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Share your stories of when someone is being a dick to you so you say something back to them, and then everyone thinks you're the bad guy.
For example, when I was in high school this fat girl said to me "I don't like your face." And I said, "Well I don't like your chins." And everyone was like "ooooh that's mean, too far, man." And they completely forgot that the girl insulted me first.
It happened again recently. I was in a meeting at work and I was trying to explain something and a couple people kept interrupting with their questions and objections. I tried several times to be nice say things like, "I'm getting to that." Or "yup, we address that on the next slide." Or "In the interest of time maybe we can save our questions for the end."
But I couldn't even get through those statements without being interrupted again. I do these meetings all the time and I understand interrupting happens, but this was really really excessive.
Then I snapped, "If I can talk for 10 seconds without being interrupted then I can answer everyone's questions! Can I talk for 10 seconds?!"
Before I snapped I think everyone in the room was also annoyed with these interrupting assholes, but after I said that, everyone forgot about them and suddenly I was the dick.
For example, when I was in high school this fat girl said to me "I don't like your face." And I said, "Well I don't like your chins." And everyone was like "ooooh that's mean, too far, man." And they completely forgot that the girl insulted me first.
It happened again recently. I was in a meeting at work and I was trying to explain something and a couple people kept interrupting with their questions and objections. I tried several times to be nice say things like, "I'm getting to that." Or "yup, we address that on the next slide." Or "In the interest of time maybe we can save our questions for the end."
But I couldn't even get through those statements without being interrupted again. I do these meetings all the time and I understand interrupting happens, but this was really really excessive.
Then I snapped, "If I can talk for 10 seconds without being interrupted then I can answer everyone's questions! Can I talk for 10 seconds?!"
Before I snapped I think everyone in the room was also annoyed with these interrupting assholes, but after I said that, everyone forgot about them and suddenly I was the dick.