Originally Posted by Dutch
People just hear what the want to hear, and answer the question not asked.

For example, order a small black coffee at Starbucks. I'll take five to one odds the answer will be 'do you want room for cream?".


Having spent 6 years as a pilot and 24 years as an Air Traffic Controller I plead guilty. Words, all of them, have meaning. And the ones left out, were left out on purpose. If you speak them to me I will assume that you meant to use them.

Starbucks: What can I get started for you?

Me: You can start what ever you like, here's what I want you to finish!!!

They still think I am an @$$hole.... Actually I am, it's part of my charm......

Last edited by muffin; 02/15/17.
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