Monday Mindbump
This week’s Mindbump is from Enroute to Life:
“Do you change who you are according to where you are or what situation you are in?â€
Yes. I assume that pretty much everyone changes to some degree depending on their situation. When I’m at home I’m laid back and generally walking around without shoes or socks. I can swear at will, and freely do things that I wouldn’t do outside my house, like jam my finger into my ear and vigorously wiggle it around, adjust my bra by sticking my hand way up my shirt, and scratch my ass as I walk to the fridge. I’m not very ladylike in my own house.
If someone cuts me off on my commute, I will swear. I’ll do it loudly, as though I were hoping that my voice could be heard through the windows and over the noise of the highway. I’ll make up long strings of curse words, and I’ll say impolite things about the mothers, grandmothers, and extended families of bad drivers. At work, if someone were to be as ignorant as some of the local drivers, I’d be forced to lower my voice so I don’t get fired.
Tags: behavior, highway, impolite, ladylike, Mindbump, Mindbump, situation
October 6th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
First of all, thanks for coming to my blog!
Secondly, I do the same thing. There are parts of me that are much different at work or when meeting people for the first time. I think that is just the way life goes.
And how funny, I rarely use my horn but I will creatively swear and the first cocksnuggler to cut me off too!
October 6th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
@Hilly - I remember going out with a bunch of coworkers a few years ago, and being told by one of them the next week that one of the others was very surprised that I wasn’t as outgoing as she expected that I’d be, considering that at the time I was moonlighting as a camgirl and she thought that I’d be all over the other guys at the bar. I had to laugh before explaining I could be outgoing and flirty, but generally only with guys I wasn’t in the same room with; in person I’m a bit on the shy side until I get to know you.
And cocksnuggler’s good. I’ll have to remember that. A couple of months ago I got cut off or stuck behind someone going below the speed limit and yelled out a word I’d forgotten I’d even knew: dickwad. I don’t think I’d said that in about 15 years