Whiplashsmile4
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The other night I was chatting with somebody, who attempted a number of times to play upon my empathy and engage me into White Knight mode! Hahahah.. I actually called them on it!! Please don't attempt to play upon my empathy! I'll ice this stuff down in 2.5 seconds flat anymore. I'll point out their own dumb ass decisions. When you're just "chatting" and then you call someone on their stuff, point out their "dumb ass decisions" and "ice this stuff down", you're out of line. You're not their dominant. If you were chatting with someone in line at the grocery store, and they start telling you about their woes, would you seriously tell them not to play upon your empathy and that they're the ones who made the dumbass decisions after all. Would you say that to a colleague at a cocktail party? To another patient your chatting with at the dentist's office? If you don't like the direction a conversation is taking, then change the subject, or graciously explain why you don't want to go there. It's a social situation. Instead of mocking, try being a class act and lead by example. It's a lot easier to pull a string than to push it. evesgrden, I was actually very polite when dealing with this girl that needed to come up with $800 to pay rent. Her previous Master was mean and cruel, used to beat her, prostitute her out and take all money from it. She was kept penniless and all the bills where in her name. That story has the scent of "DUMB ASS DECISIONS" all over it! She was trying to Play upon my Empathy, Hoping that I would be a White Knight, and get at what's inside my wallet. This is not the same as meeting the typical person in the grocery store, or listening to the woe of a colleague at a party. While I understand that you are offering me advice, on how to deal with these situation. I really don't have an problem here in how I deal with the variety of situations. I'm not somebody which completely lacks class or tact. Some of this depends upon how hard they pushing their hard luck story, along with their general character. Often at times they are the ones doing the pushing. The String analogy you used, I love. Yes, even attempt to pull things in a certain direction. However, there are moments when push leads to shove and a they have a push coming to them. I will be silently thinking to myself "OMG What a dumbass" without those words slipping out between my lips. I used the phrase "dumb ass decisions" on the thread, because some decisions are literally "Dumb ass decisions" void of any common sense. It's one thing to be thinking "dumb ass decisions" to yourself and being so blunt to say "You make dumb ass decisions" to somebody directly. So at best when talking with people, one can tactically question them or pull the string to guide the person to some form of enlightenment about their role. Their role and responsibility that lead to the hard times or situation. When I made the statement.."Ice this stuff down". It does by no means precludes doing it with tact or some class. However it does not preclude being blunt about it either. I really don't see it as being out of line, when people need to be called on their own dumb ass decisions or in trying to Ice things down. evesgrden, I'm not anywhere near as one dimensional in dealing with the variety of situations or circumstances as you seem to think or believe. Again, I realize you were trying to be helpful in giving advice. However, I was not looking for advice in how to deal with Scammers, Con Artists, or even people which are a bit like emotional vampires draining the life out of everybody around them...trying to eat up as much empathy as possible. Those kinds of people are rather different compared to meeting somebody in the Grocery store who's house just burned down last night...or talking with a colleague at a Cocktail party which is going through a divorce... or even somebody in the waiting room of the Dentist office who just lost their beloved pet cat last week. There is a vast, or huge difference.
< Message edited by Whiplashsmile4 -- 5/18/2013 11:15:14 AM >
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