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What a strange non-sequitur
This is not a debate. What is going on in the comments of this post, can you not spot a joke?
It kind of hard to spot them when there is no funny part.
No, I don’t believe this is a joke.
Are people afraid to be regular customers? Do they go out of their way to shop at different places all the time?
If you’re outwardly likable, relatable and able to be all chatty smiles and eye contact with everyone you meet, people are going to be much nicer to you because they’ve assumed much nicer things about you.
Due to this, you probably only have pleasant connotations with frequenting places where you are noticed by for your habits by strangers.
Shopping online is much less stressful imo. And if I want a fresh cheesecake, I make it myself.
What if they try to go past NPC speak and I have to talk about my cringe ass hobbies, then they find out I’m a weird loser?
pol = pea-pol?
If that’s a common abbr. resp. bastrdzn. I never saw it before… all it reminds me of is {N}chan.
Maybe she wanted to type “ppl” but missed the second p 🤷♂️
Who is afraid to be a regular customer? Weird intro to the story.
Well, not afraid but I definitely dislike the notion of some stranger knowing my habits. I can go to the same place regularly but I will switch what I’m ordering all the time so they can’t figure out my next move. I guess I was an emperor in my previous life or something.
“hey, it’s the weird guy who thinks he’s throwing us off by ordering something different every time”
I got a free pizza at a pizza place before because the owner recognized me as the person putting in a large order for a past event I helped organize. That was the last time I went there. The “I don’t want them thinking I’m here hoping for another free pizza”-anxiety just hit me super hard. That was about 15 years ago and I have long since moved away from that town, but I still think about it occasionally. They made good pizza…
Nope, I do not want to be recognised. The notion of being remembered and/or having random people think of me like that, is fucking horrifying. Attracting any attention of this sort makes me feel me unsafe and I will go out of my way to avoid it as I do not want my purchases tampered with or to be harrassed.
Being a disabled but somewhat attractive ‘woman’ makes people think they can get away with all sorts of shitty behaviour towards me and to keep putting myself in situations where they can, is stupid and basically just asking to be fucked with.
Alternative view. Being a regular customer means your are treated like a person rather than a customer. This means watching out for your safety around other members of the public. Or giving you warnings about unsafe events or people nearby.
Community keeps us safe. Being a regular can be like being a part of your community depending on the type of establishment.
I’m glad this has been your experience and that you have a safe community.
Well, at the height of my alcoholism I would go to different stores every day on a rotation to avoid becoming a regular.
That feels like a very different situation
