# Strangest assumptions people have made about you **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 3, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706 "2012-05-03T01:53:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/1 "2012-05-03T01:53:44Z")
I once had a supervisor in a food service job come up to me during my shift and say “Hey, you seem like the kind of guy who would know this. What color would a person turn if you steamed them to death?” A couple years ago, I was in a Bed, Bath and Beyond looking something (a set of sauce pans, maybe) farther down the aisle from where all the kitchen knives are displayed. A married couple comes into the aisle and starts arguing about the best set of steak knives to buy. After a minute or sor, the husband raises his voice, causing me to look up just as he points to me and says “Just ask him! You can tell by looking, he knows knives! He’ll tell you those knives are no good!” ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/2 "2012-05-03T02:12:29Z")
That I am educated… ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/3 "2012-05-03T03:54:10Z")
Every other time I went to Walgreens, people made the incorrect assumption that I worked there and would ask me where stuff was. Never did figure that out as I was not wearing a nametag. Fortunately, the shoppers at CVS seem to be a bit sharper and I don’t get asked questions there. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/4 "2012-05-03T04:01:19Z")
**Lord** -the 1st one’s weird, the second one-CREEPY! ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/5 "2012-05-03T04:02:14Z")
That I’m interested in talking to them. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/6 "2012-05-03T04:14:53Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > … the second one-CREEPY! Sounds like he was trying to work the Bro Code. Any other man nearby should agree with you if you’re arguing with your wife. People assume I’m strange. They’re right, so it doesn’t really qualify. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/7 "2012-05-03T05:32:59Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Sounds like he was trying to work the Bro Code. Any other man nearby should agree with you if you’re arguing with your wife. That’s the best guess I’ve been able to come up with. Still, when you’re not used to opperating like that, having a stranger randomly declare that you look like someone who “knows knives” is a bit off-putting. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/8 "2012-05-03T06:06:10Z")
> [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](#): > > I once had a supervisor in a food service job come up to me during my shift and say “Hey, you seem like the kind of guy who would know this. What color would a person turn if you steamed them to death?” > > A couple years ago, I was in a Bed, Bath and Beyond looking something (a set of sauce pans, maybe) farther down the aisle from where all the kitchen knives are displayed. A married couple comes into the aisle and starts arguing about the best set of steak knives to buy. After a minute or sor, the husband raises his voice, causing me to look up just as he points to me and says “Just ask him! You can tell by looking, he knows knives! He’ll tell you those knives are no good!” I think you need to post a photo of yourself. People frequently think that I work there. No matter what store I am in, people seem to think that I work there. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/9 "2012-05-03T06:37:21Z")
> [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](#): > > **Strangest assumptions people have made about you** That I’m Dutch because of my user name. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/10 "2012-05-03T08:27:31Z")
That I’m a toff because I’m well spoken. That I’m rich because I’m well spoken. That I’m a right-winger because I disagree with some left-wing views. That I’m a right-winger because I enjoy a good speech by William Hague (except that I enjoy them the same way an atheist can enjoy a performance of Handel’s Messiah). ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/11 "2012-05-03T10:00:07Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > That I’m Dutch because of my user name. It’s Chupaquesan, right? This doesn’t happen to me much; other than falling into the Smart Guy role more than a few times (so I therefore know _everything_ :rolleyes: ) I’ve been confused for Christian on the Internet once or twice for knowing my Corinthians from my Leviticus and being able to make snarky jabs at the dogma. I’ve also been confused for female a couple of times here. Back to meatspace, I’m shy enough I’ve been confused for snobbish once so far that I know of. If that person only knew my family… ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/12 "2012-05-03T10:21:33Z")
Twice last week two people began a sentence with “I know you’re really religious…” I am the hardest atheist you’ll know and have been since I was a wee child. I don’t broadcast it at work, so I’m not surprised that they didn’t know that. But to swing so far in the other direction that they “knew” I was really religious… where’d that come from? ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/13 "2012-05-03T10:22:36Z")
That I am an intimidating steamroller of a bitch. Yeah, I steamroll, but only when I feel it is the best interest of the other. And I cut it out when asked. Honestly. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/14 "2012-05-03T10:35:25Z")
The security folks at the airport assume I’m a terrorist or a spy or a smuggler, because I always get pulled out for the extra security check. I’m a short, squishy, white Canadian woman - what the hell profile alarm am I setting off? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/15 "2012-05-03T11:20:30Z")
The only assumption people make about me is that, because I can draw, then I am capable of all of the arts, including sculpture, making model kits, or painting in watercolours. But that’s not really a strange leap to make, I suppose. On the other hand, they are often surprised that I like writing stories, even though I’ve been doing that since I was ten. ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Medlo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hi\_Medlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Medlo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/16 "2012-05-03T11:25:45Z")
People assume I’m into drugs because I’m often long haired and freaky looking. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/17 "2012-05-03T11:33:00Z")
I’ve been accused of being snobbish. I’m not a snob, I’m just quiet and prefer to observe and assess before I feel comfortable interacting. And, for some reason, people seem to think that I’m a therapist who is interested in their problems. I’m not, and I’m really not. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/18 "2012-05-03T11:40:45Z")
This happened years ago - made no sense then and it still makes no sense to me. A bunch of us who worked at the same place, tho not necessarily in the same office, would meet one Saturday a month for a girls’ breakfast in a local buffet restaurant. We’d hang out, take, laugh, eat, and just generally spend some time together away from work, home, family, and other distractions. At one such gathering, perhaps one of the more rambunctious ones, an older man came over and chided us about not letting the men real estate agents join us. For whatever reason, he decided that our little laughing group consisted of women who sold homes for a living and didn’t want to network with the guys. In reality, we all worked at a military aircraft depot doing such things as engineering, logistics, electronics, and general office work. After he left, we tried to figure out exactly what about us made him think we worked in real estate. Hence, strangest assumption… ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/19 "2012-05-03T12:04:37Z")
That I DON’T have a crawlspace packed with my victims. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706/20 "2012-05-03T12:26:15Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > That I’m interested in talking to them. How is it that you are single? 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706.md?page=2)