People who are reading: do not want to be talking instead.
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5 Responses to “Even if you are a non-reader, this is not rocket science”
Oh, man. Totally. But people who are not readers just don’t *get* that. But people who don’t read just don’t get that. They think everyone would always rather be yapping, about anything, always, than doing anything else — especially reading, because, like, you know, who would *ever* want to READ? Ick.
The same goes for “people who are writing do not want to be talking instead!” I cannot count the number of times I have been hard at work at starbucks or other cafe and had people (complete strangers!) interrupt me to ask questions, give me (unsolicited) dating advice, ask me what I’m working on (and to wish that I will find jesus soon because I don’t want to talk about what I’m working on), or to ask me where I got my outfit.
Someday I will start a company that manufactures signs for shy, introverted, and/or cranky people to carry around. The signs will have messages such as “I’m reading. Please leave me alone” or “I’m not here to flirt with you” or “When I say I’m just looking, I mean please don’t follow me around talking about the merchandise, unless you really want me to bolt from the store.”
Or they think it’s somehow rude to not want to talk, I mean, if you’re in public (= not holed up in your bedroom with the door shut), you obviously want conversation/company.
My wife has a similar set of signs to the ones Amanda has proposed. The signs are for my benefit. There are two of them: “Go Away” and “Hug Me.” All it takes is some Sharpie, some construction paper, and a laminating machine.
July 26th, 2005 at 8:36 am
Oh, man. Totally. But people who are not readers just don’t *get* that. But people who don’t read just don’t get that. They think everyone would always rather be yapping, about anything, always, than doing anything else — especially reading, because, like, you know, who would *ever* want to READ? Ick.
July 26th, 2005 at 9:17 pm
The same goes for “people who are writing do not want to be talking instead!” I cannot count the number of times I have been hard at work at starbucks or other cafe and had people (complete strangers!) interrupt me to ask questions, give me (unsolicited) dating advice, ask me what I’m working on (and to wish that I will find jesus soon because I don’t want to talk about what I’m working on), or to ask me where I got my outfit.
July 26th, 2005 at 10:12 pm
Amen.
Someday I will start a company that manufactures signs for shy, introverted, and/or cranky people to carry around. The signs will have messages such as “I’m reading. Please leave me alone” or “I’m not here to flirt with you” or “When I say I’m just looking, I mean please don’t follow me around talking about the merchandise, unless you really want me to bolt from the store.”
July 26th, 2005 at 10:16 pm
Or they think it’s somehow rude to not want to talk, I mean, if you’re in public (= not holed up in your bedroom with the door shut), you obviously want conversation/company.
Amanda, you will hit an untapped market.
July 26th, 2005 at 11:05 pm
My wife has a similar set of signs to the ones Amanda has proposed. The signs are for my benefit. There are two of them: “Go Away” and “Hug Me.” All it takes is some Sharpie, some construction paper, and a laminating machine.