SMILE!!!

[Kaylyn]

I've got bad teeth. Like, really bad. I've got plans for some form of reconstruction, or all-out dentures in the near future. So, next time someone tells me to smile, I will. See how long it takes them to beg me to stop.

[EricKei]

I've got bad teeth. Like, really bad. I've got plans for some form of reconstruction, or all-out dentures in the near future.

A (mid-30's) friend of mine just got his (remaining) teeth replaced with dentures for just this reason a few months ago. If people ask him for a smile, he takes his smile out and shows it to them

[downforit2008]

Fortunately, I've been lucky to not have a customer get in my face and tell me to SMILE in my nearly 4 years of Retail. Most likely, I'd just ignore them anyway or find out where they work and say the same crap to their face.

What the main issue is having some stupid coworker saying it to me when I'm coming into work at 7 in the morning after getting only 3 hours sleep due to the damn neighbors upstairs making a ruckus all night. Recently, I've had my boss telling me to scrub out the damn garbage cans just because she doesn't feel like telling Maitenance to do it and because I was "closer" to where she was anyway. I stare at her in disbelief and her cell phone goes off to the tune of "I feel good." She mouthed the words with a shit-eating grin and says to me, "Shouldn't YOU smile and feel good as well?"

No, you idiot bitch, because you're not the one who has to scrub out garbage cans and then smell like garbage the rest of the day and have the customers wrinkle their noses around you in a 10-foot radius just because the damn janitors don't want to do it. Must be nice to have your f***ing job if you feel like you can SMILE all day.

[XCashier]

OT, but I like the way you posted those smilies. Looks like the one is smashing his monitor against the wall the other is banging his head on!

Yeah, something cute and/or clever like that makes me smile. Being commanded to smile does not.

[laborcat]

Give my dog a BJ and I'll laugh out loud.

OMG I'm thankful I hadn't yet taken a drink from the glass I'd brought up to my mouth. My poor laptop would have not been happy.

[dalesys]

OMG I'm thankful I hadn't yet taken a drink from the glass I'd brought up to my mouth. My poor laptop would have not been happy.

You realize you're blocking me from making a Rule #1 score...

[psycholicious_cxs]

I despise this demand. I hear the "Smile!" crap every time it's busy. Next time I think I'll quote from Murder on the Orient Express.

Hercule Poirot: You never smile, madame?
Princess Dragomiroff: My doctor has advised against it.

[Pagan]

I've been walking down the damn mall, minding my own business, and get some asshole telling me to smile.

Honestly, I think that people that go around with a smile all the time look more than a little insane.

The gal that trained me at Hasting's used to have trouble with people because she naturally looks like she's smirking. Oh, boy does that piss people off! I just realized that I tend to smirk more than full on smile, too.

Because I got tired of people telling me to smile while I was reading (I have this mean-looking scowl that actually served to keep me from being fought with in high school - the other girls thought I'd beat them up ), I developed this vapid sort of not-quite-smile that makes me look brain dead and just this side of drooling.

I find that people don't bother me any more since I started doing that.

^-.-^

Why the hell do people care how your face looks when you're reading?! I have a problem that when I am concentrating on something, my face goes totally blank. It's caused problems because I do it when I'm really listening to people. Teachers figured it out real quick, because I could always repeat back what they just said.

In the real world, I got told, "well, make sure you have an expression that looks like you're listening". If I do that, then I'm not really listening them, am I? Because I'm too damned worried about what my face looks like. Catch-22 that is.

I've also got eyebrows that have a mind of their own. I'll just be talking or just looking at something and my (mostly) left eyebrow will go up, Spock-style. People then think I'm pissed. No, I don't even realize it's happening until it's pointed out.

EDIT: This is awesome. I bookmarked because of it's awesomeness.

Another thumbs up for the awesomeness of the article. Tho, for the record, I have seen people of both genders request, nay, DEMAND smiles out of both genders, and it's a very asshole thing to do no matter what. I'm not sure if it's worse or better if the employer makes you do this.

I get it from men and little old women.

A (mid-30's) friend of mine just got his (remaining) teeth replaced with dentures for just this reason a few months ago. If people ask him for a smile, he takes his smile out and shows it to them

That reminds me of something my grandfather used to do! He'd stick his bottom plate out at me and my cousins, all girls. We thought it was hilarious! And I can remember the tone even that my grandmother would say, "Oh, Gilbert!" in when he'd do it. It's been 17 years since he died and I still really, really miss him.

[EricKei]

I get it from men and women.

OK, OK, three genders. I'll make a note of it.

[Pagan]

OK, OK, three genders. I'll make a note of it.

Except, for some reason, you took out part of what I said. Why did you do that? I was agreeing with you about getting from both genders, but saying that it seemed to be specifically little old women, not women of other ages.

I get it from men and little old women.

[EricKei]

'twas making a joke.

3 genders, and age matters not....male, female, and whatever the hell SC's are. I'm not sure that they deserve to be recognized as being part of the Animal kingdom ^_^

edit --

FINALLY! Someone who doesn't want us to smile ^_^ http://notalwaysright.com/misery-dem...y-part-3/15810

[TheTigress]

The next time a customer tells me to smile I'm simply going to reply with "Smiling on command was not included in my programming."

[b2addm]

I second all the raging hatred for this. I handle it by looking the person dead in the eye and smiling a huge, deranged looking, obviously fake smile. They hate that.

[ShinyGreenApple]

I get this every now and then, and yes, it's irritating. What if I'm in pain? What if I just lost someone, or have serious financial problems, or broke up with an SO?

But sure, I'll smile all you want. Just lemme pop in my fangs first. I love smiling when I have those things in

[Lace Neil Singer]

I hate people telling me to smile. For your information, insensitive customer, I have Aspergers Syndrome and find smiling really difficult. The fact that I'm not smiling does not mean I'm miserable. I try to speak in a cheery voice at all times to make up for my impassive face, but saying, "Smile!", "Cheer up, love!" or "Teehee, put on a happy face!" is out of order and should be refrained from if you don't want to become part of my murderous fantasies played out in my head.