American sense of 'space'.- Page 5
American sense of 'space'.
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#100american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/16/09 at 8:11amWhile I'm not disagreeing with you at all re: misbehaving children in restaurants, I have issues with dog hair in my food. Yuck.
#101american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:06amI agree with you, Stockard. I was only kidding with the dog picture.
#102american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:10amI don't want children's hair in my food either.
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#103american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/16/09 at 11:54amWell I don't either. But they don't shed as badly as dogs....
#104american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/16/09 at 11:59am
Speaking of space, there was a guy on the subway today standing by the door. He had his back turned so that his backpack was hitting the woman sitting in the first seat by the door.
Naturally enough, she asked him to move it. Now, any New Yorker can tell you what happened next: HE started yelling at HER.
Have you noticed how often it is that the wronger people are, the louder they protest?
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#105american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/16/09 at 12:46pmThis is a true fact of life, Reg.
KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
#106american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/16/09 at 4:50pm
"I have issues with dog hair in my food. Yuck.'
StockardFan, is that a hypothetical argument or an empirical one? I live with a husky-wolf dog who sheds all the time, but dog hair is not a part of my diet, though I do often get hairs on my clothes. I maintain that a well cared for (and groomed), well trained dog is not a hazard in a restaurant, on a train, bus or in a shop or food market. 
#107american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/16/09 at 4:58pmHairs or no hairs, I'd prefer not to have my meals the old fashioned way. With the people I'm out with.
KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
#108american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/16/09 at 5:05pmUm Hm. Suit yourself. I enjoy meals with people I'm out with too, especially those who do not mind my bringing a wolf along. In America it's out of the question, the wolf stays at home. (He's just as much a wolf as he is a dog.) And there are times when I'd prefer leaving him at home anyway. But I enjoy the option you often get in Europe where a dog is welcome. (He becomes a dog when dogs are allowed. )
#110american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/16/09 at 5:08pm
" In America it's out of the question, the wolf stays at home. "
yeah, I'm glad I live here in the US. I think it's more common to find animals in restaurants abroad. I mean animals other than the vermin!
KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
#112american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/16/09 at 5:28pm
Wow.
You and the wolf can come to dinner at my place.
I'll just have Jane another night.
But there's no texting chez Tresilian!
Updated On: 1/16/09 at 05:28 PM
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#113american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/16/09 at 5:32pm
Krissy I was just sort of kidding around....I'm sure your dog is very well groomed and you don't have dog hair in your food.
He's very pretty as well.
#114american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/16/09 at 6:35pm
For the record, I was kidding about the kiddies, too, Stockard.
Love kids, love dogs.
Assuming they're all properly cooked.
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#115american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/16/09 at 7:23pm
HAHA....I figured you were kidding.....
Q
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#116american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/16/09 at 7:59pmKrissy - I SERIOUSLY want to interact with your wolf friend! I've had the pleasure of meeting full-wolf companions of friends up north, and the feeling is indescibable - completely giving, protective and warm come to mind.
KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
#117american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/16/09 at 8:31pm
Wolves display a difference kind of intelligence from that of a dog. This one will at times display either characteristic. I have never seen a more intelligent dog. It's almost scary.
Well, Q, what side of the country are you on?
#118american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/16/09 at 9:30pmI'm not kidding!
eatlasagna
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#119american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/19/09 at 10:55pmso dammit it happened to me again! but this time i was the gym! i was sitting down on the mat doing my stretches... the stretching area was completely empty... i was the ONLY one on the mats and i was at the very end... to give you an idea of how big it is... basically 6 or 7 people can fit in the stretching area... and while i was doing my leg stretches some guy just stands RIGHT NEXT TO ME and starts stretching! aarggh... but while i was sitting down he was standing up but he kept waving his arms back and forth and twisting his body... and it was just really annoying because he'd walk closer to me then walk back then walk closer all while still waving his arms... damn that was really annoying and really invading my space... but as always i just didn't want to be rude so i just sat there and just ignored him... argh
nygrl232
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/08
#120american sense of 'space'.
Posted: 1/20/09 at 4:00am
Argh--I know how you feel eatlasagna. It's almost some kind of aggressive act, the way people can get in your space in those situations. I've started stretching in the gymnasium--this big, cavernous room that barely anyone uses except for classes. But other people have started using it for this purpose, too. And the space politics are the same, even with all that square footage.
Once two moms brought in their kids who ran around yelling while I tried to relax and stretch out. They were playing near my mat while the rest of the big room was open. And, the two moms also sat not far from my mat, jabbering while their kids continued to bonk each other on the head with those foam roll thingies. Just, weird.
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