Didn't find it offensive. Just that it says volume about their character.

May 21, 2019
5:05:22pm

mik3 All-American

maybe you just had to be there to understand the gist of the conversation as they expressed their feelings about interactions with strangers.

I'm not sure I follow the connection between "I don't like to interact with strangers" and "a stranger offering help to an old lady is creepy".

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Saw something cool today. Was stopped at the grocery store waiting

777

5/21/19 4:33pm

Sounds like you have terrible coworkers. There's nothing creepy about that story.

mik3

5/21/19 4:37pm

They are not terrible. They were just honest.

777

5/21/19 4:47pm

Society as a whole would consider helping an old lady load her groceries "creepy"?

mik3

5/21/19 4:52pm

I'm sorry that part of the story is offensive to you. They are not bad people,

777

5/21/19 5:01pm

Didn't find it offensive. Just that it says volume about their character.

mik3

5/21/19 5:05pm

I don't think it says anything other than where we are at in society. I'm

777

5/21/19 5:22pm

Right, disagree that society sees the story you shared as creepy in any way.

mik3

5/21/19 5:31pm

It's hard to convey the details and nuances of every conversation but

777

5/21/19 5:55pm

Gotcha. Wording in OP made it seem like they called the interaction creepy.

mik3

5/21/19 6:15pm

I am not immune. I feel like tech has pulled me down a tad. There are many times

777

5/21/19 6:22pm

No, it's your colleagues. Where I live that would be considered common courtesy

Kerbouchard

5/21/19 6:51pm

That sounds like a job for the government to take care of. Maybe

kotacoug

5/21/19 4:38pm

Oh dear....Shade thrown at GoFundMe!!!!!

TheWanderer

5/21/19 4:40pm

Can’t wait for this riveting saga to get picked up by Tucker Carlson

BigT801

5/21/19 5:27pm

GoFundMe is the worst.

Gerald-DeGroot

5/21/19 5:51pm

Well....

Malathion

5/21/19 4:45pm

I get that it sounds creepy. You have be cautious with strangers approaching you and offering help.

IceBlueCoug

5/21/19 4:46pm

But all of what you said is exactly what leads us to being "uncomfortable

777

5/21/19 4:51pm

We should be cautious about helping an old man and an old lady loading groceries

garyfan

5/21/19 4:51pm

Somebody could construe it as something nefarious. I agree that it is something crazy but you can't argue that someone

IceBlueCoug

5/21/19 4:53pm

Can’t live like that

garyfan

5/21/19 5:46pm

My daughter was walking home from school one day in the rain...

Eddie

5/21/19 4:49pm

Amen brother. Stuff like that give me hope for humanity. I see so much yewt.

Gerald-DeGroot

5/21/19 5:28pm

Your colleagues are creepy

Kerbouchard

5/21/19 6:48pm

Sounds like you did a poor job telling the story. No decent human would find

chazen

5/22/19 1:13am

Nah, just read through the thread, I've explained it plenty...

777

5/22/19 1:53am

A very cool story, and a very sad indictment of our upcoming generation 🙁

Borg

5/22/19 6:36am

RE: Saw something cool today. Was stopped at the grocery store waiting

messi

5/22/19 7:26am

Creepy is teenagers' favorite word.

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