tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post8956871299817216449..comments2023-10-24T14:51:45.756+02:00Comments on Bloggertropolis: Social ContractionStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-1261131200425100812010-08-08T23:35:26.750+02:002010-08-08T23:35:26.750+02:00Vegemitevix: yes, I've come to that conclusion...Vegemitevix: yes, I've come to that conclusion myself... to be "cuttingly" polite seems to be much the best response!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-3850421410234336312010-08-08T23:11:41.102+02:002010-08-08T23:11:41.102+02:00Definately not just you! I've noticed this a l...Definately not just you! I've noticed this a lot recently. It's incredibly rude. I cannot believe people can be so disrespectful.I think Being Me has the right idea. Shame them into embarrassment by being polite.vegemitevixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499944412217904302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-68640869008762434262010-08-08T12:04:48.515+02:002010-08-08T12:04:48.515+02:00Heather: I'm beginning to see that I need to h...Heather: I'm beginning to see that I need to have a stock of witty retorts learnt off by heart ready for such situations. I wonder if that's how other people do it...?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-47189540143405939842010-08-08T12:01:41.445+02:002010-08-08T12:01:41.445+02:00Nope not just you, and yes I too do that pathetic ...Nope not just you, and yes I too do that pathetic hanging around waiting to be dismissed thing. I wish I didn't, but it's like witty retorts, you only realise that you should have left after it happened.Heather at Notes From Laplandhttp://www.rukakuusamo.com/notesfromlapland/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-5140588926401794272010-08-08T10:01:52.819+02:002010-08-08T10:01:52.819+02:00The Crow: thank you. Now that my ego has been rest...The Crow: thank you. Now that my ego has been restored to its hugely inflated former state I can go about my business as usual once again. I love your response and wish I could have used it. Sadly I don't think the person in question would ever come to me to borrow a tampon... but I may keep one in my desk just in case I ever get the opportunity to whip it out and embarrass her. <br /><br />TheUndertaker: thank you - it is a comfort to know that there are people out there who do take the time to listen and respond thoughtfully. Nice to see you back.<br /><br />Amanda: can't find any stones but we've got a few odd bricks lying round at the bottom of our garden. More or less the same thing, right?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-88434522305228187552010-08-08T08:33:08.912+02:002010-08-08T08:33:08.912+02:00Yup, Being Me has the right approach. It's rea...Yup, Being Me has the right approach. It's really rude isn't it when people do this. You can get them back by being really vague and off ahnd next time they try it...(or find out where they live and call round late at night and throw stones on their roof)The Sagittarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513045101496737031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-11273392606501785482010-08-08T04:10:14.868+02:002010-08-08T04:10:14.868+02:00No, it's not you, it's me!
Very few people...No, it's not you, it's me!<br />Very few people actually listen, or have the attention span that is required. Frankly, some people just pretend and most just don't give a shit. <br />Sad, isn't it. Pick your 'victims' or say loudly, "Hey u (or asshole) I'm talking to you, are you listening?" : )<br />Steve, we, your trusty internet friends, are listening, however!TheUndertakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12316547511892258854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-24486731425221380362010-08-08T01:46:27.019+02:002010-08-08T01:46:27.019+02:00First, Gina and Old Cheeser are not the only ones ...First, Gina and Old Cheeser are not the only ones to notice the new picture. They are perhaps the only ones who've mentioned it to you here. I noticed right away! My first thought was, "Oh my gosh, he's much younger than his other photo suggested!"<br /><br />My other thoughts, inappropriate for a woman of my age toward a man young enough to be my son, are best left unsaid. I wouldn't want to upset or worry your wife.<br /><br />On the other issue, you are not alone. A girl in my senior high class, who thought she was all that, but was mistaken, used to do that - marking time - to a lot of us less popular (read unpopular, invisible) girls, usually until a good-looking boy came along or until a girl of higher standing approached. My cure, one afternoon, was to say to her, loudly enough for the boy she insulted me for to hear, "Sure, I have a tampon you can have, just come by my locker when you've finished here." (This was in the late 60s, when we didn't mention such things in front of boys.)<br /><br />She never did that to me again...mostly because she avoided me like the plague.<br /><br />Being Me has the better, more genteel response. I guess I wasn't feeling too polite that day.The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-65711203264611704862010-08-07T19:24:08.716+02:002010-08-07T19:24:08.716+02:00Val: yes, I'm more familiar with their alias t...Val: yes, I'm more familiar with their alias too...! ;-)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-25772775793904175732010-08-07T19:23:09.823+02:002010-08-07T19:23:09.823+02:00No, it's not you. And people like that have a ...No, it's not you. And people like that have a name. They're called 'shitheads'. (Actually they also have another name, but I'm too polite to use it in mixed company).Valhttp://absurdoldbird.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-50155263955692376772010-08-07T16:16:06.643+02:002010-08-07T16:16:06.643+02:00Nota Bene: I'd certainly like to think so...!Nota Bene: I'd certainly like to think so...!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-6690554018607013412010-08-07T15:52:39.563+02:002010-08-07T15:52:39.563+02:00Happens to all the best people...Happens to all the best people...Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-67114689185482786432010-08-07T08:56:44.026+02:002010-08-07T08:56:44.026+02:00Gappy: I agree. I think they're certainly awar...Gappy: I agree. I think they're certainly aware of what they're doing and must get off on it - even if only in passing.<br /><br />Selina: hmm. I'm now trying to think if I've ever been guilty of doing it. I think the only times are when I have pigeonholed for hours by a real bore and I grab the first opportunity to escape. Does that make it better though?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-86351359335384598902010-08-07T07:55:20.253+02:002010-08-07T07:55:20.253+02:00It's rude and ignorant and shows huge arroganc...It's rude and ignorant and shows huge arrogance......and I think I may have been guilty of that sort of behaviour !! <br />But I've been on the receiving end of it too and that feeling of not knowing whether to stay or go is just toe-curlingly awful!Selina Kingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515746813047397411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-83637719371352271172010-08-06T23:10:33.191+02:002010-08-06T23:10:33.191+02:00I think this is something that happens to everybod...I think this is something that happens to everybody occasionally. It is bloody rude though. I never know quite what to do afterwards either, whether to leave or hang around, shuffling my feet. <br /><br />It's a subtle sort of power trip for the person doing the dismissing I think. Not nice.Gappyhttp://www.gappytales.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-80630044232720762162010-08-06T21:42:14.298+02:002010-08-06T21:42:14.298+02:00Kelloggsville: I think you are being far too chari...Kelloggsville: I think you are being far too charitable. I think some of these people are just plain ignorant and are undeserving of the smallest amount of time we expend on them.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-81104298581153478892010-08-06T20:47:07.891+02:002010-08-06T20:47:07.891+02:00it happens to me too. maybe it's not us, mayb...it happens to me too. maybe it's not us, maybe it's that everyone is living in fast forward and they don't actually have time to be polite. still feels shitty though doesn't it.AGuidingLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05823333742737762759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-75073917538148892112010-08-06T20:01:50.890+02:002010-08-06T20:01:50.890+02:00Gina: thank you for your kind words regarding the ...Gina: thank you for your kind words regarding the pic; you and Old Cheeser have been the only one's to notice... *sniff* You're probably right regarding giving rude people one chance and one chance only. I need to be more discerning and perhaps a little less forgiving.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-13329700940385626102010-08-06T19:52:35.970+02:002010-08-06T19:52:35.970+02:00Oh crikey, no definitely not you.
I only ever let...Oh crikey, no definitely not you.<br /><br />I only ever let people do it once though. Those people who are always looking over my shoulder looking for someone more interesting to appear only get chatted to once. If they do that to me I ignore them. <br /><br />It is very very irritating and yes, it does leave you feeling inadequate. Well, it leaves me feeling that way and I generally feel a bit of a social failure at the best of times.<br /><br />Hope you are having a good summer. Love your new profile pic.Ginanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-41110029721542042112010-08-06T19:12:59.963+02:002010-08-06T19:12:59.963+02:00Suzanne & Libby: well, that's two votes fo...Suzanne & Libby: well, that's two votes for Being Me's response! Guess I'll be adding it to my repertoire of anti-arsehole tactics!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-29787655196087761232010-08-06T18:31:25.357+02:002010-08-06T18:31:25.357+02:00No its not just you....yes it is rude...and Being ...No its not just you....yes it is rude...and Being me has the right answer to it...libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552884005601003691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-90792787673666512442010-08-06T18:06:29.929+02:002010-08-06T18:06:29.929+02:00Definitely not just you. There are some strange pe...Definitely not just you. There are some strange people out there. I love the comment by "Being Me", as I get older the less I suffer fools, but it does sort of make you feel like Mr/Mrs.Invisible.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705692916293482229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-49521343130228108902010-08-06T13:30:02.083+02:002010-08-06T13:30:02.083+02:00Rol: you're presupposing I'd stop to speak...Rol: you're presupposing I'd stop to speak to you in the first place.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-61754948060279192672010-08-06T13:27:30.037+02:002010-08-06T13:27:30.037+02:00That's an interesting post, Steve, I'd lik...That's an interesting post, Steve, I'd like to...<br /><br />John! How are you mate? Great to see you. No, nothing important. Yeah, let's get out of this place. Bunch of losers! Ha!Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-83444925595456682392010-08-06T13:24:55.861+02:002010-08-06T13:24:55.861+02:00Being Me: that's an admirable way of dealing w...Being Me: that's an admirable way of dealing with it. Wish I'd thought to say "well, been lovely to see you again..." as loudly as possible as a clear sign of <i>my</i> dismissing them...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.com