# Everyone is so friendly here (it's friggin creepy) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-is-so-friendly-here-its-friggin-creepy/382949 "2006-12-05T16:11:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-is-so-friendly-here-its-friggin-creepy/382949/21 "2006-12-06T02:28:50Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Two words: close talker [/QUOTE] You have to be able to corner them for that to work, though. And make sure you’ve had lots of salami with onions and pickled herring for breakfast and/or lunch. And chew on some fresh parsley. Make sure bits of it remains visible for the rest of the day. And scratch yourself. Frequently. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-is-so-friendly-here-its-friggin-creepy/382949/22 "2006-12-06T03:27:13Z")
Sounds like a firm I worked at years ago. Total cult-like environment. Constant references to drinking the cool aid and all. We used to have to do a “team cheer” before every meeting. Downright creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-is-so-friendly-here-its-friggin-creepy/382949/23 "2006-12-06T04:04:29Z")
Sometimes it takes a while before you get the proper “team attitude.” But as soon as the lab finishes processing your medical records, they’ll escort you downstairs and you’ll have a cortical stimulator implanted in your hypothalamus just like everyone else. And then everything will be fine, my friend. You’ll see. Everything’s going to be just fine. ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-is-so-friendly-here-its-friggin-creepy/382949/24 "2006-12-06T04:42:24Z")
Alternatively, you could just be nice, smile, and enjoy the pleasant work environment. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-is-so-friendly-here-its-friggin-creepy/382949/25 "2006-12-06T05:54:23Z")
I thought the title was about the Straight Dope. I thought this thread would be nothing but people telling you to fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-is-so-friendly-here-its-friggin-creepy/382949/26 "2006-12-06T10:03:30Z")
Years ago a friend and I were holidaying on the North Coast of NSW. While out driving one day we decided to stop at the next town for a counter lunch and a beer at the pub. The town had a sign on the outskirts **Welcome to FRIENDLY Woolgoolga**. We walked in to the bar and waited to be served. I glanced at one of the locals seated nearby and he said, “What the fuck are you looking at?” We immediately left. I have never been back to FRIENDLY Woolgoolga. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-is-so-friendly-here-its-friggin-creepy/382949/27 "2006-12-06T10:31:15Z")
**don’t ask** , if you’re ever travelling down south to Vic via the Princes H’way, don’t, whatever you do, stop for petrol or a feed in **Cann River**. I swear, all the locals were extras for the movie **Deliverance** , and the sheer hostility towards travellers is alarming. They seem to forget that the reason they have a life _at all_ is because of folks filling their tank and bellies with a hot pie or chips. Worst. Bloody. Town. in Australia IMHO. Fucking scary too. And I am not basing this on just one ‘visit’ to the town…over the years, Cann River has been many a stop on my travels further on, and for a few years later, the ‘metropolis’ when me and the kids were camped in the National Parks just south of the town. Apologies to _nice_ people who live in Cann River. The rest of you are utter arseholes who should have been smothered at birth. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-is-so-friendly-here-its-friggin-creepy/382949.md?page=1)