The grocery store clerk who called my bujo a weirdo diary

I was standing in line at the Publix in Florence, South Carolina last Tuesday, flipping through my bullet journal to see if I needed milk. The cashier, this older guy named Ray, leaned over and squinted at my spread of trackers and said, "Is that one of them weirdo diaries where you write down every bean you eat?" I laughed so hard I almost dropped my basket. He kept going, asking if I had a special page for when my dog farts or if I color-coded my bathroom breaks. By the time I paid, he had me explaining habit trackers to three other customers behind me in line who were cracking up too. I still think about that random interaction when I look at my weekly layout now. Has anyone else had a stranger totally roast your journaling system in public?

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the_anthony17d ago

Wait, are we really acting like a grown adult sitting there meticulously tracking their bathroom breaks and bean intake isn't a little unusual to an outsider? I mean come on, we all do this stuff but let's be honest, if you saw someone flipping through a notebook full of color coded dots and tiny graphs about their dog's farts you'd probably crack a joke too. Ray was just being a normal guy having a laugh, it's not like he grabbed your book and started reading it out loud to the whole store. The whole "presidential daily briefing" joke is cute but deep down we all know this hobby looks ridiculous from the outside, and honestly that's part of the fun. We're the ones who chose to do this stuff in public, so we gotta take the heat when it comes.

hannah32017d ago

A weirdo diary? Ray sounds like a real comedian, does he do open mic night at the Publix deli too? I guess my bean consumption is a federal matter now, better start encrypting that tracker. At least you got a free therapy session about your bathroom breaks, silver lining and all. Honestly, the next time someone roasts my journal, I'm just telling them it's my presidential daily briefing.

lily_torres3117d ago

Ray sounds like he peaked in high school honestly. @hannah320 your presidential daily briefing thing is funny but at the end of the day it's just a notebook. People act like a little privacy invasion is the end of the world but it's really not that deep.