## First off
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 I just wanted to say that I haven't posted in awhile, a long while. I started this channel with the intention of giving away the private posting keys to a few people at a time until many had them. Then I was going to allow them to post anything that they would like to without fear of being flagged or maybe an opinion that they didn't want associated with their business account. It would be my account that receives the criticism.

Well that was just an idea that did not get off the ground. I never received any negative votes because only one person bothered to get the key. But they never posted anything.

I'm very interested in Steemit and would like to start posting my rants for what they are worth.


![deadpan.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVY5bgbo9Qj8tXEpEzY8WSwh44u9hjZCXdir2QDjBj1DE/deadpan.png)<a href="https://ixquick-proxy.com/do/spg/show_picture.pl?l=english&rais=1&oiu=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F5b%2F7c%2F52%2F5b7c52105960f8415943ebedf584eb2b.jpg&sp=2b342bf32622472263075e7a9e010879">*dead pan stare*</a>

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## The deadpan stare
 

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You know, that look you get when you talk to a kid and tell them how politics works. That one.
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People in today's world are losing their ability to think. It could be that they are programmed or it could also be that the idea that you are expressing has exceeded their 140 character limit which I believe was the original Twitter boundry.

Example : 
A Subway employee is taught to ask a repetitive number of questions when a customer comes in. What size, what kind of sandwich, bread type, what type of cheese, offer fixings, done.  Pass it to the register.

Having eaten there more than once, I got it.  I can remember all these questions in the exact order even if it has been a month since my last visit.  This is not rocket science!

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### Arriving at Subway
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I am greeted,  and I tell them that I want. ***Give me  a 12-inch BMT on white bread with American cheese***. I am thinking, *I can actually save them time and might let the customers behind me order a little bit faster*.  This is of course 'fast food' and the line does tend to get longer.  

So, he writes down the type of sandwich on a piece of paper and turns around to reach for the bread, asking *what kind of bread do you like?* - this proves that he only conforms to his programming.  It is clear he has left his brain on auto...

I am left with some choices:
- I can respond as if I had not thought about his question and tell him each item as he asks it.
- I could tell him that I already provided that info.
-  I could do repeat it for him again, all of it. 

Option one allows him to go on with his programmed day with programmed customers as I act programmed.

Option two gets me a ***deadpan stare*** as they wait for the information that just flew over their head.

Option three gets me an eye roll, and the next question, *what kind of cheese?*

Can you  guess which one I always choose?

Yes.

And I sometimes record myself saying it the first time.  I hold my phone as if I am reading a telegram message, but hit record instead of send.  Then, when they reach for the bread and ask, I play it for them.  

None of this helps the line get shorter, but it is quite fun.

The other thing is that it makes me look like I a the one who has stepped outside of the programming.

#### I have intentionally  stepped outside of the programming. 
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Computers should be programmed, not people!

I do not follow  the programming norms at work, nor at  banks, nor for food places, neither nor with greetings. I would rather be more human and have a thoughtful conversation with every person I meet, not just with my friends.


So the next time a person asks you *what's up?*,  take a look in that direction and tell them.

If they say *what's happening?*, you can give them a list of things that are happening right now in your present state of affairs. 

If they ask, *how are you doing?*, ask them *how am I doing what?*


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#### Do not provoke anything but thought.  It seems a rare commodity nowadays.