Profiling

Mistreatedbycs · ‎03-10-2010

Years ago after high school, I dated a FBI guy (disaster) and thought, wow, I sure would like to work for some kind of agency and have a job as a profiler.

Been thinking about that lately and just for fun, I look at various posts and think, WoW, this person must be about this many years old, have a great job, not work etc.

Well, tonight was the night that I thought I had this nic all figured out (just to test my skills (if I had any) and realized I was all wrong.

Glad I didn't persue that career, that would of been really short.

Goes to show that never assume. On a side note, I never went to school for this but thought my instincts would outweigh the training, guess not.

Do you have people figured out?

itiswhatitis · ‎05-27-2016

@Mistreatedbycs wrote:
Years ago after high school, I dated a FBI guy (disaster) and thought, wow, I sure would like to work for some kind of agency and have a job as a profiler.

Been thinking about that lately and just for fun, I look at various posts and think, WoW, this person must be about this many years old, have a great job, not work etc.

Well, tonight was the night that I thought I had this nic all figured out (just to test my skills (if I had any) and realized I was all wrong.

Glad I didn't persue that career, that would of been really short.
Goes to show that never assume. On a side note, I never went to school for this but thought my instincts would outweigh the training, guess not.

Do you have people figured out?

@Mistreatedbycs, what does this mean? See my bolded portion. What is "nic?"

*Call Tyrone*

makena · ‎10-29-2016

I haven't gotten myself figured out.

Mistreatedbycs · ‎03-10-2010

Someone posted that's been quite active and I thought they were in their 20's and because they posted some personal information, they are well in their 60's maybe older. It doesn't matter it was just I remembered the career path I was going to take.

maybe i'm missing something but isn't your nic your nickname?

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

I'm not profiler material, but I've always been good at figuring people out, especially in that so many often don't have a clue. Body language, facial expressions, word usage. Someone trying "cleverly" to "fool" you when they're only clever in their own mind and I can see them coming a mile away. It's not even something I "try" to do, it's just a part of me. I've always been able to do it since I can remember.

Profiling, though, goes into the Psychology of Why, and I've never gotten into that (don't really care).

Life without Mexican food is no life at all

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

@Mistreatedbycs

"Do I have people figured out"? That is a rather vague question subject to many different characteristics and traits of different people.

Through my trip through life being involved in organizations, and being the top dog, of more than I wished, I have met thousands of people from around our country, and the world. Having to deal with many of them directly, I have learned a bit more as I have the more experience that comes along with getting older.

If I spend enough time around certain people, I have been fairly good at assessing if they are someone I want to know, beyond our similar interests in certain things. Some I refer to as associates, others as a friend. Many, many fewer as good friends.

My main goal when I started my Adult Hockey League when I was not yet 23 years old, was to find players that were compatible with the type of hockey I wanted to see played. That was still my objective at age 75, which was 52 years after I started and ran this league, by myself.

I found many great men that were really nice guys, but? Put on their hockey gear and start the game, not the same person? Sports do that to many, mostly to those that were/are too competitive for the listed goal of my hockey league.

Fortunately those types were a small majority of those I chose. Yes chose, as I had waiting lists almost every year during those many decades. The ones that couldn't or wouldn't fit in? Break the(my) rules and you are gone, good friend or new associate. Everyone was treated exactly the same. Opps? Did I happen to answer your question in this overly long diatribe? I hope so.

hckynut(john)

jubilant · ‎06-10-2010

Some people are just more intuitive or discerning....they seem to have a gift for it. I know they used to give tests for such things years ago. I don't know if they still do. Even so, mistakes can be easily made when trying to "size a person up" (as they used to say). One must trod carefully.

Goldengate8361 · ‎01-27-2014

I can generally tell a great deal about a person when I hear them speak.....not only what they say, but how they say things and their use of language and speech patterns.

Harpa · ‎03-10-2010

As a college prof/instructor, you have to figure out the students in order to find those things that best reaches them.

But there is always room for plenty of surprises!

I know I've tried to figure out what a person may look like when I heard them talk on the radio. Talk about surprises!

happycat · ‎09-18-2010

No, I don't have people figured out at all. And once I get feeling like I do have someone figured out, they surprise me. Sometimes good, sometimes bad.

I have an old friend who recently friended me on facebook. I unfriended her last night. I never would have thought she was so judgemental, small minded and NOT NICE. She didn't use to be like that.