Exactly! I use different sites for different things- Twitter is where i get political. Pinterest I use for work and event planning. I really limit my Facebook because I have so many followers there who are distant connections - community members, neighbors, former coworkers, customers of my business, etc. When I was…

Just curious, have you answered a ton of the questions on there, or just the bare minimum?

Sigh... it’s not that we think all men are predators, it’s that when we meet you, we don’t know whether you are a nice one or a scary one. Therefore we need to be cautious with all.

If it’s banter that you would exchange with a male, or with a person who is not in your romantic age range, then it’s not a terrible thing. But if it’s banter that communicates that they are attractive to you (a message they may be getting multiple times an hour from different men of all ages) then it’s just…

Yup! We have a code word for emergencies, a code word for shoplifters, and a code word for “please give me an excuse to get away from this flirtatious customer.”

I will say that plenty of customers have flirted with me while I was at work, and I’m sure they thought I seemed open to it because I am a naturally outgoing person.

Yes - I feel the same way!

This is really sweet! I hope that if I do end up as a ghost someday, I will be a kindly Mr. Timmons type of spirit. 

Just want to say, I like the way you tell a story! Creepy but funny.

Was this in Mt. Rainier?

Wow! What a kind man. I’d like to think I’d be that clever in a similar situation.

Wow - good storytelling! Definitely made me shiver.

It’s not just redneck crackers who are racists. I assumed that as a young person because I grew up in a working class community, so the only overt racists I knew were poor. But then I got to college and oh boy, did I discover some middle class and wealthy racists. Their words might have been more subtle but they still…

In my experience, when a woman can’t get a date, people think she must be too fat, too skinny, too weird, too boring, too crazy, etc. etc. And often they will give her unsolicited advice on how she should change her appearance.

Ooh, I like this rule!

If I’m understanding you correctly, you think women only want to be approached in particular settings because of some fluffy romantic ideals. That’s not why. Here are some of the actual reasons, for me at least:

At my retail shop (not corporate, lots of women in management), our employee training manual includes code words/phrase. There’s one that means “Call 911 and get everyone out of the store,” one that means, “I see a shoplifter,” and one that means “Someone needs to come get this customer away from me.”

These all look cute and comfy! Hoping they eventually expand into bigger sizes :)

These all look cute and comfy! Hoping they eventually expand into bigger sizes :)

You were one smart kid!!

This story just makes me happy. I know several facilities guys, gruff but lovable Ron Swanson types, who would also feel the need to finish their last job before they could move on to the next world.