As usual, Violent Acres and I agree on one of the many ways that people can be morons. Being a frequent rider of public transportation, I almost always have headphones on to tune out the crazy homeless people and get a few minutes of zone-out time on the way to and from work. I used to always be the person that strangers asked for the time and it drove me nuts. I guess there are worse things than seeming like an approachable human being, but when I’m wearing headphones I wrongly assumed that everyone knew that it was the international signal for “PISS OFF.”
So I quit wearing a watch. Now when someone points to their wrist and mouths “What time is it?”, I just point to my blank wrist, shrug, and look at them like the dumbass they are… all without removing my headphones.