Hey all,
I figured it would be a good idea to discuss how to manage stuff like interacting with people in the workplace, friends and family. I kinda fear my coaster enthusiasm (among many other things) may have led to a perception that I lack "soft skills." So I just wanted to bring this up as an honest discussion how does everyone handle this hobby with their friends family and co-workers? I mean the easiest solution is to just avoid discussing it with people most of the time because not everyone wants to hear about others passions. I feel like I've learned over time to manage it based on the persons reactions. Some people are very genuinely interested in the fact this is my hobby and are even incredibly supportive. Some people are indifferent, some people want to strangle me for mentioning I went to Kings Dominion at some point in the last 2 weeks.
Typically I've found if they are supportive, you can talk about it a good amount and they will just be curious and inquisitive but I encourage showing some interest in their own hobbies as well when they do this, if they are indifferent you have to shut it off after an early point, if they absolutely despise when you talk about them it could be because they are simply afraid of them, or they make them sick due to motion sickness, or "FFS dude were trying to talk sports betting shut up about something that isn't sports I mean we HAVE To discuss this home run Baseball Player X on the City Y Team As hit yesterday it was Xhundred feet.............or Tiger Woods played golf yesterday!" (I say this as somebody who absolutely loves sports at the end of the day).
It's just a lot to really deeply suppress a part of ones personality to just "fit in" in like a professional environment. I'm starting to get to a point where I will never talk details at the parks because seriously a ton of people outside of thoosies do not take the time to realize something like "Dominator goes upside down" and refuse to comprehend that information unless they are going up the lift hill with you on the ride itself. So I guess the point of this topic, how do you guys manage stuff like this with your interactions with people that aren't enthusiasts? What point do you think we need to lay off theme park/coaster discussion on average? What point are we "overloading" people with information? Me personally I am just gathering information to work on soft skills for myself.
I figured it would be a good idea to discuss how to manage stuff like interacting with people in the workplace, friends and family. I kinda fear my coaster enthusiasm (among many other things) may have led to a perception that I lack "soft skills." So I just wanted to bring this up as an honest discussion how does everyone handle this hobby with their friends family and co-workers? I mean the easiest solution is to just avoid discussing it with people most of the time because not everyone wants to hear about others passions. I feel like I've learned over time to manage it based on the persons reactions. Some people are very genuinely interested in the fact this is my hobby and are even incredibly supportive. Some people are indifferent, some people want to strangle me for mentioning I went to Kings Dominion at some point in the last 2 weeks.
Typically I've found if they are supportive, you can talk about it a good amount and they will just be curious and inquisitive but I encourage showing some interest in their own hobbies as well when they do this, if they are indifferent you have to shut it off after an early point, if they absolutely despise when you talk about them it could be because they are simply afraid of them, or they make them sick due to motion sickness, or "FFS dude were trying to talk sports betting shut up about something that isn't sports I mean we HAVE To discuss this home run Baseball Player X on the City Y Team As hit yesterday it was Xhundred feet.............or Tiger Woods played golf yesterday!" (I say this as somebody who absolutely loves sports at the end of the day).
It's just a lot to really deeply suppress a part of ones personality to just "fit in" in like a professional environment. I'm starting to get to a point where I will never talk details at the parks because seriously a ton of people outside of thoosies do not take the time to realize something like "Dominator goes upside down" and refuse to comprehend that information unless they are going up the lift hill with you on the ride itself. So I guess the point of this topic, how do you guys manage stuff like this with your interactions with people that aren't enthusiasts? What point do you think we need to lay off theme park/coaster discussion on average? What point are we "overloading" people with information? Me personally I am just gathering information to work on soft skills for myself.