Interesting characters

[Raistlin]

Two of the more interesting people I met today:

1. This guy (http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20120816/WIC01/120816012/WICOMICO-CRIME-Man-breaks-into-house-takes-off-clothing-bakes-chicken-pot-pie) (you know it's an interesting person when the first thing his attorney says to him is "you made CNN").

2. A young woman named Herschel.

What interesting people have you met lately?

[Shlup]

So what was that guy (#1) on, exactly?

I meet lots of interesting people at work. Here's the ones I can think of from today...

1) A "special" young man started at me for awhile. I said hi, but he just stared. A few moments later he appeared to my immediate left, with his fist held in front of him. I, of course, accepted his offer for fist bumpage. His mom said he was flirting with me.

2) The head of all the stores in Disney, CA.

3) Three "special" gentlemen, one of which wanted a few specific things, so I ran around the store and played personal shopper for him. He said he wanted a shirt with his friends name, so I told him to pick any shirt in the store and we'd get it embroidered. Then he wanted a hat and a backpack and a key lanyard. I asked if he wanted his name embroidered on everything, and he was very excited. The other two told me about their accomplishments--one of them got elected "ambassador" for their adult living facility (for the 22nd year in a row!), and the other wants to do stand up comedy (he promised to come back and do his routine for me someday). We had fun times so I gave them all buttons and comped the embroidery.

4) I found a lost little Japanese girl, so I got some practical use of my Japanese knowledge. We found her dad pretty quickly.

5) Met a pin trader who showed me a few of his several thousand Disney pins. I love crazy pin traders.

[Bunny]

Russell E. Neff was charged with first-degree burglary, theft less than $100, malicious destruction of property and resisting arrest

At first I was like "Whoa Maryland takes pot pies seriously" and then I read the last half of that paragraph and I was like "Whoa, a pot pie sounds really delicious right now."

I have met nobody interesting lately because I don't go outside.

[Tigmafuzz]

Everyone I have extended interaction with.

[Mercen-X]

Lately, as in recently? No one. Within the past few months? No one. Within the past couple of years? No one.

Before that, I met people from KOFT TV. Guys named No-Name, Balrok, Slob, girls named Zaza, Scarlett, Dice... all in a beer-swilling, smoke-clogged environment.

[Raistlin]

So what was that guy (#1) on, exactly?

I can't talk about anything he said that isn't in the article, but I think the facts make it clear that he was not exactly stone sober. In fact, the first degree burglary charge is a bit of a joke, because burglary is breaking and entering with the specific intent (at the time of the B&E) to commit a crime within. The only crime he committed in the house was stealing (by way of cooking and eating) the pot pie. So the prosecutor is really trying to argue that he intended to steal a pot pie when he was busting down the door -- and was even capable of forming that cognitive level of intent.

[Shlup]

You're not even allowed to say "allegedly"?? Bummer.

[Shorty]

I haven't really met any new people lately. :( I got introduced to the bouncer at a karaoke bar I went to over the weekend, but I forgot his name. That's about it.

[Jiro]

I met this great dude the other week while I was in the city. His name was Muhammed was real tall and had this wicked scar on his face but for all his initial intimidating features he was actually just a real top dude.

[Christmas]

Old Manus is the most interesting character that I have met in my life so far. :bigsmile:

We can be BFF together if we have met each other in real life. Eating, shopping, Eating, playing and MORE EATING together. :bigsmile:

BFF Manus~~~~~~:heart:

TOO BAD WE DIDN'T!!! LOL. SO HE HAS TO DIE!

[sharkythesharkdogg]

This morning at work I noticed an awful lot of doves flying over the shop.

So I walk out of one of the garage bays, and there's a guy in our parking lot releasing flocks of them. He was working out of the back of his truck. :confused:

He said they were racing pigeons, and then he proceeded to pack up the travel pins the were in, and mosey along his way. I guess he had to take racing pigeons to the race shop to let them go?

[Cloudane]

Implying I get out enough to meet interesting characters very often... or that anyone around my area is particularly interesting to begin with :P

I think the biggest known "character" of the town is this guy in his ~60s who looks like a hobo {but isn't} and all he does is go around all the shops chatting up the register girls, all day, every day. Enter any shop in town, and I'd say there's about a 5% encounter rate. And he'll be there, when you're trying to pay for your stuff, all "and how are you today my dear?"

Oh and another guy who is almost always in the local supermarket. He has a pram (no baby, no kids) and a couple of greyhounds. He puts a little carpet down (awww, bless) and lets his dogs rest on that outside while he goes inside, does his shopping and puts it in the pram. (erm, large baby buggy, if that's a British only term). It's not a terrible idea so I don't know if he's insane or a genius, all I know is it's a bit... unusual

[Iceglow]

1. This guy (http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20120816/WIC01/120816012/WICOMICO-CRIME-Man-breaks-into-house-takes-off-clothing-bakes-chicken-pot-pie) (you know it's an interesting person when the first thing his attorney says to him is "you made CNN").


He looks somewhat like Julian if Julian had less facial hair.



2. A young woman named Herschel.


Did you proceed to quote random lines from Season 2 of The Walking Dead at her? If not you failed miserably.

I haven't met any real characters lately, I've been off work so mostly I'm in Wimbledon which is pretty tame tbh. Though yesterday when I went to Kingston for an interview... I saw a guy who literally had so much fat and skin hanging off his frame that his XXXXL T-shirt was like latex over it. I was grossed out immensely by how he could ever let himself get that way to begin with. I also saw a woman a couple of hundred meters down the road kneel and kiss the pavement facing the road for no discernible reasons. Kingston is full of crazy people.

[Jinx]

Shlup, I love that you are nice to DD people. That makes me happy.

I'm in the hospital, so I get to know my nurses and CAs and respiratory techs, etc.

[fire_of_avalon]

I get to talk to a lot of people who are fuuuuuuucked up on narcotics now. They hear about a new doctor and they call me and the first thing they say is "Will Dr. [REDACTED] fill my meds?"

Me: "Dr. [REDACTED] will review your medical history, previous assessments and current medications. He may reach out to any specialists you've seen in the past. As a rule he will not issue new prescriptions or refills on medications, especially narcotics, until he has determined the medical need.

Them: "MY DOCTOR SAYS I GOTTA HAVE THIS TO LIIIIIIIIIIIVE."

Me: "If you would not be comfortable with changing some of your established health care habits you may want to stay with your existing physician."

Them: "BUT HE WON'T GIVE ME ANYMORE."

Me: "..."

[Raistlin]

2. A young woman named Herschel.


Did you proceed to quote random lines from Season 2 of The Walking Dead at her? If not you failed miserably.

I figured she had a tough enough life already having an old geezer's name.

[Laddy]

I've been sick lately so I've been in my room, doing nothing. :p

[Raistlin]

I went to court the other day and met some more interesting people. Including this one severely physically disabled man (he can barely walk with crutches and talks only slowly) who allegedly "stole" a laptop from the special needs home he was kept at (and unable to leave from) by hiding it in his room. The judge, another character, gave a brilliant lecture to the State's Attorney about how he was "perplexed" about why this case was even brought, and then proceeded to find him guilty but to give no punishment.

[Jinx]

I went to court the other day and met some more interesting people. Including this one severely physically disabled man (he can barely walk with crutches and talks only slowly) who allegedly "stole" a laptop from the special needs home he was kept at (and unable to leave from) by hiding it in his room. The judge, another character, gave a brilliant lecture to the State's Attorney about how he was "perplexed" about why this case was even brought, and then proceeded to find him guilty but to give no punishment.

Wow. That IS pretty dumb.

[Madame Adequate]

Shlup, I love that you are nice to DD people. That makes me happy.

I didn't know unkindness to large-bosomed girls was a big problem, to be honest.

[Raistlin]

So an attorney that I work for is a nice little old lady with this tiny little dog that she adores. The dog has godparents. She graduated from Florida State and is obsessed with the place, and recently bought her dog a little doggy FSU cheerleader outfit.

The boss is another character. He has refused to shave since he came back from vacation recently because it doesn't matter as his face is "ugly enough" even without shaving. He also told me that he absolutely loves his job, despite the fact that most of his clients will statistically be guilty of something, because he finds it personally hilarious when he can pull one over on the prosecutor. This is the attorney whose first words to the pot pie guy in the OP were "you made CNN!"