tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post2763259195322275769..comments2024-01-05T06:16:49.932+00:00Comments on Expat Mum: Rude People - What Are They Thinking?Expat mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-53516912195209886462014-10-15T17:50:50.304+01:002014-10-15T17:50:50.304+01:00I've had that happen too. It's the rudest!...I've had that happen too. It's the rudest! <br />I think people need a manners refresher they are obviously clueless.<br /> Clippy Mathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922234265229327474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-80667789943468639072014-10-14T21:32:00.042+01:002014-10-14T21:32:00.042+01:00Wait, did you move to Sweden? People are SO rude h...Wait, did you move to Sweden? People are SO rude here - the exact same thing happened to me this morning again, where I was talking to a teacher, then another woman comes up, interrupts the conversation without any apology, and the teacher turns her back on me. WTH???<br />People also bump into each other all the time without saying a word. I blame it on the cold climate and that they actually want extra hugs...Metropolitan Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11363451142875981407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-7288138513183218972014-10-13T14:40:31.954+01:002014-10-13T14:40:31.954+01:00I've got ignoring my kids down to a fine art w...I've got ignoring my kids down to a fine art when I'm chatting to someone.....but yes it is irritating when people break off to talk to their kids, particularly in the kind of way you know they probably only do in front of other people. "Now, Lila darling, we don't eat chocolate before 5pm, do we?" nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-1933103436835456342014-10-13T00:53:58.835+01:002014-10-13T00:53:58.835+01:00Rethink - Yeah, for some reason last week I took t...Rethink - Yeah, for some reason last week I took the high road and just said "Anyway, gotta go.", but sometimes I just walk off without saying anything. Not that they notice.<br /><br />LCM - I know a few kids that did that. Mental. Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-6999408357958861162014-10-12T22:25:59.153+01:002014-10-12T22:25:59.153+01:00I do the 'talk to the hand' to my kids whe...I do the 'talk to the hand' to my kids when they interrupt a conversation I am having with another person. Drives me mental. They don't do it at school, why at home?<br /><br />And as for other people's children, I have one particular friend whose child goes out of her way (she is 7) to get her mother's attention when she is speaking to anyone. Climbing on her, hitting her, jumping up and down, screaming... Perfectly normal child otherwise. I want to put her in a straight-jacket and gag her for 10 minutes at a time so I can have a 'normal' conversation with her mother. <br />Does that make me a bad person?<br />Do I give a shit?<br /><br />LCM xLondon City (mum)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13700717302832203631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-58681239482536055062014-10-12T20:08:55.056+01:002014-10-12T20:08:55.056+01:00It's hard not to be offended, but I guess some...It's hard not to be offended, but I guess sometimes we need to put up some sort of defensive shield and try not to let it get to us! Think of it as mental rude-git protection gear.Rethink Streethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454899074043574094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-12830870244259430682014-10-12T16:49:42.769+01:002014-10-12T16:49:42.769+01:00It does make you feel a bit like that Iota.
And ...It does make you feel a bit like that Iota. <br /><br />And yes, I suppose they really aren't thinking - not sure if that's any better though.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-10468719294023220782014-10-12T15:55:34.583+01:002014-10-12T15:55:34.583+01:00I wish people wouldn't do that thing in a soci...I wish people wouldn't do that thing in a social situation of talking to you, but their eyes are flickering round the room. I feel like saying "Am I that boring? Please, if there's someone else you'd rather be talking to, just head off. On the other hand, if I'm saving you from that embarrassing situation of wandering round the room on your own looking for someone to talk to, then at least do me the courtesy of pretending to be interested."<br /><br />Maybe I really AM that boring.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-87192874001209991352014-10-12T15:54:41.766+01:002014-10-12T15:54:41.766+01:00The problem is they aren't thinking. Children...The problem is they aren't thinking. Children here are raised to think they're the center of the universe and carry this into what passes for adulthood here. So they aren't being rude to you, you don't even really exist for them.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-20658608640740066332014-10-12T09:06:45.924+01:002014-10-12T09:06:45.924+01:00I think this may be a more regional thing- my kids...I think this may be a more regional thing- my kids were raised mostly in 2 states in the American South, and ( completely in accordance with the way I had raised them) there would have been a severe dressing-down for interrupting an adult conversation in the scenarios you describe. As far as the adults go - no excuse for that. Introducing a new party into the conversation and including everyone in it are basics of good etiquette. Of course, etiquette is not taught nearly so much these days- I still remember MrL coming home from a business dinner horrified because one of the new young employees had no idea of how to hold a fork properly. ( the company later sent him to 'business etiquette ' classes.)MsCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03623997911568143459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-65823710084858007442014-10-12T09:06:19.424+01:002014-10-12T09:06:19.424+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.MsCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03623997911568143459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-33941077483530949312014-10-11T21:48:37.385+01:002014-10-11T21:48:37.385+01:00I had that happen to me for the first time a few m...I had that happen to me for the first time a few months ago, and oddly enough, the woman who cut in is from Chicago.<br /><br />Where I'm from, children are taught not to exclude and that continues into adulthood.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07023378907093973792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-70475816864944680052014-10-11T21:35:19.651+01:002014-10-11T21:35:19.651+01:00People are rude and inconsiderate - and, obviously...People are rude and inconsiderate - and, obviously, are raising their children to be the same. It's a shame.Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467164195744234746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-18658193062334714902014-10-11T18:53:43.735+01:002014-10-11T18:53:43.735+01:00They're not [thinking].They're not [thinking].leemikceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00556230429959451810noreply@blogger.com