Rude People Piss Me Off
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Rudeness and what to do
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Rudeness is Awful
Rude People Piss Me Off!!!
As we make our way through life it becomes apparent that one aspect is unavoidable. Rude people are everywhere and unrelenting. Take a left turn and there’s one. Turn right, there’s another one. They’re everywhere, up the road and down the road. What is one to do?
I consider myself to be a “nice guy” that is rarely rude. There have been many instances in my 30 years that I have had to be an a**hole. For the most part though, I prefer to treat people with dignity and respect. I am not talking about the occasional person you run into that is in a bad mood about something. That happens to everyone, most of the time these people keep to themselves. I am referring to the ones that a.) lash out at everyone they come into contact with and b.) the ones that offer unsolicited advice.
Let’s take a look at example A.
Once in a while you can expect to come into contact with the person that treats you like dirt. This person is generally upset with their life and takes it out on a happy unsuspecting nice person. Why?
In short answer to that one, I think it is because it makes them feel better than you. Of course this is completely wrong. Whenever you come into contact with this one just remember that they are having a hard time with life. Also remember that these people pretty much suck at life and take the last laugh.
To be completely fair though, I personally have been mean to a stranger because I was having a bad day. So I sucked at life at that point.
Let’s move on to example B.
I work in an industry that is presents a new challenge everyday, sometimes three or four times a day. I am a mechanic in the Army. I have been in the service for six years so I have an inclusive knowledge of my job. Plus, I have a mechanical aptitude and an ability to figure sh** out. The thing I hate is when your working on a problem and someone comes up, and starts telling you how to do your job. It doesn’t happen to me too much anymore though. My solution…
Solving this problem is easy. Look at the person with a pissed off look on your face and say, “Here you do it, since you’re such an expert!” That usually shuts them up. I find that it is easier to “sound” like an expert than to actually be one. The true expert is the one from which I seek advice.
The final thing that irks me is the person that tells you to do something that you are either already doing, or fixin’ to do. Ha, just look at them and laugh at them. That will make them feel like the complete idiot they have already proven to be.
In closing, I apologize but when you are faced with someone who is so totally wrapped up in their own greatness, it is hard to break through to them and make them realize their fallacies. You could be blunt by asking them, “How does it feel?” When they say what, you respond with, “To be a (expletive) idiot?”
This may either get you fired or punched so use it at your own risk!
Angry Cat
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Thanks ralwus, example b is usually the people I work for or with. Very irritating.
Cool Hub, Wesley. My wife is quite skilled at killing the Type A (as described above)...with kindness. If they don't turn into nice folks (which is asking way too much for some of them), she makes 'em too uncomfortable to hang around for long and they leave. They WANT to piss her off, and when they CAN'T, it messes with their heads something fierce.
Ghost: my wife is the same way. She used to be the sweetest girl in all the world, then I corrupted her. Now she is highly skilled at telling people to F off and they don't even know it. Thanks for the comments.
You are quite a humble person and I am the same way!! Sometimes I am an expert but I certainly do not flaunt it.:)
I think the best comeback I ever read was by pgrundy: If I could buy you for what you are worth and then sell you for what you think you are worth....I would be as rich as Goldman Sachs!"
Great hub! Rude people piss me off too! However...I have been know to make attitude adjustments. :)
Alas, we often bump into people like this...not reacting to their rudeness is probably one way of putting a spoke in their wheel!
I don't like rude people either, but I also don't like confrontation so I would not be able to put some of your solutions into practice, I would probably just smile and say thank you, how pathetic is that Lol
Only to walk a mile in another person's shoes...Life is tough...Rudeness is rude...:O) Hugs
interesting hub
AEvans: true that! no need to express excellence unless required.
TomC: Great saying sometimes attitude adjustments are required.
Feline Prophet: Yes the non violent or lack of reaction would definately throw them off.
Maggs: If you ever have any troubles just call me and I'll come kick everyones butt.
G-Ma: Agreed.
Kasanova: Thanks
Thank you everyone for commenting.
If I would put a bumper sticker on my car it would say "I DON'T LIKE RUDE PEOPLE" i have seen them, I just emailed you for addresses to write soldiers
dori
Rude people are just socially challenged, and need our love and understanding, and maybe a whack upside the head. Thanks for illuminatiing this topic, Wesley!
Fortune: I got your e-mail and will be replying soon
Tom: I agree, a quick slap upside the head usually shuts someone up. Violence only temporarily solves problem though. Words tend to be more powerful. Thank you for the comments
I needed this today Thank you thank you!~
You're welcome P. Thanks for visiting.
Interesting Hub. One of the reasons I moved to the south from the west was because politeness was expected. In the west at a middle school after telling a student to do the response would physiologically impossible. At the High School I teach at in Georgia when asking a student to do anything it is always yes sir. That is so cool.
By the way I can tell you are from the south. Only southerners use the term "fixin"
GeoriaKevin: People are nicer in the south. I am originally from the north but moved to Texas about seven years ago for my job. Thank you for the comments
I completely agree, mean people suck!
Good Hub! I run into both types all the time. I have pretty much just learned to ignore their ignorance and be who I am, nice! It is hard sometimes but I don't want to bring myself down to their level. My father is rude everyday and he lives with my husband, mother and I. I have learned to tune him out! My mother tells me what to do every day, while I am doing it or as I am preparing to do it, I just smile and say ok no problem! It won't help for me to get angry, it won't change a thing! I asked God a long time ago to teach me to be patient! Oh boy, He is teaching me patience, He has seen that I am in a position where I have to use it :)! Watch out what you ask for! You might get it in an unexpected way !
What if you run into a Type A and a Type B in the same person :-)? Seriously -- this is a wonderful reminder that we should live by the Golden Rule. Treat people the way we wish to be treated ourselves.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! MM
Great hub! I love it, but it's sadly true. I hate rude people and say this nearly every day. What will we do? Hugs
Thank you everyone!
wesley we all have our bad days like you Indicated In example one . I just hope to redeem myself at a future date when I go off on someone . As a matter of fact I have to call an associate at work this weekend because I let him have It . Even though I felt right In my viewpoint {as I always do ] I was wrong In the way I expressed It. So I am not going to tell him I am sorry , that does not carry much weight . What I will say Is I was wrong because I was. That breaks down a lot of fences and melts a lot of Ice between me and other people In my life . Good hub
LOL, yes, there is no getting away from these people sometimes. :D
When I was working the service counter at a travel service company, we had more than our our share of affluent, self-important, rude a-holes. Our stock answer for the "Do you know who I am?" question was, "Hey guys, call the EMT's, we got another amnesia case here!"
Great hub...and LOVE the pictures. especailly the kitty one lol. And yes I am like you...rude ppl piss me off too.
People in Category A are akin to schoolyard bullies who never quite grew out of it. Thankfully, in the adult world it's easier to make them look like the jerks they are.
Someone once wrote a short essay called "In Praise of Intolerance"--for rudeness, bigotry, etc. Wish I could find it.
Great hub!
Thank you for reading the hub and enjoying its message.
Maybe they just need to poop at that moment.
ha.
ralwus says:
4 months ago
Example B is my wife, she is always telling me how to do something, even if I am tearing an engine apart or building a deck to cooking. There is only 2 things she does not interfere with anymore, my writing or my painting on canvas and she is always asking me how to spell something. LOL I do love her tho'.