# sensetive much? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 4, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensetive-much/654833 "2013-04-04T16:30:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensetive-much/654833/81 "2013-04-06T03:36:39Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > No actually. None of it. Not one bit. I thought I was following along until I got to the point about repeatedly referring to person a as persona. What is persona? If it was supposed to be “person a”, what is confusing about person a being referred to as person a? I think I understood that part, although now I’m worried that this means there’s something seriously wrong with me. > [@pope\_hentai](#): > > "“well person a’s father came in earlier today and told me that apparently the other night you were talking to them and person b(16m). person b kept referring to person a as persona instead so person A(18f) asked “so, like what, is your mother named persona or something” to which you replied “and is she cute?” and person b just said no shes not and laughed” There’s a teen girl (“person a”) and a teen boy (“person b”) at **pope\_hentai** ’s workplace. The boy kept calling the girl by the wrong name, but it was a name similar to her own (“persona” instead of “person a”). The girl jokingly asked why the boy had so much trouble with her name, and if the incorrect name he kept saying was actually his mother’s name. It makes a bit more sense if we give these people more realistic pseudonyms, like “Ann” and “Billy”. BILLY: Hey, Fran! ANN: I’m Ann. Why do you keep doing that? Like what, is your mother named Fran or something? Then **pope\_hentai** asked if Billy’s mom “Fran” was cute. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensetive-much/654833/82 "2013-04-06T03:51:55Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > If I’m correct, then my takeaway is this: _You IDIOT, you DO NOT speak to non-peers in the workplace (regardless of who may or may not be on the clock) about their social life, or YOUR social life, or anybody’s aspirations toward a social life. Period._ If just asking if the female in question is attractive is inappropriate, wouldn’t discussing said individual’s menses also be a tad indecorous? (R12/G13. Drat/Cool.) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensetive-much/654833/83 "2013-04-06T03:57:33Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Or do the one-eared elephant. That always leaves them laughing. Pretty sure that’s how he lost the last job. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensetive-much/654833/84 "2013-04-06T04:00:42Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > To defuse the tension, just try telling jokes more often. > > For instance, say “That’s what she said” a lot. Dude, you are on fire this thread. I haven’t laughed this hard in a while. I agree with the upthread poster about this reading like an Archer script. Gold. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensetive-much/654833/85 "2013-04-06T05:09:47Z")
Tell them you were kidding. You’re really homosexual and wink at the father. Real Chik-FIL-A drama that’s not in the newspaper. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensetive-much/654833/86 "2013-04-06T20:57:38Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > Well, they \*said \*hold the pickle! Well, it _is_ Chick-fil-A. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sensetive-much/654833.md?page=4)