07-24-2009, 05:20 PM
Stay disengaged.
Don't make eye contact.
Eat soap before going out of the door. Foam at the mouth.
Feign mental illness, or allow your true mental illness out to play for a while.
Counter with extensive nosy personal questions.
Stop and tell a long story about the problems you've had with your prostate / menopause.
Speak a made-up foreign language (bonus points if you use the one invented by Andy Kaufman in "Taxi".)
Shrug and point to your ears as if deaf. (Warning- many people can use ASL, especially the young liberal arts students most likely doing this kind of work.)
Calmly say "no" and walk away.
Lean FAR into their 'personal space' and say "What's in it for me ?"
Sneak out the back door of the shop to avoid them.
Scream "Don't tase me Bro !" and run away from them flailing your arms.
Don't make eye contact.
Eat soap before going out of the door. Foam at the mouth.
Feign mental illness, or allow your true mental illness out to play for a while.
Counter with extensive nosy personal questions.
Stop and tell a long story about the problems you've had with your prostate / menopause.
Speak a made-up foreign language (bonus points if you use the one invented by Andy Kaufman in "Taxi".)
Shrug and point to your ears as if deaf. (Warning- many people can use ASL, especially the young liberal arts students most likely doing this kind of work.)
Calmly say "no" and walk away.
Lean FAR into their 'personal space' and say "What's in it for me ?"
Sneak out the back door of the shop to avoid them.
Scream "Don't tase me Bro !" and run away from them flailing your arms.