{"id":7135,"date":"2017-08-24T20:58:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T03:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7135"},"modified":"2020-07-04T02:56:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T02:56:54","slug":"stapleton-man-prepared-to-strangle-next-person-asking-how-was-your-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7135","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Man Prepared to Strangle Next Person Asking, \u201cHow Was Your Summer?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Society, or at least American society, has a series of social norms. One of these norms is politely asking questions of people of which you clearly don\u2019t care or want to hear the answer to. Some of these include, \u201chow are you,\u201d \u201cwhat have you been up to,\u201d \u201chow is your family,\u201d \u201cany big plans for (whatever season),\u201d and \u201chow\u2019s your job going,\u201d among tens of others. People ask these questions when they have nothing original to offer in conversation, yet feel awkwardly compelled to speak to someone. Sure, sometimes these questions can be genuine, but a lot of times, if you really cared about the person you were talking to, you would already know the answer to these general questions. In the end, the person asking the questions is trying to make an effort to be polite, so they shouldn\u2019t be criticized for their efforts. Stapleton resident Chad Caughron feels differently however, especially in regards to a particular question. \u201cSummer is now over, and you run into lots of people you haven\u2019t seen for a while,\u201d said a frustrated Caughron. \u201cPeople at grocery stores, out to eat, and especially now at school. People keep asking me, \u2018how was your summer?\u2019 They really want me to sum up a three month time period in a paragraph or less? It\u2019s one thing when people ask how you are doing today, but how has my last 90 days been? That\u2019s a pretty ridiculous question.\u201d Caughron would prefer people either not ask, or be more specific when speaking about large time periods. \u201cIf the question was, \u2018what was the best place you went to this summer?\u2019 or \u2018are you excited to get the kids back in school?\u2019 I can handle those. Quick and easy. But don\u2019t make me condense my entire summer down to a few words and pretend I think you care.\u201d Coughron has become so annoyed by the question, there\u2019s a chance he could get violent if someone asks him again. \u201cI swear, I\u2019m going to strangle someone if I hear it again,\u201d said Coughron. \u201cI\u2019m just going to jump at them screaming, and grab their neck. There better be some people around ready to pull me off. I just can\u2019t handle it any more.\u201d Maybe we should all be careful about asking people about their summers. There could be more Chad Caughron\u2019s out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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