Contemplating use of an Asshole Index...

I've already revealed my plan to travel to 5 different cities / areas of the country and stay at each for 2 weeks to a month to evaluate each potential future place to live.

Finding a new place to live is one of my top goals this year.

Another 2014 goal has been to address 2 of my deficiencies:

1) My total lack of social interaction.
2) My inability to remember people's names.

The severity of this 2nd deficiency borders on ridiculous. I routinely forget people's name before the introductory conversation is over. It is unforgivable and disrespectful on my part and I want to fix the problem.

So for 2014, I came up with a plan.

Basically what I do is make it a goal to meet at least one person every day.

And naturally, I've come up with a system to address my memory issues.

When I meet them and they tell me their name, I immediately repeat their name 3 times silently.

Then just as soon as this introduction is over, I immediately text or email myself the name of the person I met with a brief description so I can associate the name with the person.

When I get home I add the name and description to a list I have called "People I have met". I review that list at least once each day.

It works!!!!

To date, I've met 59 new people mostly at the gym....

And I've seen most of them again since our initial
meeting....

And I haven't forgotten a single name.

Yay me!!

But in all triumphs there must be setbacks....

And in this endeavor, there is no exception.

It's interesting....

In my goal to meet at least one person per day, I sometimes come across these people who obviously don't want to be talked to or perhaps just don't want me to talk to them.

Once I experience that reaction, I have this rebellious desire to fuck with them more than I would have otherwise.

They look at you like...

"What would make you think I would even want to respond to you? You are way below my minimum standard of introduction".

Interesting phenomenon....

Have only experienced it in Lake Jackson.

Of course, that's where I've spent most of my life so I guess it skews the data set conclusions.

Kinda makes you think though doesn't it?

So anytime something puzzles me or I don't have an answer for something, I consult one of the smartest, most level headed guys I know....

My son....

So I ran this phenomenon past him....

And wouldn't you know it....

Nothing but net!

So he says, you can probably judge how livable a city is by keeping track of the number of assholes encountered with the number of people you meet.

Wow! Using one goal to accomplish another goal.

I told you he was a fucking genius!!

So, now you know the origin of what will soon become a Universal benchmark for judging how appropriate a city is for habitation.

I give to you....

the Asshole Index!!!

Asshole Index =

(# of Assholes encountered / Total # of People you meet) * 100%

The next obvious question is....

What should we set as the maximum % or index above which the potential city of residence is disqualified?

On this number, my son and I had different standards.

He suggested a benchmark on the Asshole Index of 50.

Meaning that any city, where every other person you met was an asshole, was acceptable.

I balked at this saying for me, 1 asshole out of 4 was my max so that sets a max on the Asshole index of 25.

I am beginning to track this index for Lake Jackson just for comparison with future cities.

I'm gonna set a minimum data set of 50 for evaluation meaning I will have to meet at least 50 people in each new city.

I'll track this index for each of the 5 cities I visit and use it in my final evaluation of where to live.

Asshole Index...

I like it.