# Never hit on anyone who can't run away screaming **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 6, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978 "2010-01-06T23:42:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/61 "2010-01-08T16:44:37Z")
He was some old Eastern European guy. It was something like ee-RAAGHHJJGH-nee-uhhns. He said it… forcefully. But that’s how he said everything. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/62 "2010-01-08T16:54:39Z")
I hate both flirting in these situations and religion. Even more when I am a customer, because I am waiting for some shit, too, and the waitress can’t get to me because she is putting up with someone else’s stupid inane one-liners or calls to Jesus. Shut the fuck up and let her do her work! But I have bitched about this before on these boards. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/63 "2010-01-08T17:13:50Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > They both have to be “weak.” Agnosticism [means](http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+agnosticism) you not only believe you don’t know, but that it is impossible for you to know. Atheism [means](http://www.google.com/search?&q=define%3Aatheism) you actually believe in no God. The common definitions of the term are not quite the same as those used in formal discussion. Scholars differentiate between explicit (“strong”) atheism, meaning a belief that there is no God, and implicit (“weak”) atheism, meaning a lack of belief in general. (Implicit atheism being akin to the commonly understood meaning of agnosticism.) Agnosticism more properly means not having knowledge (without _gnosis_) and doesn’t address belief or the lack thereof directly. So someone can be both an atheist and an agnostic, if we take time to clarify what kind of atheism we’re talking about. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/64 "2010-01-08T17:28:01Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Periwinkle blue. Duck egg, you heretic. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/65 "2010-01-08T17:32:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Duck egg, you heretic. You have _blue_ duck eggs? Are you cross-breeding with robins, or something? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/66 "2010-01-08T17:42:03Z")
It’s a miracle, obviously. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/67 "2010-01-08T18:17:03Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Duck egg, you heretic. Splitter! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/68 "2010-01-08T19:13:39Z")
> [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](#): > > Wait. Are you trying to tell us that you’re a DILF? > > Well, I’m just going to have to ask for a picture. He’s admitted Hispanic ancestry, if I’m not mistaken, so I’ve always pictured a Zapata moustache, giant sombrero, and let’s say enormous novelty sunglasses. I’m sure it’s inaccurate, but the image is comforting when he’s making headway in a debate. ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/69 "2010-01-08T20:43:14Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > He’s admitted Hispanic ancestry, if I’m not mistaken, so I’ve always pictured a Zapata moustache, giant sombrero, and let’s say enormous novelty sunglasses. Exactly. A DILF. **Bricks** , how are we coming along with the cameraphone snaps that I requested? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/70 "2010-01-08T21:01:50Z")
> [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](#): > > Exactly. A DILF. I certainly can’t speak to the truth of the ILF portion of that claim. And I have to admit woeful ignorance on the meaning of the “D.” ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/71 "2010-01-08T21:03:00Z")
Douche. ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/72 "2010-01-08T21:11:55Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Douche. Zing! Myself, I meant the more conventional “Dad.” ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/73 "2010-01-08T22:27:19Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Douche. …I Let Flow? ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/74 "2010-01-09T03:35:11Z")
Yah I don’t understand it either. Umm, I kind of like it that the girls flirt with me at work. It is a little unsettling though too, I don’t know how to process it exactly. And I’m supposed to be doing my job. What are the long-term psychological effects of a bunch of women flirting with you at work? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/75 "2010-01-09T04:02:00Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Yah I don’t understand it either. > > Umm, I kind of like it that the girls flirt with me at work. It is a little unsettling though too, I don’t know how to process it exactly. And I’m supposed to be doing my job. What are the long-term psychological effects of a bunch of women flirting with you at work? Marriage. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/76 "2010-01-09T04:23:15Z")
> [@Jeff](#): > > Marriage. lol ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/77 "2010-01-09T06:31:44Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Shockingly, I’ve been on the receiving end of a couple of these. One of them in the last year in the _Asian Art Museum_ in San Francisco :eek:. Standing in the gift shop looking at pricey arty books and doodads: > > Random presumably non-native-touristy-looking white dude to me: “Man these prices are unbelievable.” > > Me ( friendly ): “Yeah, a little ridiculous, but I guess par for the course for a museum gift shop.” > > RD: “Probably owned by Jews. I hear they are into art.” > > Me ( less friendly ): “Err…I have no idea.” > > RD: “C’mon, you know it’s probably true.” > > Me ( slipping away in a carefully controlled retreat ): _shrug_ > > * * * > > Slightly paraphrased from memory, but pretty close. Some people just have no shut-off valve between their brain and their mouth. You needed to look at him and say “I agree completely. BTW, we haven’t been introduced. My name is Judah Steinberg.” > [@Jeff](#): > > Marriage. No, no, he said long-term _psychological_ effects, not financial. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/78 "2010-01-09T22:30:54Z")
> [@Blaster\_Master](#): > > …That said, I don’t really think it’s a big deal if someone does so. It may seem more offensive to someone who doesn’t believe, but really, it isn’t a whole lot different than any other number of things they could say… How about someone who repeatedly trys to “witness” the same person after being told over and over again that he’s not interested? My first job was in a supermarket; this one lady would _always_ try to hand those stupid pamphlets out to cashiers. Most didn’t say anthing, and would through the pamplets away as soon as she left (we did have signs clearly posted at each entrance saying solicitation and/or passing out literature was forbidden, managment actually _did_ enforce that). I wasn’t one of them. Everytime I refused the pamphlet and told her she wasn’t allowed to do that. She’d just smile and often tried to leave one in the bagging area when I wasn’t looking. Once I did notice before she left so I called out to her, she turned, and I tore up the pamphlet as she watched. I did try every polite thing (short of lying and saying I’ve already accepted Jesus) I could think off to get her to stop. The one thing that worked was when I told her I was Jewish (well great-grandma was). That worked one time. The next time she brought me _special pamphlets for Jews_ :rolleyes:and talked about how the were Jews in her congregation. It was like I was some sort of special project for her. Finally onetime she had her kid with her. He was about 6/7, maybe younger (or older, I suck at judging kids’ ages). _He_ tried to hand me a pamphlet while Mommy smiled on. I said “No, thank you. I don’t want one.” He said “Why mister? Don’t you want Jesus to love you?” I said “No”. He was confused and asked why. “Because he’s not real, he’s make believe like God or Santa or the Tooth Fairy!” I responded. 🆒 He started bawling his eyes out and Mom had this shocked and horrified look on her face. She turned pale, very pale, and hurried out of the store. I never saw her set foot in there again ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/79 "2010-01-09T22:54:20Z")
More to the OP topic… years ago I had a job in which apparently all my co-workers were evangelicals (this was a major problem generally in this area). It got to a point where the only attention they would pay to me was to proselytize. Since I never agreed to go to their church, it got to a point where I was basically ignored, and eventually fired- even though I was outperforming my co-workers. I even got an award right before I got canned. This was hardly my only experience with oppressive evangelicals. Should I ever acquire sufficient wealth and power, watch out, the evangelicals are _ **fucked!** _ ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978/80 "2010-01-10T00:08:20Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > You have _blue_ duck eggs? > Are you cross-breeding with robins, or something? [Blue duck eggs](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdcb42/294375113/) For that matter, chicken eggs come in [more than brown and white.](http://goldencarla.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f00aa49883401156ff6c1af970b-320wi) And if you like green eggs and ham, [you’re in luck!](http://www.inspirationline.com/Brainteaser/chickens.htm) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-hit-on-anyone-who-cant-run-away-screaming/523978.md?page=5)