Quote Originally Posted by clodhopper View Post
I have spent a few decades perfecting this approach. The chatty ones get a pre-emptive stare just to push them off-center. Once you attain a sufficient level of angry codger, people see blue static ripple off you and start looking for a reason to not have to be near you. It is at that point that you find a life of peaceful nirvana where crowds part like the red sea and you are able to exist in a world without inane simpletons imparting their stupidity into your sphere of contentment.
You guys must have a different look than I do. If I'm wearing a collared shirt, of any color, in any store, I get asked which aisle things are located or if something is in stock. EVEN when I'm already asking an employee something. It's crazy.