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Confucius Oct 10th 2008 6:32 pm

The thin line between nice and annoying...
 
I think that line is being crossed big time with me...
I'm not as tolerant to nice people as I did say 2 years ago or more...And the things is, the more I see people who are too nice, the more I want to kill them...

MataHari Oct 10th 2008 6:40 pm

Re: The thin line between nice and annoying...
 
example please...

Confucius Oct 10th 2008 6:45 pm

Re: The thin line between nice and annoying...
 

Originally Posted by MataHari (Post 6863815)
example please...

It's happening everywhere...
For example, in shops, you are falsely pampered...especially by salespersons from a particular part of the world...And in my company I have a girl in customer care which is equally, if not more, nice...And you can really feel the falseness of it...
But, there are others who are genuinely nice also, but you just might as well tell them to stop being nice, if they continue someone will take advantage and beat the shit out of them...

Confucius Oct 10th 2008 6:45 pm

Re: The thin line between nice and annoying...
 

Originally Posted by Confucius (Post 6863829)
It's happening everywhere...
For example, in shops, you are falsely pampered...especially by salespersons from a particular part of the world...And in my company I have a girl in customer care which is equally, if not more, nice...And you can really feel the falseness of it...
But, there are others who are genuinely nice also, but you just might as well tell them to stop being nice, if they continue someone will take advantage and beat the shit out of them...

And I'm sure that someone will be me...

MacScot Oct 10th 2008 6:54 pm

Re: The thin line between nice and annoying...
 

Originally Posted by Confucius (Post 6863829)
It's happening everywhere...
For example, in shops, you are falsely pampered...especially by salespersons from a particular part of the world...And in my company I have a girl in customer care which is equally, if not more, nice...And you can really feel the falseness of it...
But, there are others who are genuinely nice also, but you just might as well tell them to stop being nice, if they continue someone will take advantage and beat the shit out of them...

Have a nice day !:rofl:

Confucius Oct 10th 2008 6:56 pm

Re: The thin line between nice and annoying...
 

Originally Posted by MacScot (Post 6863863)
Have a nice day !:rofl:

You're really asking for it, aren't you???

The Dean Oct 10th 2008 6:58 pm

Re: The thin line between nice and annoying...
 

Originally Posted by Confucius (Post 6863831)
And I'm sure that someone will be me...

In terms of salespersons in shops, you can have the US or the UK approach:

US: May I help you......... if it's not there I can order it......... I'll get one for you from the store room........... thank you so much for shopping with us......... etc etc

UK: The bloke what deals with that ain't 'ere.......... if it ain't on the shelf we ain't got none......... that's our policy so I ain't gonna help ya......... loads of people ask for 'em but there ain't no demand (sic!)............ etc etc

I know which I prefer.

MacScot Oct 10th 2008 7:01 pm

Re: The thin line between nice and annoying...
 

Originally Posted by Confucius (Post 6863866)
You're really asking for it, aren't you???

"Twas in jest..I do empathise with you. My biggest bugbear with shop staff being nice to me is them buttering me up slowly to see if I can give their spouse a job !

Confucius Oct 10th 2008 7:02 pm

Re: The thin line between nice and annoying...
 

Originally Posted by The Dean (Post 6863875)
In terms of salespersons in shops, you can have the US or the UK approach:

US: May I help you......... if it's not there I can order it......... I'll get one for you from the store room........... thank you so much for shopping with us......... etc etc

UK: The bloke what deals with that ain't 'ere.......... if it ain't on the shelf we ain't got none......... that's our policy so I ain't gonna help ya......... loads of people ask for 'em but there ain't no demand (sic!)............ etc etc

I know which I prefer.

Well I don't prefer the southeast asians...

The Dean Oct 10th 2008 7:03 pm

Re: The thin line between nice and annoying...
 

Originally Posted by MacScot (Post 6863886)
"Twas in jest..I do empathise with you. My biggest bugbear with shop staff being nice to me is them buttering me up slowly to see if I can give their spouse a job !

....... and the young (female) Filipino shop assistants who wonder - quite casually - if you know of any accomodation that might be available.............

Confucius Oct 10th 2008 7:03 pm

Re: The thin line between nice and annoying...
 

Originally Posted by MacScot (Post 6863886)
"Twas in jest..I do empathise with you. My biggest bugbear with shop staff being nice to me is them buttering me up slowly to see if I can give their spouse a job !

Oh tell me about it...
I mean, be an SOB but be sincere and don't beat around the bush, rather than be nice and conniving and hide your ulterior motive till the last minute and then strike...

Confucius Oct 10th 2008 7:04 pm

Re: The thin line between nice and annoying...
 

Originally Posted by The Dean (Post 6863894)
....... and the young (female) Filipino shop assistants who wonder - quite casually - if you know of any accomodation that might be available.............

That's because they want your body...

The Dean Oct 10th 2008 7:13 pm

Re: The thin line between nice and annoying...
 

Originally Posted by Confucius (Post 6863902)
That's because they want your body...

No!!!!!! You think so?????????

Confucius Oct 10th 2008 7:15 pm

Re: The thin line between nice and annoying...
 

Originally Posted by The Dean (Post 6863928)
No!!!!!! You think so?????????

I know so...

Confucius Oct 11th 2008 9:09 am

Re: The thin line between nice and annoying...
 
Also, what is the moral and ethical stance on me beating the shit out of my building neightbour, who, in addition to never saying hello or even smiling in any direction and abusing the bldg security, doesn't even have any ettiquette to at least let you in or out of the door and just barges in...


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