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Apr. 6th, 2011 12:08 amI made the mistake of reading the comments over at this Miss Manners post:
A whole lot of the comments boil down to: Well, you went outside, didn't you? You're trying to have a private conversation [note: not a phrase anywhere in the LW's query] out of doors! Clearly you were just asking for it.
Bah. I actually did two things that annoyed me very much:
1) I created an account on Boston.com.
2) I defended talkers.
I have annoyed myself.
But goddammit, sometimes I'm out having a pint and having a conversation with a friend -- not shootin' the shit with them, which is totally different in terms of body language -- and why, why, does everybody goddamn need to interject in our goddamn conversation? Why can I not get out of the house, have some beers, and have a conversation, without everyone treating this like Make A Friend Day?
Blessedly, there's a bar up the street where I know no one, so I can go there and read my books and drink beer and listen to country in peace.
Originally posted on Dreamwidth. Number of comments so far:
I enjoy having conversations with people. What I don't enjoy are the times when I am happily or seriously chatting away with someone only to have a random stranger sitting or standing nearby suddenly sticking themselves into my conversation, either answering a question directed at me or my companion, or else inserting their own opinions on our topic of discussion. I find it really insensitive and rude. I am not talking to them, so why do they feel like they should just butt in? How can I tell these people politely that I find their actions rude and insensitive without coming off as rude myself? Is there a polite way to tell them that they have no business in our conversation, or does the fact that my conversations are audible render them free-game for public comment?
A whole lot of the comments boil down to: Well, you went outside, didn't you? You're trying to have a private conversation [note: not a phrase anywhere in the LW's query] out of doors! Clearly you were just asking for it.
Bah. I actually did two things that annoyed me very much:
1) I created an account on Boston.com.
2) I defended talkers.
I have annoyed myself.
But goddammit, sometimes I'm out having a pint and having a conversation with a friend -- not shootin' the shit with them, which is totally different in terms of body language -- and why, why, does everybody goddamn need to interject in our goddamn conversation? Why can I not get out of the house, have some beers, and have a conversation, without everyone treating this like Make A Friend Day?
Blessedly, there's a bar up the street where I know no one, so I can go there and read my books and drink beer and listen to country in peace.
Originally posted on Dreamwidth. Number of comments so far: