Um... I didn't really ask your opinion on anything

[air914]

So my mom had a guy come out to look at the dishwasher. I'm over at my mom's house baking cupcakes, not paying too much attention. My dog (A Bichon) comes in the room and starts sniffing the guy, of course my mom tells the dog to stop and the guy says "oh she's no problem, she's just smelling my dogs". Of course then my mom asks the normal follow-up question, "Oh what kind of dogs do you have?" and the craziness ensues:

RP = repair guy
M = mom

RP = "oh i have those really dangerous dogs with all the special rules some idiots made up b/c they are oh such awful dogs"

M = well what kind are they?

RP = Doberman pinchers. They're 3rd generation. I had their grandparents first and bred them. But you know all these rules they have about locking them up and stuff - they have them for all sorts of dogs people think are so dangerous and attack dogs. You know how many times my dogs have attacked anyone in all these years? none. It's these stupid rules - you know another one that gets me?? The people saying you can't smoke in restaurants - who are they to tell you what you can do with your business? They never think about the business owners....."

Me & my mom:

M= Well I think they make these rules b/c of the few irresponsible people out there ruin it for the responsible ones....

Now I have VERY different opinions than this guy - but I just kept my mouth shut. I didn't want to waste my breath having an argument w/ the repair guy...... It amazes me how no-smoking can work just fine in all the bars & restaurants in New York, but in Kentucky - OH NO! We all might die if we can't smoke in the restaurant. In FACT - we had a restaurant recently burn down b/c some idiot was smoking and tossed his cigarette butt into a pile of mulch..... and some idiot had the audacity to say on camera "yeah that wouldn't have happened if you could smoke in the restaurant" - yeah let's put that person IN the restaurant - they'll be much more responsible there........

[Boozy]

Very unprofessional of him. He should feel free to share his opinion with friends, not clients. Especially when his opinion was completely unsolicited.

Reminds me of the driver my husband and I had coming home from the airport after one trip. This was at the time that Canada was in the middle of a big gay marriage debate - the issue had gone before the Supreme Court.

Our driver started in on the topic, even though we hadn't brought it up! And his opinions on the subject were very different than my husband's and I.

We said nothing, hoping he'd take the hint and shut up. But he didn't. So finally my husband said, "Excuse me, but we aren't really in the mood for discussing controversial topics today. We are very tired from traveling."

Which was far more polite than what I was about to say.

[Anakah]

Very unprofessional. kind of reminds me of when we had the cable repair man come out and all he would do was marvel at our ps2 game collection. He was like: Dude, these are so awesome!
He never found/fixed the problem, basically he wasted our time.

[zzapp the witch]

What about when you have to have a service person come out to your home, and INTO your home, and the whole time he's there he's looking around very intently at your belongings, and tools, and machinery, etc?

That weekend I had to let off two rounds out of the shotgun because of some idiot stumbling about the backyard and trying to get into the buildings. And yes, I was aiming.

[blas]

Or the cable technician who comes in to install your cable but spends more time oogling your father's gun cabinet and all the guns in it.

Then proceeds to tell me I'm "sexy".

Don't tempt me dude. That cabinet is unlocked, I know how to fire those guns, and I'm not afraid to do it.