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Have you ever posted an online personal ad?
"Posting a personal ad is for people who have something to hide and just don't want people to judge them right off the bat. I think people who do list themselves on websites don't have the courage to meet someone face to face and would be too timid to even maintain a relationship anyway."
"I had no idea who I was meeting at a coffee shop because the picture I was sent was nothing like the person I met. I sat in the café for an hour and ended up leaving thinking I got stood up, only to find out the person was right behind me and didn't use a real picture so I didn't even know I was a few feet from my date."
"My experience was almost like a bad TV show. I posted an ad without wanting my friends to know. I wanted to meet someone and have this magical story to tell my friends about my new relationship. Trouble is, the person I met up with was my friend's best friend and I know who it was the entire time. Thankfully things didn't work out and I didn't have to introduce my friend to her best friend."
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Is your messenger program on when you're gone?
"Leaving your program on is just like having an answering machine for your phone. You aren't there but you'll still hear the message when you get back. It's a different way instead of someone having to call you and letting it ring and ring that they can just type you a message for when you come back."
"I don't get why people set an away message and then have it come up and say something like, "Sorry I'm away". That's what the point is of putting yourself into away mode. You don't have to then tell us you're away. It doesn't make sense."
"Nothing wrong with wanting to collect messages while you're away. It clearly says the person is away so I don't see what the problem is. One thing I find annoying is people who have it set to away but then message you anyway and are actually at the computer."
"I like it that people can reach me whenever they want to. It makes me feel good to know there are lots of ways to keep in touch and I don't have to miss a message. If someone wants to write to me at 4 a.m. when I'm sleeping, it's nice to wake up in the morning to read what people wrote."
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Do you count your items before going through the express checkout?
"I always count my groceries before I go through to pay and if I have one or two extra things I'll put them back just so I can go through the express checkout."
"Sometimes I wonder if people CAN count when they go shopping because I often get stuck behind people who have a whole cart of stuff and take forever to go through the lineup. I've been tempted to say something before but never had the guts. But now that you mention it I think I'll have to speak up next time."
"It doesn't matter how much stuff I've got, I go through the express line but what really makes me mad is the people who don't have their money or coupons or whatever ready and hold up the line so it isn't really even any faster than the other lines where people have dozens of things."
"Order groceries online and then you won't have the problem in line."
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What is your biggest turnoff? Listeners have a say:
"I was out for dinner one time and my date started making the most horrible snorting noises while we ate and it was enough to turn my stomach so that I didn't wanna eat anymore. There's a difference between having a runny nose and sniffing some of it up but when you are completely stuffed up and have to hork your way through breathing it simply isn't worth it."
"Having too much jewelry on is a turnoff for me. I think it is distracting when you try hold a person's hand and you can't even feel fingers because there are so many rings on them. Makes you wonder if the person is insecure about how they look and just need to accessorize to look good."
"People who chew like cows is something I find really disgusting. If I'm out on a first date and the person does that there's no chance of getting a second."
"I've got the topper for turnoffs. I did this one time as a way to end the date really fast. I had friends call and text message me every few minutes so that I could get out of there in a hurry. I was going on one bad date after another so we developed this code when I would be in trouble I would send a "help" message to a group of my friends and then they would bombard me with calls and I answered and chatted away and became really inconsiderate."
"A turnoff for me has always been when you're out with someone and they start singing along to music in the car while they're driving. It's like, OK superstar, shut up and just listen to the music."
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