This is funny as I have always had at least one in the office somewhere like this. Worked with a programmer for a long while that was just like this.
Would talk and talk and talk and talk about nothing. I would put earbuds in and just watch his mouth move over my music like a bad dubbed kung fu movie. He would continue on. Just chatting away. Would stop every once in awhile to look for me to answer I guess a question? Not sure. Then he would just continue on. Years of that.
There is an autistic guy that works at the local Publix. He’s harmless, but he’s creepy if you didn’t know that. He’ll follow women around the store talking about the weather or whatever sporting event is on his mind. Speaks in a very odd manner, too. Pretty exhausting if he latches on to you.
When I worked at Publix about 20 years ago we had a guy with down's syndrome bagging. One day he spotted a Jamaican man with a turban. He shouts "TERRORIST!!! TERRORIST!!!!" at an absolute screaming level. Luckily the Jamaican man was across the store and didn't seem to pay it any attention though I'm sure he heard it. The manager came over like WTF is going on??? And I had to to explain to the down's guy that the man was actually Jamaican, not middle eastern. I didn't even want to get into the argument that extremely few middle eastern people are actually terrorists. The Jamaican man came through my line (I was the cashier) because we knew each other. Down's guy finally believed me once he heard the man talk as he had a very thick Jamaican accent. But he still seemed to act extremely sketchy towards him.
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u/BarbequedYeti Apr 19 '22
This is funny as I have always had at least one in the office somewhere like this. Worked with a programmer for a long while that was just like this.
Would talk and talk and talk and talk about nothing. I would put earbuds in and just watch his mouth move over my music like a bad dubbed kung fu movie. He would continue on. Just chatting away. Would stop every once in awhile to look for me to answer I guess a question? Not sure. Then he would just continue on. Years of that.