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As someone from the actual city, it bugs me. I know why some people do it (so spare me the explanations), but it still bugs me.

Just say "I'm from a suburb of Chicago." Easy enough. You don't have to explain where your actual town is and we get the general idea. Instead they have to say "I'm from Chicago" so we think they have some kind of street cred.
 
I completely understand not being a full on typist, but this guy literally just used his right index finger to type EVERYTHING! Looking up and down at the keyboard for every letter. I don't know how he could possibly fill out all the HR forms or type as many emails as he would need to during a day as a manager of a group of 20 people.

Ummmm...that's how I type a text...

:embarrassed:
 
Well, after reading this, I'm pretty convinced I'm the most annoying person on the planet.

Sorry, everybody.
 
As someone from the actual city, it bugs me. I know why some people do it (so spare me the explanations), but it still bugs me.

When I went to Wazzu, anyone who came from west of the Cascades was either "from Seattle" or "from the coast". That was coming from the people NOT from the west side of the Cascades; we didn't designate ourselves that way.
 
Is it ok to say I'm from Des Moines even though i live in Johnston? I do this all the time.

I have a feeling that must people who get offended by this do so because they think they live somewhere special.
 
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do you live in DSM? or do you live in johnston?

why not say "a suburb of DSM" or "just outside DSM".

I live in Johnston which is part of the Des Moines metro area. If I tell someone from out of state that I'm from Johnston they don't have a clue. I'm lucky if they know Des Moines.
 
I use to live a mile from New Hartford, Iowa and I would tell people that I lived in New Hartford. Would that be ok or should I have said "About 5,280 feet outside of New Hartford"? For people out of state I would just say Northern Iowa.
 
The only exception I would have on this situation is if you say "I live in the city". When you say "I live in the city" or "I live downtown" I assume you actually live in the city downtown.
 
Thought of another one.... Small talk.


I don't like it when people try to force small talk. I'm perfectly content with just being silent if there's nothing that's worth adding to the discussion.
 
BTW, I didn't even know that jeans and tennis shoes were an issue for anyone, let alone so many of you. In fact, I grew up thinking that jeans and tennis shoes went together. Other shoes were for nicer types of pants. Sorry. I really haven't been trying to be that annoying.

I'm clearly not a fashionista anyway. But I haven't seen what the alternative is?

What do I wear to a tailgate in September when it's dewy and cool? Jeans and wing-tips? Flip flops? Khaki's and wing-tips? Boat shoes and long socks? :twitcy:
 
I'm clearly not a fashionista anyway. But I haven't seen what the alternative is?

What do I wear to a tailgate in September when it's dewy and cool? Jeans and wing-tips? Flip flops? Khaki's and wing-tips? Boat shoes and long socks? :twitcy:

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I wear tennis shoes with jeans but I wouldn't wear white ones. It also depends on where I'm going.
 
I use to live a mile from New Hartford, Iowa and I would tell people that I lived in New Hartford. Would that be ok or should I have said "About 5,280 feet outside of New Hartford"? For people out of state I would just say Northern Iowa.
You're going to have to change your name to JohnstonClone.
 

I wouldn't even know what to type into Google to start heading in the direction of figuring out what those are.. much less buy them and wear them. I'll stick to my jeans and tennis shoes.

The middle pair looks like shoes made out of the left guy's jeans.
 
I wouldn't even know what to type into Google to start heading in the direction of figuring out what those are.. much less buy them and wear them. I'll stick to my jeans and tennis shoes.

The middle pair looks like shoes made out of the left guy's jeans.
I'd make fun of myself if I walked around a football tailgate dressed like that.
 

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