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colton said:
When people assume you're of a particular political persuasion without bothering to consider otherwise. Case in point: I was talking to a couple of guys from church yesterday (not actually at church) and they started talking about "our candidate", meaning Donald Trump. I had to inform them that Trump was most certainly not my candidate.

I've had this happen before, both on the Republican and the Democratic side of things.
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I have one similar.

When people are positive (and will obviously vote for) about Donald Trump. Uh, what?
 
I am writing in my own name.




Again.
 
colton said:
As my father taught me when I was getting my driver's license: "The person with the highest bumper has the right-of-way."
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That's excellent defensive driving advice to teach a kid but terrible offensive advice when it comes to traffic flow and enforcement.
 
colton said:
When people assume you're of a particular political persuasion without bothering to consider otherwise. Case in point: I was talking to a couple of guys from church yesterday (not actually at church) and they started talking about "our candidate", meaning Donald Trump. I had to inform them that Trump was most certainly not my candidate.

I've had this happen before, both on the Republican and the Democratic side of things.
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dalamon said:
that's so ****ing weird.
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There's a reason people in Utah refer to Utah County as "the bubble". It is polarizingly religious and extremely conservative-libertarian as a byproduct.

I work in SLC, which is much more mixed and broad spectrum and get the opposite assumption at work much like I do with many of you here. Unlike Colton, it doesn't bother me much when someone says "I thought you are a conservative" even though I'm pretty liberal by modern US standards.
 
This morning at a farewell breakfast for a coworker, I questioned the amount of money that we were each asked to pitch in as I knew the leaving coworker's breakfast was not $24. But I paid it anyway because I wasn't going to argue about $1.50 or so. Apparently I'm now the bad guy because my money just got handed back to me saying "it was covered." Of course it was covered because everyone was overcharged. But all I wanted was to pay my fair share, and I get a figurative slap in the face because I questioned it.

I'll admit I'm weird about money. I'm the annoying accountant that figures out what each person owes down to the penny when I'm in charge of splitting up checks -acceptable among my friends, apparently not my coworkers. Good to know.
 
JazzGal said:
This morning at a farewell breakfast for a coworker, I questioned the amount of money that we were each asked to pitch in as I knew the leaving coworker's breakfast was not $24. But I paid it anyway because I wasn't going to argue about $1.50 or so. Apparently I'm now the bad guy because my money just got handed back to me saying "it was covered." Of course it was covered because everyone was overcharged. But all I wanted was to pay my fair share, and I get a figurative slap in the face because I questioned it.

I'll admit I'm weird about money. I'm the annoying accountant that figures out what each person owes down to the penny when I'm in charge of splitting up checks -acceptable among my friends, apparently not my coworkers. Good to know.
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How old are you?
 
JazzGal said:
I'm 56. Old and cranky. And not sensitive to questions about my age.

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And you don't just split the bill evenly with your friends when it comes?

I mean, some people are funny about this. I get it. It just seems sort of petty.
 
Cunning Linguist said:
And you don't just split the bill evenly with your friends when it comes?

I mean, some people are funny about this. I get it. It just seems sort of petty.
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I'll split the bill when I go out with casual friends and acquaintances. With close friends, one of us usually covers the bill. There's typically a little argument about who's paying (everyone insists he or she should pay), but it hasn't been an issue worth mentioning.
 
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