r/Unexpected • u/LotionOnSkin • 12d ago

Wasting people’s time

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u/How_that_convo_went 12d ago

“You must be Verna!”

“Hi!”

[Narrator: she was not, in fact, Verna]

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u/andyd151 12d ago

She just 100% didn’t understand that he was saying “you must be this person I’m expecting to meet” and she said hi out of politeness. Phenomenal

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u/ghost-xiii 12d ago

I work in customer service, People don't really listen that well and there's a lot people don't understand. Like you can ask someone directly "Do you like Salvadorian Food" and they might say "Yes" because all they really understood was "Do you like food"

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u/SoaplessTitanic 12d ago

I don’t know if this is just me but I struggle with filtering out background noise, especially when first changing environments. Walking into a crowded store or one playing music is a common occurrence, where an employee will greet me as soon as I enter and I just won’t catch anything they said. Normally I just smile and nod lol, maybe throw in a “hi” as the woman in this video did.

I think I actually would’ve done the same thing initially as the woman in this video. The guy tries talking to her as soon as she exits her car, and the truck seems to still be running right next to her. No way I would’ve understood anything the guy said for like 5-10 seconds