{"id":12,"date":"2007-03-24T21:29:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-24T21:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timpeterson.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/24\/9\/"},"modified":"2007-03-24T21:29:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-24T21:29:00","slug":"9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timpeterson.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/24\/9\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudeness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday night Jackie and I went to the free showing by CAB of Back to the Future at RIT. There were very few people there, so we had plenty of choice in seating, but I followed Jackie to a seat without looking much at where other people might be nearby. We sat down, and then heard the person behind me say, “This guy’s too tall; I’m moving over.” I thought that was rather amusing, and turned around with a grin to see if she had been successful in moving over. When she saw that I had noticed what she said, she said, “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have said that, that was rude.” I really didn’t mind, and I just found it funny, but Jackie thought it was pretty rude. <\/p>\n

Maybe it was just my tired state, but when I got home around 12:30 I still thought that was amusing. However, I wondered why it was I reacted so differently from Jackie. The next day (at about the same late hour, in fact) I discovered part of the answer. First, I find a lot of things funny. I’m always seeing the humor in the little things people do or the situations that occur. Secondly, and more to the point, I didn’t consider the comment rude because I tend to tease people with possibly-rude comments myself, intended to amuse rather than to offend. Therefore, I’m used to such things, so the effect of such comments toward me is usually amusement rather than taking of offense. <\/p>\n

I’m curious: How would you have reacted? A laugh? A retort? (Perhaps an incapacitating glare, like someone I know?) What is <\/span> the typical response to rude comments by strangers? And just how unusual am I, anyway? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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