What's with people? What ever happened to "common courtesy?"

[KansDem]

I was told by my supervisor that I needed to talk to a certain person in a certain department about a certain question. Well, I left her office and headed to that certain person in that certain department to ask that certain question. I entered her work area and was approaching her desk--there was no one else around. She looked up and saw me approaching her desk and as I got closer, looking at her and smiling, she picked up the phone and started to make a call! I was only a couple feet away by that time! I mean, it was obvious I wanted to talk to her! She lifts up her hand in that "I'll be with you shortly" gesture and proceeds to talk to someone. I stood there cooling my heels for about 30 seconds then I turn and say "I'll talk to you later" and leave.

I didn't "talk to her later."

It was just plain rude! :grr:

[soleft]

1. Maybe she didn't want to give a certain answer

:shrug:

But I hate crap like that. Send her memo.

[Midlodemocrat]

2. You should have grabbed the phone out of her hands and

thrown it on the floor.

No, wait, that's not right. It was rude, you're right.

[Bake]

3. Much like "common sense,"

It's not very common.

Bake

[skygazer]

4. Exactly

I've never understood why they call it common sense when it's so damn rare. And I think that ought to be a bumper sticker.

[DS1]

7. in very small print

:crash:

:rofl:

[qb]

5. It's hard to imagine what motivates a person to be so deliberately offensive.

Not to mention the waste of company time.

[skypilot]

6. On common courtesy AND common sense.

A couple months ago I had someone exhibit such a lack of common courtesy and common sense that it was almost surreal. I was playing pool at my favorite bar and although I love this particular bar I've had an ongoing problem with people sitting in my seat even though my drink, money and cigarettes are right there at the bar AND there are other empty seats available. (In winter months I will even have my coat on the back of my chair) Anyway, I'm playing pool and I notice a friend of mine giving me a weird smile--he's aware of this ongoing problem. Something told me to look behind me and sure enough this woman who'd come in with a group of her friends had sat right in my seat even though there were at least a dozen other empty seats available. I had my coat on the back of the chair, a shot and a beer on the table, along with a pack of cigarettes and the Philadelphia Gay News. Naturally I was annoyed but I decided to go on with my pool game because if I won the game then I'd get to play again and I wouldn't need to sit down just yet. I lost the game. I wanted to sit down again so I go up to this young lady and say "Excuse me, I was sitting here". There are STILL at least a dozen other places she could sit. She looks down at the items I'd left on the table, then looks over at her friend and then looks at me as though I'm out of my fucking mind. I have to tell her again that I was sitting in that seat. She VERY reluctantly gets up and then goes to complain about me to one of her friends who was sitting at the bar. This friend then proceeds to walk across the bar and give me a hard time as though I'm some asshole who's trying to commandeer the entire area where I'm sitting. I just wanted my fucking chair--you know, the one with my COAT ON THE BACK OF IT AND ALL MY STUFF ON THE TABLE IN FRONT OF IT!! I explain to this woman that I didn't know what her friend's problem was but that it was obvious that someone was sitting in that seat and she could have sat ANYWHERE else. I think that once she had heard my side she realized how ridiculous the whole thing was and she backed down. But the whole thing was fucking weird.

[raccoon]

8. She was just plain rude, and I wonder if she didn't want to talk about

whatever it was you wanted to talk to her about. That was her passive-aggressive way of avoiding you.


There are still people who maintain common courtesy now, but there are a lot out there who think being aggressive and/or a smartass is cute, assertive, and "feisty." :grr:

[raccoon]

9. Oh, and Kansas---document this and keep it at home.

Just in case you need it someday. :-)