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Croney

(4,936 posts) Sun Sep 3, 2017, 03:55 PM Sep 2017

I have an unwanted superpower. [View all]

Invisibility comes upon me when I'm not expecting it. I'll stand in an order line only to have the server look behind me and ask the next person what they want.

Yesterday I went into the dog groomer's to ask about making an appointment for my dog. A couple brought their dog in behind me. The clerk looked right through me and asked the couple if she could help them. I blurted out YES YOU CAN, and she didn't even seem to know where the voice was coming from.

This great but unpredictable talent of invisibility comes to people over 70 like me. I'm sure it starts forming earlier and goes unappreciated for a while.

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I have an unwanted superpower. [View all] Croney Sep 2017 OP

People are so frickin' rude sometimes. How can they DO that? Squinch Sep 2017 #1

Cast off that obnoxious cloak of invisibility! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2017 #2

You didn't mention your height True Dough Sep 2017 #3

No, I'm 5'6" and not really thin. Croney Sep 2017 #5

Yes, but they see young people who just stand there! Croney Sep 2017 #4

For12 years I shopped at a Safeway store- marybourg Sep 2017 #6

That's it, the magic glasses! Croney Sep 2017 #7

DU needs a like button RandomAccess Sep 2017 #19

Sometimes I find muttering semi-under my breath helps. Also staring at the clerk. Shrike47 Sep 2017 #8

I think I'll try muttering. Croney Sep 2017 #9

You could neglect your personal hygiene central scrutinizer Sep 2017 #18

I'm invisaible Mr.Bill Sep 2017 #10

That happens to me sometimes, too. I just ask loudly "am I invisible?", and add a word after "I"... George II Sep 2017 #11

It's not just age locks Sep 2017 #12

Indeed. At the young age of 58, I'm losing visibility. PatrickforO Sep 2017 #13

I became invisible in my 40s Kittycow Sep 2017 #14

Oh, yeah...that starts happening after 45, actually. Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #15

Yes! On the passivity of older women. I tried to keep my marybourg Sep 2017 #22

That's it! We need to speak up more, in a polite way. But speak up and out, nonetheless. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #23

Mr. Pool sez... Aviation Pro Sep 2017 #16

I'm starting to notice my own invisibility super-power. kag Sep 2017 #17

Mystery Men - Invisible Boy! drmeow Sep 2017 #20

Most women over 50 have the weird feeling of suddenly becoming invisible Warpy Sep 2017 #21

Yep! Trueblue Texan Sep 2017 #27

Do "The Walk" Ohiya Sep 2017 #24

Oh yes. Croney Sep 2017 #25

You're only invisible if you let yourself be I pity the poor sucker who tries to ignore me BigBearJohn Sep 2017 #26

Sure, we're seen if we speak up. Croney Sep 2017 #28