Mini-Rant: Say Again
Nothing makes my blood boil more than people who just don’t listen when they are being spoken to. I don’t mean people that end up catching the wrong end of the stick because they’re only half-listening. They’re a totally different kind of irritation. I mean people that are so wrapped up in their own world that any sound in their vicinity is blocked out to such an extent that you practically have to hit them with a stick to get their attention.
I wouldn’t mind if these people were only in this little bubble of their own making when they’re engaged in a difficult task, but that is simply not the case. They are just ignorant, arrogant arseholes.
“Nothing that anyone can possibly have to say is of any interest to me. I am doing something far more important than anything else can possibly be. Should anyone need my wise, superior ears, they can just wait.”
Well, fuck you.
I know several people with whom I could easily start every conversation with “Ask me to repeat myself, fuckwad” without them ever noticing … because they don’t make any effort to pay attention. They can’t rip their limited attention from one task to another and their first contribution to every conversation with everyone they talk to is ALWAYS “Say again.”
And even worse – I’m often forced to endure the company of TWO of this particular kind of idiot while they’re trying to talk to EACH OTHER. Every sentence from one to the other is followed by an “Eh?” or a “What?” … and I’m forced to hear them repeat themselves over and over again simply because they don’t have the common courtesy to engage in a conversation properly.
I sometimes think that I’m a rare exception within the human race. Not only am I one of the few that is actually aware of his surroundings … actually paying attention to the people around him, but I do actually care about what people have to say to me!
I can honestly say that my ears are indeed always ready for someone to talk to me! Not like these people that seem to need a prod just to get them out of standby, so they can force their brains awake and start listening to the person speaking to them 2 sentences in!
There is no excuse for this level of self-involved ignorance. I’m sure you’d hear every word if I was talking about what I did to your momma last night.
MisterShouty 