Interesting that you find it so amusing that someone is seriously offended when you practically spit in their face. I believe in some countries such behavior is actually illegal!
I guess your goal here is to out-rude the person who won't go away, and you seem to have succeeded, congratulations.
Personally, I try to avoid confrontations in life -- too many crazy people out there with guns. You may get to meet one of them sometime, and I wish you luck in THAT confrontation.
For those who think that they have a right to all the adjoining machines when they sit down to play and want to be alone, with "hundreds" for the new player to choose from -- what's the big deal with getting up yourself and taking one of those other machines among the "hundreds" -- sure, you were there first, but the new player has every right to any machine they want, for whatever reason.
Now, if they start following you around when you move, that's another story.
--BG
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10a. Re: [Make it happen] Sometimes I Want to Be Alone
Date: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:57 pm ((PDT))In fact, I've only had one confrontation. The last time I did it, the
"bitch of the day" asked to play the machine where my feet were propped.
Ten thousand empty machines in the place and she wants the one next to
me. I moved my legs and I was pissy, and she knew it. I did my hacking
cough fit. She was mortified, bitched blatantly about it, scooted her
chair over to the edge of her machine (this was actually getting fun for
me) and tried to continue her play. More hacking from me and then the
water spray. Only a tiny bit a spittle spray even caught her, and she
threw her chair back and stood up, glaring at me. I couldn't help it -
it was funny - I laughed (actually choked myself on the water for real
and had to cough some more). Now, she was pissed off. She called
security over and said I was purposely trying to make her move. I
looked up at him, like the fallen victim, sad eyes, batted my eyelashes,
said, "Sorry I have a cough I can't control, you know how that is! I
was here first, check your cameras. Hundreds more machines around. And
*lean in close to him and whisper* she's a bit of a nutcase, stroked my
leg when she first sat down *raise my eyebrows, give him the look at the
nut nod* and I think I hurt her feelings when I turned her advance down.
Can't help that, I like boys! Plus, I was here first, I'm not a
nutcase, and I'm not moving." Then I smiled real big and said, "But I
always like chatting it up with a cute security guard, so it's not a
total loss for me!" Then I discretely turn, cover my mouth, and have a
little coughing fit. "Sorry sir, just trying to relax my way through
this cold."