Oh dear. I am not cut out to be a talking-to-people researcher. Got my first rude response & am struggling not to respond. Let it go, Helen.
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It's odd coz I worked for years with adults with challenging behaviour due to brain disease or damage & had reputation for being unflappable
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However, give me an adult with a perfectly functioning brain & a desire to be a condescending or obnoxious twat & it's quite different.
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Why is it I can cope with ppl calling me a 'fucking stupid bitch' & swinging chairs at me but not people being condescendingly rude?
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I think its a different sort of challenge. With the first group, they're like this with everyone & my goal is to win some trust & reduce it
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With the second, its intentional & personal coz they want to show they're better than me & my goal becomes testing this claim.
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Because when ppl actually are better than me at whatever we're doing (and obv many are) they don't tend to feel the need to be arseholes.
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Those who do feel a need to be condescending & rude are usually those who feel threatened & fear they might be inferior.
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So maybe, I should also feel some sympathy for them. But I don't. Fuck off. Speak to me civilly like a decent human being.
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I feel your pain. I long to be a powerful enough person to be able to tell people just what I think of their manners.
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I tend to do this! But I'm not sure its being powerful so much as being thin-skinned & easily angered by unnecessary rudeness.
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I guess everyone has a point at which their fear of destroying friendly relations is overcome by their righteous fury
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Sometimes people genuinely don't realise they're being rude
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Oh she realised. Her job is to talk to people and assist with their inquiries. Cld easily have 'no' politely & pleasantly.
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!Ay caramba!
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