Dealing with rude people
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Capt Steve
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On the other hand...
Years ago driving home from work I stopped at the local shopping center to pick up a six pack. An idiot woman, old enough to know better, cut me off rushing into the parking lot. Then she raced around the lot looking for a parking space and nearly hit me head on. Next row over I have my blinker on waiting for a car to finish pulling out and you guessed it... she dove into the space I was waiting patiently for.
I parked and headed for the entrance to the supermarket where I ran into this bimbo. Lady, I said, you really need to learn how to drive. She screamed at me "I think you are rude!"
I responded: I think you are stupid. Now assuming we are both right tomorrow I will have the option of being polite, you however...
There were several shoppers coming and going who heard our exchange and laughed their butts off. This really pissed her off but happily she disappeared into the store.
Was I rude? I really don't think so. Was I right? You betcha!
Years ago driving home from work I stopped at the local shopping center to pick up a six pack. An idiot woman, old enough to know better, cut me off rushing into the parking lot. Then she raced around the lot looking for a parking space and nearly hit me head on. Next row over I have my blinker on waiting for a car to finish pulling out and you guessed it... she dove into the space I was waiting patiently for.
I parked and headed for the entrance to the supermarket where I ran into this bimbo. Lady, I said, you really need to learn how to drive. She screamed at me "I think you are rude!"
I responded: I think you are stupid. Now assuming we are both right tomorrow I will have the option of being polite, you however...
There were several shoppers coming and going who heard our exchange and laughed their butts off. This really pissed her off but happily she disappeared into the store.
Was I rude? I really don't think so. Was I right? You betcha!
JDBoardman
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To use one of Walking Jack's terms,my biggest hot button, and one to surely set me off is the jackanapes who tosses her/his baby's poopy diaper out the window into the parking lot (and this is most commonly observed at WM). Having had the misfortune to step on said diaper, my inclination is to pick it up and place it in a position of honor in the driver's seat. And if the miscreant is in the car, waiting for someone to come out, so much the better.
pantannojack
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I say the guy was right to protect his club member's equipment. I know of an expensive rifle "temporarily" stolen by some kids at a shooting club. They dragged it thru a sand wash many hundred yards, then abandoned it presentation style where it was recovered just a short time later. Loitering in a parking lot does not look good.
Excellent riff on an oldie but a goodie. WC Fields in the 1934 movie It's a Gift, accused by a woman who thinks he drinks too much:
"You’re drunk.”
“Yeah, and you’re crazy, n’ I’ll be sober tomorrow n’ you’ll be crazy for the rest of your life.”
Looking it up, it goes back further still: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/08/17/sober-tomorrow/
Wish I had the gift of repartee...
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Capt Steve
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Ah yes...
"Wish I had the gift of repartee..."
I like to think of it as the gift that keeps on giving...
Works for me.
"Wish I had the gift of repartee..."
I like to think of it as the gift that keeps on giving...
Works for me.
Me too. I can always think of a great comeback - about an hour later...
Catwrangler
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Response to this:
My dad had a saying I grew up hearing.... If he saw me getting angry w/ someone's intention rudeness, he'd look me straight In the eye and say this simple phase. "They'll never get your goat lf they don't know where it's tied." The other pearl- "You' catch more Flys with honey than vinegar."
Lost my Dad in '86 and there's still a big void left there.
My dad had a saying I grew up hearing.... If he saw me getting angry w/ someone's intention rudeness, he'd look me straight In the eye and say this simple phase. "They'll never get your goat lf they don't know where it's tied." The other pearl- "You' catch more Flys with honey than vinegar."
Lost my Dad in '86 and there's still a big void left there.
I add them to the ignore list.
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Rude people are like bullies-they've been allowed to get away with it, no one has ever stood up to them. Like those who borrow things with no intention of returning them.
One of my definitions of rude encompasses opinionated, boorish people who have little time for those who don't see eye to eye with them. Also those who jest at the expense of others... wait a minute... that could be 99% of us here!
But in all serious, if you truly want to experience rudeness, take a job in retail for 6 months. I expect today, being black Friday, will see the height of rudeness for the year. All in the name of Christmas cheer.
John
But in all serious, if you truly want to experience rudeness, take a job in retail for 6 months. I expect today, being black Friday, will see the height of rudeness for the year. All in the name of Christmas cheer.
John
