When you’re talking to someone who’s expressing a great deal of anxiety (“emergency shutdown”), phrases like “it’s not that hard” and “it’s obvious” become “if you struggle with this, you’re an idiot”.
You might not be an idiot but you are lacking in experience doing basic things like handling cash and talking to people and being in the world, which is fine because everyone at some point is inexperienced.
The first time I had a cashier say this to me, I was also baffled and froze up… the customs of the rapidly-moving world outside were new to me. Now it’s easy and I understand the other person’s job. Everyone gets there, it just takes exposure, not running and hiding from it.
A great deal of anxiety and an emergency shutdown because a cashier tried to make your life a bit easier? Calm down, I bet you enter a coma when your car breaks.
Just because your brain functions normally in these situations doesn’t mean you get to make light of other’s physiological conditions. It just makes it incredibly obvious how ignorant and narrow minded you are.
Oh are you hearing a wee bit of voices in your head? I bet you have a hard time telling reality from your hallucinations too 🙄
It’s not that hard: sum everything you’ll give (20+1=21), then it’s obvious you’ll receive 10 back.
Oh… I guess it makes sense. Definitely took me a few minutes to think through this… So…
Total: 11 1st attempt: 20 Change: 20 - 11 = 9 Cashier asks: +1 2nd attempt: 21 Change: 21 - 11 = 10When you’re talking to someone who’s expressing a great deal of anxiety (“emergency shutdown”), phrases like “it’s not that hard” and “it’s obvious” become “if you struggle with this, you’re an idiot”.
You might not be an idiot but you are lacking in experience doing basic things like handling cash and talking to people and being in the world, which is fine because everyone at some point is inexperienced.
The first time I had a cashier say this to me, I was also baffled and froze up… the customs of the rapidly-moving world outside were new to me. Now it’s easy and I understand the other person’s job. Everyone gets there, it just takes exposure, not running and hiding from it.
A great deal of anxiety and an emergency shutdown because a cashier tried to make your life a bit easier? Calm down, I bet you enter a coma when your car breaks.
Just because your brain functions normally in these situations doesn’t mean you get to make light of other’s physiological conditions. It just makes it incredibly obvious how ignorant and narrow minded you are.
Social impromptu math does not follow logic