from guys, on the other hand, has always seemed pretty damn overt to me. Frankly, that's one thing I like about being hit on by men -- they seldom leave ANY doubt (and the very obvious interest is always flattering).

I had a trainer at my gym vastly underestimate my age today, and it made my month. I turn 31 in a few weeks, and this guy who often sees me at close range, under harsh fluorescent lighting, usually clad in a tank top and b-ball shorts, had thought I was about 20 ... I was on cloud nine!!

Steve

 

[SpeedoGuy]

Originally posted by jonb@May 8 2005, 10:05 PM
I think most guys fail to recognize it.

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I sure have. Many times.

SG

 

[britlover]

I'm 37 this year, and peeps often have a bit of a start when I tell 'em my age (and yes, my avatar pic is recent&#33.

 

[Kimahri]

If I'm being hit on, I can promise you I am the LAST person to realize it.

And if I shave and wear my baseball cap right, people think I'm like 25-26 for some reason.

 

[dolf250]

I can honestly tell you that I was born missing that part of my brain (and quite likely a few others as well.) It can be obvious as hell to those around me, but unless someone tells me I seldom pick up on it. It has got me in trouble on a few occasions, when, by the time I “clue in” the girl who I really would be interested in has come to the conclusion that I am a stuck up jackass.

 

[Pene_Negro_Grande]

I am very bad at it or sometimes choose to play stupid...

 

[Socket4Plug]

Hey Landshark,

I'm in Dallas too. I'd be happy to examine your parts and see if there is in fact anything missing! :bounce: :evilgrin: