Saturday, February 7, 2009
Passive Aggressive Rudeness
Why is it that people feel that it is okay not to return phone calls, emails, facebook posts, etc? Is it the anonymity of the electronic medium? I spend so much time trying to stay in contact with people who just never respond. Often, when I see them in church on Sunday, they say nothing. If they would even try to justify their behavior by saying, "Oh, I meant to return your call/email/posting, but I just never got the time." I would be okay with that, but they don't. It seems to be okay to blow another person off if you do it electronically. As long as I don't actually catch you when I phone, then you are free to ignore me. Oh well, I guess I need to join the 21st century and just accept that people want to hear that I called/emailed/texted them and not be concerned with the fact that no content was ever exchanged. I guess it is more about trying than succeeding. It's about performing roles, not actually interacting. How sad.
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I don't always believe in this day and age of electronics that it is guarenteed people receive your communications, especially when it comes to emails. My own daughter's email at whim, delivers or doesn't deliver. I know she wasn't just blowing me off because this was an itinery that she desparately needed. I tried 3 times to send it through, yet a joke I sent a few days later made it just fine. As far as Facebook, etc. I know I don't check in there probably as often as I should, so it takes me awhile to get back to someone. Try to feel better, it may have nothing to do with you.
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