On 8/17/2014 9:39 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 8/16/2014 9:02 PM, Tara wrote:
>> On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:48:56 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>> Women reading books at restaurants labels you as a unsocialble, homely
>>> spinster.
>>
>> One out of three ain't bad.
>
> Heh. If I was looking to be sociable, I would look around,
> not look at a book. Pretty easy to figure out, no one needs
> to be insulted or come up with labels. Same if you're on
> a plane, it's the universal symbol for I don't want to talk.
>
> nancy
>
Oh man, I can't tell you how many times I've been on a plane when
someone seated next to me wanted to talk. Dude, I'm reading a book. I
am not your in-flight companion.

I worked with a guy like that. I'd go outside on break and sit down
with a book. 15 minutes to relax and unwind, you know? He'd sit down
next to me and start talking. Fortunately I'm pretty good at filtering
out extraneous noise.

Jill