machine appreciation
Every time I buy something from a vending machine, I say “thank you.” I try not to do it too loud, just in case people will think I’m insane. It’s just an automatic reaction; the machine serves me, it deserves a thank you.
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That’s the cutest thing I ever heard… unless you’re a guy…. then it’s kinda gay.
so it’s ok if it’s a girl?
I think girl OR guy, it’s adorable.
I apologize when I bump into chairs and inanimate objects, not because I think they have feelings, but because I don’t realize it’s not a person until I look & feel stupid for running into a chair and saying “sorry.” It’s good manners
I do tthe same thing, but only with cash machines…
My son does this- but he’s only 5… he leans into the hole that the cash comes out of and yells ‘Thank youuuu!!’
You, my friend, will be the only human allowed to live when our machines finally take over the world.
I sometimes say “I’m sorry” when I run into inanimate objects. I feel kind of stupid afterward, but it’s just an automatic reaction.
As long as you don’t think they’re talking back, it’s ok. Guy or girl: adorable. What if it doesn’t give you anything back? Do you scream at it?
Its all well and good to be polite.. but once you start thanking machines they get ideas above their station and next thing you know ROBOT INVASION….
I never talked out loud to anything… okay, I usually didn’t… but when I was little I attached personalities to everything. Laying in bed at night, I had conversations with my ceiling fan that would last for hours. All of it in my head. It looked genuinely scary with the lights off; that’s why it was so misunderstood. That and it sporadically and unintentionally let off bursts of manic fury and murder. It was like Tourette’s, but with enough time between awareness and action that he could warn me to duck under the covers. “Oh, here comes another one.” Then there was snarling and what sounded like a chainsaw for about a second and a half, then it would stop and I’d pop back out. He was always profusely apologetic about it. I was a messed up little kid, and my anthropomorphic imaginary friend, a Tourettes homicidal ceiling fan, was proof.
If I burp or sneeze i have to say excuse me, even if it’s silent, even if I’m alone. it’s rude otherwise.
I think Carbonated Cube has the right idea-except that I do that now.
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Fucking neurotics!
I seem to recall, the Dalai Lama teaches that we should thank everything around us. This is the right thing… energy is what it is and it surrounds us.
I always attatch personalities to machines and inanimate objects, I find that when I really don’t want my computer to freeze (despite the fact that I’ve just downloaded a ton of music and opened too many internet windows at a time) I type softer and click everything slower and give it a chance to load everything or I feel it won’t be nice to me. I also ask it really nicely in my head to be a bit faster and when it’s loading I won’t walk away from it because I feel it will be offended and just won’t bother to load. lol
i flip off the ATM every time it asks me if i agree to the ever increasing costs to use the damn thing! but honestly, i mean to be shooting the bird to the owners themselves and am using their machine as a proxy.
Hahahah…I do this too! Especially to the automatic doors at supermarkets and stuff. I figure that if I dont have to make the effort to open it, I should thank it for making the effort for me =]
I’ve never thanked an inanimate object, but I HAVE apologized to something if I’ve dropped it.
I am constantly complimenting my POS car and sometimes pet my computer…I would be lost without them and it seems like the right thing to do. They definitely deserve a thank you.
I always say “you’re welcome” to the trash-cans that say “thank you” on them.
I talk to machines too. Vending machines, printers, the copier at work, and especially those self-checkouts cuz they talk back. I’m sure ppl at the store think I’m a nut, but I feel rude if I don’t respond to it. It even thanks me for being a valued customer!
Aww, that’s so cute but if you do get caught people will think you’re insane. Check the side effects of anti-psychotic drugs before using more vending machines around people.
Anti-psychotic drugs? wtf! That is sooo cute if i saw someone do that i wudn’t think they r insane i’d think they r really sweet, polite and show consideration for all things:)
Yeah, I thank ATM machines, I can’t help it, it just happens automatically when the cash comes out. Sometimes I can stop myself but I have to make a conscious effort not to thank it.
When i say excuse me for bumping into someone i do the hand motion…i dont know if you know what i mean but still…and i hate it when other people do it to and their hand touches mine. ew
I DO THIS TOO!!!
I thought i was the only one
aww.. it’s okay, i do the same exact thing… what if it said ‘your welcome’ back??!! o.O; oh my god, id freak out..
I do the same thing! My bf makes fun of me for it, but hey, if they dont eat my money they I think they deerve a thanks! XD
my computer says the time on the hour and I say “Thank you, computer!”
I used to hit my sewing machine with the scissors when the tension didn’t work right. Then I’d apologize to it.
When the light turns green at an intersection i always say thank you followed by the name of the street, “thank you oliver”.
adorable! I don’t think it’s neurotic, I think it’s civilized.
I’ve never thanked a vending machine, but I thank calculators every time I use them. The way I see it, they’re doing me a huge favor…
I thank ATMs and automatic doors too.
I do the same thing!
I also thank the cash machine and the train doors…
At my office there’s a door that you can either open by hand or hit the handicap access button for it to open for you. Every once in a while even though no one hits the button, the door will automatically open. I always thank the door when this happens.