• TheSlad@sh.itjust.works
    231·
    3 months ago

    Probably hes staring at her and what hes seeing is her noticing him staring at her. Anon is indeed a fucktard.

    >tries to help out at new job

    >immediately gets hit on by neckbeard coworker

    >he wont stop staring at me all day

    Guys don’t be like anon.

    • Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      Seriously? From the story, anon did everything right.

      Saw potential interest, acted on it in a nonthreatening way, when no positive response came, took it as a rejection and did not harass or continue pursuing.

  • WolfdadCigarette@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    3 months ago

    >new job
    >no clue what duties are
    >manager out sick with severe oral chlamydia
    >ask coworker
    >smells like a sweat sock doused in ammonia
    >nearly burst into treats upon entering their miasma
    >somehow surmises I’m trying to smash
    >grimace.wave
    >I silently retreat
    >still need money
    >surveillance is the only route forward
    >surreptitiously watch coworker
    >they never notice
    >gradually learn how to use the register
    >discover job duties
    >uncover weed stashes
    >encounter the cum room
    >my picture above a desecrated bucket
    >cease hiding my reconnaissance
    >they cease visiting the cum room
    >still sneaks peeks at me
    >bust them for weed stashes
    >work suddenly feels safe
    >feelsgoodman.png

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    3 months ago

    Obviously anon is a fucktard.

    That being said, the situation isn’t unrealistic. It’s always amazing how people can misread eye movements.

    So, if I’m in that kind of situation, my first thought is to look around and behind me. Could be there’s something nearby that’s drawing attention. You know the trope of seeing someone waving and just automatically reacting like they’re waving at you, even if you don’t recognize them?

    It’s the same kind of response. We’re semi trained, and semi instinctually driven to respond to established social cues in kind. Someone waves, you wave back. Someone extends a hand for a shake, you respond with your own hand, sometimes even when you don’t usually shake hands.

    Anon there could just be misreading a cue that isn’t directed at them.

    Or, and this is more likely, anon sees pretty lady, and is glancing at them frequently. This can happen without really being aware that you’re doing it, our eyes tend to move around without conscious intent a lot more than people realize. Pretty lady is reacting to anon’s glances.

    And that’s ignoring any of the tiny movements we make without paying attention that can draw the eye. You rarely think about something like adjusting your posture when you’re focused on something. You move, pretty lady catches movement, her eyes and head move, you catch that motion and glance towards them.

    We all engage in little dances like that, often without ever realizing it’s happening. Minor shifts of body and head as two people share space that are essentially meaningless, but mimic things that do have meaning.

    Depending on the kind of work involved, it can get very complex, and still be utterly unconscious.

  • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
    1·
    3 months ago

    I got to love 4chan because it just reminds me the fact that I’m a catch, apparently.