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How do you handle rude people?

Baphomet

Baphomet

Member
Dec 8, 2018
16,876
Thankfully it doesn't happen to me , but on the occasion that people are rude to me , I normally just tend to ignore it and move to do whatever I was doing, arguing with people feels pointless to me and I don't really get mad easily since I mostly think that rude people are just people with sucky home lives who have a need to express their misery with negative behavior. If you are rude to my wife or friends though, its a different story, I will insult you and tell you to fuck off, but nothing physical , I don't believe in being violent over trivial things.
 
ThereAre4Lights

ThereAre4Lights

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
4,857
Give them a rude look back.

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Van Bur3n

Van Bur3n

Avenger
Oct 27, 2017
26,089
Act like a raving lunatic. Crawl around on all fours but upside down until they take the hint you're not to be trifled with.
 
Tokyo_Funk

Tokyo_Funk

Banned
Dec 10, 2018
10,053
People who are rude to me I just say "That's nice" and "Ok, cool good to know" and it seems to make them just stop in their tracks.
 
Jindrax

Jindrax

Attempted to circumvent ban with alt account
Banned
Oct 28, 2017
1,454
You call them out very politely. Make them look stupid.
 
Bigwombat

Bigwombat

Banned
Nov 30, 2018
3,416
It depends. Mostly I will ignore it. As an example though I yelled at two women who Jay walked when I had a green and was going 35 or 40. The pedestrian lights had flashing red hands not to go and watched them look at each other, the light, and both started crossing before even looking my way.

When people do stuff like that I get angry. I could have easily just hit two people with a uhaul van cause they couldn't wait 10 seconds to let me pass when I had the right of way. Endangering others with your rudeness will usually elicit a response from me.
 
Siggy-P

Siggy-P

Avenger
Mar 18, 2018
11,865
Reply back "Sorry what?" In a tone both polite but noticeably firmer and louder than theirs.
 
Rendering...

Rendering...

Member
Oct 30, 2017
19,089
I have a short fuse with rude people. I try to ignore them, but if they keep at it, I don't hesitate to tell them to fuck off.

Customer service is not for me. My first instinct would be to provoke rude idiots while playing dumb. I truly have no time at all for childish antisocial empathy-deficient asshats.

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Nilou

Nilou

Member
Oct 25, 2017
9,715
I work in healthcare so a large part of my job requires calmness and patience. Dealing with uncooperative patients and upset or angry family members, the occasional punches to the face, kicking, scratching, and a load of other things. Some are super sweet, some are extremely rude and will verbally abuse you, etc... Some days are far tougher than others but regardless I treat them all the same with kindness as I would anyone I meet and talk to. You just have to brush all of it off the best someone can even if it may be hard. Dealing with angry family members is the worst though, especially when they are angry for the things the previous shift did or didn't do and taking it out on you </3
 
Ciao

Ciao

Member
Jun 14, 2018
4,840
I escalate, can't help it. That's how it works for me, I escalate kindness, I escalate rudeness. You get back what you bring me plus a bonus.
 
Saito

Saito

Member
Oct 25, 2017
1,804
I work in healthcare; emergency room, OR and now specialist segment. I was molded by rude obnoxious people. It has zero effect on me.
 
Izzard

Izzard

Banned
Sep 21, 2018
4,606
Retail worker of over 30 years so I have a lifetime of experience with rude people. Normally I either laugh or just ignore them.
 
sgtnosboss

sgtnosboss

Member
Nov 9, 2017
4,786
I tend to kill people at work that are rude with kindness and tend to end up being friends somehow. My wife has some weird luck of literally telling them to stop being rude and mean when they are taking out their anger on her that isn't her fault at work. (example customer ticket she is checking on that has nothing to do with her) and somehow it works... they like flip a switch and tend to become work buddies with her afterwords. Its voodoo Wren Wolfe
 
TheJackdog

TheJackdog

Member
Oct 27, 2017
1,644
extreme, powerful, completely over the top, love.

Next time someone yells at you or is rude,

hit em with a "love you loads MISS YOU ::kissess::"

watch their anger level quadruple with no idea why
 
bionic77

bionic77

Member
Oct 25, 2017
30,888
Saito said:
I work in healthcare; emergency room, OR and now specialist segment. I was molded by rude obnoxious people. It has zero effect on me.
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Same here. Been a trial lawyer for over a decade and instead of getting upset I just analyze it coldly. What kind of asshole is this person? What is exactly the right or wrong thing to say to escalate or deescalate the situation?

At the end of the day it is just a stupid asshole making some obnoxious noises. You should just be happy you don't have to live with them.
 
PAFenix

PAFenix

Unshakable Resolve
Member
Nov 21, 2019
14,615
One customer I had when I worked at Gamestop was livid that we wouldn't lower the price of a Battlefield game for the PS3/360 version when only the PS4/XBone version was on sale. "But your commercials said ALL systems!" Manager calmly explained that it was only for latter versions, but relented that if she could record the commercial on her phone and bring it back to prove otherwise, we'd do it. She couldn't do it. As she left the store, she started shouting to everyone to come to Best Buy, because they had better sales going on. (Closest Best Buys were in neighboring cities so that was a joke to mostly everyone there)

Manager and I thanked her for the tip and told her we'd go after our shifts. Her anger as she left was glorious.
 
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