The Daily B***h*: "When I die, I am coming back to haunt every man who

[niyad]

ever told me that I needed to smile more."

*Both a noun, and a verb, depending on usage.

[Maraya1969]

1. OMG I know exactly how you feel. What is their motivation for doing that?

It is controlling and manipulating. I've heard it plenty

[niyad]

3. They think we OWE them a smiling, cheerful face. After all, they have

graciously allowed us into their glorious presence.

I got this a lot both in retail, and in entertainment (casinos). One night, I had just had it. When yet another lout said it, I snapped, "I have to work with assholes like you all day. What on earth do I have to smile about???" He stepped back as if I had slapped him, mumbled something, and left.

[OMGWTF]

11. A strange man said it to me as I was walking down the street. WTF?

"Men are stupid and women are crazy. The reason women are crazy is because men are stupid." -- George Carlin

[hlthe2b]

2. Nah... I'm going to do that...

well before I die.

[niyad]

4. That works!!!

[Aristus]

5. I don't mind being haunted by you, niyad.

I was one of those guys. A long time ago, before I realized was a shitty thing it was to say to someone.

I was dating a beautiful young lady. She looked exactly like Natalie Maines of The Chicks. She had a beautiful smile. So I told her she should smile more. Although we broke up (and I ended up with Mrs. Aristus, so I got better than I deserved), that wasn’t the reason.

But ever since I discovered what a douchy thing that is to say to someone, I cringe to remember it.

[niyad]

6. I won't haunt you toooo much, as you have since figured it out,

and are meting out your own penance.

[Aristus]

7. I'm a work in progress.

Striving to get better…

[niyad]

8. As we all should be! And, based on observation, I say you are doing quite well!

[llmart]

13. Wish more men were like you...

working on themselves to learn how to communicate with women.

[Lochloosa]

26. Did you something? I wasnt listening.

[niyad]

33. . . .

[rubbersole]

9. "Calm down and smile more..."

Said the guy who's not getting lucky.

[peppertree]

10. I hear you. I was once told the very thing.

But it was by a very friendly, older acquaintance - who pointed out that "people often wonder what you're thinking about - so you should smile more."

"I wouldn't want to bore them," I said.

In any case - with my thin lips and Saturn rising (the sign of a gray, if not dour, personality), smiling just doesn't come naturally to me.

Qué será.

[niyad]

43. And since it does not, you should never be made to feel obliged to do so.

[peppertree]

44. True

I had a good friend who had the best smile I've ever seen on anyone; he turned out to be a very good liar too, sadly.

Qué será.

[DinahMoeHum]

12. The word is also an acronym. . .

Boys, I'm Taking Charge Here.

[niyad]

16. Being In Total Control of Herself.

[DinahMoeHum]

17. TooShay !!

[niyad]

19. Also:

Beautiful, Intelligent, Talented, Charming, Ho. .

Believing In The Complete Heart

and many more

[dai13sy]

14. My favorite so far

"You have a beautiful smile - You should use it more." And then a 15 minute dissertation on loving myself more. Wow - all this after15 minutes of "knowing" each other. I don't know if I'm impressed or I want to puke on his shoes. I'm going with the shoes!

[niyad]

20. Especially if they are bespoke leather!

[smb]

15. I Am Reminded Of This Scene

[niyad]

18. Thank you. I have not yet seen the movie. Guess I had better go find it!

[niyad]

46. I want to thank you again. I have come back to watch this clip a

number of times. It makes me smile.

[malthaussen]

21. Seems like a tremendous waste of the afterlife, though.

But I can understand the annoyance.

-- Mal

[niyad]

23. When one has all of eternity, one can do many things.

[malthaussen]

25. I was planning on reading "Remembrances of things Past."

Not enough time in the present life.

-- Mal

[Floyd R. Turbo]

22. Marsha Mason said that to me in the Hard Rock Hotel twenty some years ago. I didn't bother telling her that

my mother had suffered heart failure and was in surgery.

[niyad]

24. I am so sorry. I know from experience how awful that is. I had some

idiot (one of far too many, alas,) say that to me one night. I looked at him and said, "I just found out that my stepmother has died from a heart attack." He was so horrified and apologetic, not that it mattered.

[llmart]

32. An even worse example from my past...

I was 20 years old, a newlywed and I worked in an office with all men - about 13 of them and me. There was this one guy who, every morning when I walked in he'd say to me, "Smile if you got some last night."

I kid you not.

[niyad]

34. Oh my word. What a disgusting person he was. I would think that

is actually sexual harassment. Ughhhh. I hope you did not have to work with him for very long.

[llmart]

42. They didn't recognize things like sexual harassment back in the 60's.

For most of my office career I worked in engineering departments with mostly men. I could fill a book with all the harassment I endured back then. It wasn't just that one guy either. I was propositioned by married men, told I only got the job because of how I looked in a sweater, had a boss who said he saw me on the weekend sun bathing in a pink bikini at my apartment. He didn't really see me but a neighbor who also worked there told him I had a pink bikini so he thought he'd make me believe he drove by my complex and saw me. A VP went to lunch with the President and came back drunk and tried to kiss me. I wore mini skirts and when I'd walk by their desk they'd pretend to drop their pencils on the floor so they could bend down to pick them up and well, you get my drift.

[niyad]

45. Sadly, I get it very well. It has never ceased to amaze me that there

were not endless workplace homicides as a result of the unending harassment. In one casino where I worked, the bar manager (not my department) was a true sexual predator (again, long before sexual harassment laws). A number of the women came to me about him, knowing that I had a reputation for fixing things. I very calmly explained to him that if I heard so much as a hint of a whisper that he was doing it again, as I assured him I WOULD hear, he and I would be having a little chat in the back alley, and I smiled at him. For the rest of the time I was there, he behaved, and did his best to avoid me.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

41. Throughout my working life I always counseled my staff to think before they speak to anyone

they come in contact with regardless of the situation. One never knows what the individual you are addressing is dealing with personally or professionally.

[getagrip_already]

27. Im afraid my haunting card is pretty full.....

For some reason, people just want to come back and try to make my life hell. Problem is, they just end up feeling worse and we end up talking for hours.

It just backs up all the other spirits waiting their turn.

Go figure.

But, I really don't remember saying that to anyone, so maybe we are cool. But I'm sure there are other things you will visit me for, so no matter, my 20:00 haunting is due any minute.

[niyad]

35. Well, so far you have not given me reason. And, since I don't plan on going

just yet. . .the line may yet lessen.

[Shermann]

28. I'm a man but have a resting bitch face

Women (and occasionally men) used to say this to me all the time. They don't bother after you get older. I'm not saying it's symmetrical between the genders though.

[niyad]

36. Several of my friends have commented along the lines of, "Do you have

any idea just how intimidating you look when you are out in public?" That must be the same face, although I had never heard "resting bitch face" before. LOVE IT!!!

[Dear_Prudence]

29. Missing my mask

While wearing my covid mask, I noticed how relaxing it was to grocery shop because, although I still felt compelled, I didn't actually have to pin on a smile. I don't remember being told to smile, but I remember as a kid having my dad slap me in the face if I had an inadvertent look of discontent on my face, what we now call resting b*&*& face. Oh, the mask was so restful! Happy haunting, niyad!

[LiberalFighter]

31. Do what the heart tells you.

Think of it as allowing your mind to be more functional when a smile is not a necessity.

[niyad]

37. Awww, thank you. Between my mask and my sunglasses, few people

have a clue what I really think in public.

[LiberalFighter]

30. I rather have a real smile.

There are people that smile too much. If it is genuine then I am good. If it is too much I have to wonder if there is something evil.

The facial expression needs to match what is going on. To see if they need help. Or it is related to any task they are performing. Smiling while performing a difficult task would mostly be unnatural.

[niyad]

38. Years ago, there was a poster that read, "Smile! Make them wonder

what you are up to." Evil grin time!

[LiberalFighter]

39. Keep them on edge. Do it when they don't expect it.

Probably better to use your eyes with it too.

I'm a guy and rarely smile. I probably use other facial muscles. At my age I am probably set in my ways.

[niyad]

40. Keeping them on edge is the fun part!