Meeting somebody from years ago !

finix · 21-02-2014 06:39PM #1

Like someone who was in your school/class etc and you bump into them on the street and then follows the 30 second arkward chat...Ah Jaysus how are you ? Hows the family ?/ What are you doing now ? etc and then the SILENCE, Followed by...Theres my bus, have to rush etc and you both part ways mumbling Wnker under your breath and just glad to get away.
I hate that ! but its funny later

PS Its even worse when you spot them from a distance and just know they have spotted you !

fr336 · 21-02-2014 06:51PM

I ignore them as they greet me and continue pushing forward even if they get up in my face. Become robot like, even.

Holsten · 21-02-2014 06:55PM

"Alright".

And keep walking. Easy.

ciano1 · 21-02-2014 06:57PM

Holsten wrote: »

"Alright".

And keep walking. Easy.

Karl Pilkington.. Is that you!?

fr336 · 21-02-2014 07:01PM

ciano1 wrote: »

Karl Pilkington.. Is that you!?

I doubt it is.

finix · 21-02-2014 07:03PM

fr336 wrote: »

I ignore them as they greet me and continue pushing forward even if they get up in my face. Become robot like, even.

What Charm School did you drop out of ?

Santa Cruz · 21-02-2014 07:03PM

What about that tenner you owe me? or How are you fixed for a loan of a hundred till my dole comes through? should speed up these little meetings

wazky · 21-02-2014 07:03PM

fr336 wrote: »

I doubt it is.

As long as its not his fat mate we're ok.

fr336 · 21-02-2014 07:05PM

finix wrote: »

What Charm School did you drop out of ?

The one I went to with these kind of people who are best ignored?

fr336 · 21-02-2014 07:06PM

wazky wrote: »

As long as its not his fat mate we're ok.

I'm not fat I've just been letting myself go a bit for the winter!!!!

DEFTLEFTHAND · 21-02-2014 07:54PM

Are if you can't remember their name and have to resort to using pal/lad/bud/kid etc.

downonthefarm · 21-02-2014 07:56PM

Remember you used to make fun of my shoes......king hit

Muise... · 21-02-2014 08:21PM

I find dropping the hand smooths over the awkwardness.

castletownman · 21-02-2014 08:23PM

Even years after he used to bully and torment me in school, the same guy still takes my lunch money today.

He makes a good sandwich though to be fair.

fr336 · 21-02-2014 08:25PM

castletownman wrote: »

Even years after he used to bully and torment me in school, the same guy still takes my lunch money today.

He makes a good sandwich though to be fair.

:D

wazky · 21-02-2014 08:26PM

Muise... wrote: »

I find dropping the hand smooths over the awkwardness.

'God, it's grown since you were in school right enough'

'Ah those stretch techniques work wonders, sir'

Legs.Eleven · 21-02-2014 08:32PM

I'm one of those ignorant people that pretends to have walked in the wrong direction and does a quick about turn and legs it the opposite direction or I walk straight by them looking directly ahead pretending I can't see them. I don't see why I have to put up with stupid, awkward conversations with people I don't want to talk to and I'm sure they feel the same.

fr336 · 21-02-2014 08:34PM

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

I'm one of those ignorant people that pretends to have walked in the wrong direction and does a quick about turn and legs it the opposite direction or I walk straight by them looking directly ahead pretending I can't see them. I don't see why I have to put up with stupid, awkward conversations with people I don't want to talk to and I'm sure they feel the same.

Your eleven legs must come in handy in such a moment

Muise... · 21-02-2014 08:34PM

wazky wrote: »

'God, it's grown since you were in school right enough'

'Ah those stretch techniques work wonders, sir'

"so that was you in the changing rooms that time."

Molester Stallone · 21-02-2014 08:35PM

Or an ex girlfriend stops you that you haven't seen in 20 years & starts chatting about the "old days" while all the time you're trying to remember her fckin name!

Menas · 21-02-2014 08:35PM

I am terrible at recognising people so simply walk around ignoring everyone.

Except when i go to my home town. There I put a stupid smile on and say hello to everyone for fear of offending someone I know but do not recognise.

hjkl · 21-02-2014 08:47PM

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

I'm one of those ignorant people that pretends to have walked in the wrong direction and does a quick about turn and legs it the opposite direction or I walk straight by them looking directly ahead pretending I can't see them. I don't see why I have to put up with stupid, awkward conversations with people I don't want to talk to and I'm sure they feel the same.

It's about 30 seconds out of your day. Why not just be nice and converse with them?

stefan idiot jones · 21-02-2014 08:55PM

frimpong wrote: »

It's about 30 seconds out of your day. Why not just be nice and converse with them?

They're probably Welsh in my case. Enough said.

finix · 21-02-2014 08:59PM

They always remember my name but I am like Mrs Doyle trying to guess the name of Father Todd Unctuous !

Sir Arthur Daley · 21-02-2014 09:02PM

Its hard to make small talk, i usually just go in whatever the nearest shop to avoid them rather than talk dung for 5 minutes.

ArnoldJRimmer · 21-02-2014 09:02PM

Years ago, I was approached in the Big Tree by a lad I apparently went to school with. Didn't have a notion who he was, but was quit drunk and didn't want to be impolite. Its amazing how long you can keep a conversation going with generic questions,

How's the family?,
Are you still friends with, oh whats his name? (wait until they mention random name), and say 'Thats the one'

20 minutes of asking these questions, and I eventually figured it out. IN fairness though, the guy had lost a lot of hair in the meantime

FollatonWood · 21-02-2014 09:16PM

I'd usually just blank them, I went to school with a bunch of muppets.

That said, I remember being out in Dub one night about 6 years ago and running into a guy who made my life hell in school; he came up with a bunch of lads, put his arm around me and went 'FW long time no see!!' as if we were best buds. I just looked at him blankly and responded 'sorry, what's your name again?'.

Funny thing is, I genuinely couldn't remember his name - but the burn was still classic

FollatonWood · 21-02-2014 09:17PM

frimpong wrote: »

It's about 30 seconds out of your day. Why not just be nice and converse with them?

If you don't like someone, why would you talk to them?

It's this 'polite' idle chit chat thing I really don't get.

Vincent Vega · 21-02-2014 09:40PM

The worst is when you're sitting on the train or bus and someone like that gets on and sits beside you to talk.

I think it shouldn't be considered rude to say something like "look, I think your an ok person and all, but we just don't have 45 minutes worth of things to talk about."

I hate smalltalk and I'd imagine i come off as a right prick sometimes in trying to avoid it.

FollatonWood · 21-02-2014 09:42PM

Vincent Vega wrote: »

The worst is when you're sitting on the train or bus and someone like that gets on and sits beside you to talk.

I think it shouldn't be considered rude to say something like "look, I think your an ok person and all, but we just don't have 45 minutes worth of things to talk about."

I hate smalltalk and I'd imagine i come off as a right prick sometimes in trying to avoid it.

That happens me sometimes with work colleagues. It's so fcuking annoying, it's like 'work's over man, get out of my face'. Happened again today but luckily he didn't seem to want to be stuck with me either, so I let him walk on ahead and I got in a different carriage.

fr336 · 21-02-2014 09:44PM

FollatonWood wrote: »

That happens me sometimes with work colleagues. It's so fcuking annoying, it's like 'work's over man, get out of my face'. Happened again today but luckily he didn't seem to want to be stuck with me either, so I let him walk on ahead and I got in a different carriage.

I think a lot of the time it's just them trying to be polite too; it's an awkward situation all round.

Meeting somebody from years ago !

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