August 09, 2006

What Part of "No"....

Men are a strange breed.

I stopped at the post office on my way to the office. On my way in I get stopped by a guy getting signatures on a petition, I had already been approached on this one so I declined and went on in. On my way out, I was reading my new Shape magazine and, therefore, not paying any attention to him at all.

I opened my car door to climb in and I hear him behind me, "What would a guy have to do to find out more about you? I mean, I'm single, I'm a nice guy"

I say, because it is true and was suggested previously for just this situation, "I'm very flattered, but I'm not single"

He then decides to argue the point, "you're not wearing a ring"

"Well, I'm not married, but I am in a relationship - I am not available"

"How about lunch sometime?"

"Well, that would be wrong then, wouldn't it?"

"Sure, if you were married"

??????

"I'll treat, it'll be fun, you're a very good looking woman"

"Well, thank you for the compliment, it is flattering. However, I don't intend to cheat and I wouldn't go out with someone who would suggest it."

"If you change your mind, I'll be here all day"

Jiminy!

I am sure glad I didn't sign the petition, which would have given him access to personal data about me.

Note to SAJU, I would not recommend this method of approach should you encounter Ms. Kidd again.

BTW: I was, as per previous posts, very sloppy this morning. No make up, hair disheveled, 'comfy' clothes. I so don't get it with you guys.

Posted by Vox at August 9, 2006 11:48 AM | TrackBack | Men
Comments

Wow! What brazenness! I bet he was getting signatures for some stupid liberal agenda petition. Part of the kook fringe we are always hearing about. If he was gathering signatures for a legitimate group, I would have him reported as a letch.

Posted by: Karen of Scottsdale at August 9, 2006 01:47 PM

I didn't look closely enough to see what group he was with, or what the details were, but he said it was about "fighting illegal immigration"

Not sure which side of the fight it was on, though.

Posted by: Vox at August 9, 2006 01:59 PM

It sounds like his whole routine may have been lifted from "The Break Up." He figured that if it worked for Vince Vaughn with Jennifer Aniston...

In my defense, I did say that the more aggressive guys wouldn't take no for an answer. He probably gets 10 percent of his dates by being a persistent, annoying ass-clown who just wears a girl down. He figures that if he gets the date, it was worth it.

Also, you may be cursed with incurable politeness, which a guy like that will see as weakness, or at least opportunity.

Posted by: Special Agent Johnny Utah at August 9, 2006 08:35 PM

I just got off a 2 hour flight sitting in front of a guy hitting mercilously on a girl in the adjoining row. She had about 100 IQ points on him and was as polite in her continual decline of his advances as she could be.

It really made the journey seem long. I need to buy an IPod.

Posted by: Woods at August 9, 2006 08:54 PM

I had completely forgotten about that scene in The Break Up, and it is one of my pet peeves with movies - the "meet cute" involves one or both of them already in relationships (see "You've Got Mail", "Sleepless in Seattle",...) Not a great message to send - always keep your options open because something better might come along.

Bah!

Posted by: Vox at August 10, 2006 09:52 AM

What if you give the jerk your boyfriend's phone number and tell the jerk to ask him if it's OK for you to have lunch? LOL

Posted by: Karen of Scottsdale at August 10, 2006 11:38 AM

My boyfriend told me I should have told him that I have gotten pretty accurate with my very large gun.

:-D

Posted by: Vox at August 10, 2006 02:08 PM

You: "I'm a lesbian."

Him: "That's HOT!"

Posted by: Special Agent Johnny Utah at August 10, 2006 04:38 PM