I know what you mean about the survival mechanism thing ... sometimes I get grumpy about my big, stern facial features, but it's definitely been a help in that sort of situation, and once I started wearing glasses full time again, it became even moreso. I've also cultivated a blank, nonreactive, unhearing face that stops even persistent beggars after one attempt.
I have occasionally run into the sort of chatty non-reader you describe, but it was mostly back in my college days, when I was taking the bus to and from Charlottesville.
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Date: 2008-07-21 01:33 am (UTC)I know what you mean about the survival mechanism thing ... sometimes I get grumpy about my big, stern facial features, but it's definitely been a help in that sort of situation, and once I started wearing glasses full time again, it became even moreso. I've also cultivated a blank, nonreactive, unhearing face that stops even persistent beggars after one attempt.
I have occasionally run into the sort of chatty non-reader you describe, but it was mostly back in my college days, when I was taking the bus to and from Charlottesville.