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Stranger on the street: "Dude, how much did that _____ cost?"
Pete: "It cost $_____" Stranger: (pulls gun) "Hand it over..." Fill in the blanks with the posession and cost of your choice.... |
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I said it was rude to start a conversation that way, or to just yell out the question. As is so often the case, being rude is in the delivery, not only the content. I do not need to re-post all my examples. Go back and read them if you like. Cutting and posting my words will not always give you or others the context to understand what I am saying at any given time...
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I for one don't really give a flying fig that kendall69 doesn't understand the real issue. He's not interested in reading what we say, only in the words he can put between the lines. It's okay, he's entitled to be ignorant of the issues we have of the situation. I mean, I am not nearly as upset as he appears to be. Bwhahahahhahahahha indeed.
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I also look at who is asking and how they are trying to engage in conversation. I would also consider how willing, at that moment in time, I was to enter into conversation.
My normal response, if I was going to give one, would be to quote the price new (RRP) and the approximate price used based on my knowledge. If it was a dodgy area or the situation was suspicious, I might give a false answer (costing much less) or simply just keep going. I guess you could yell "Let me Google that for you.com"?
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Was it mortgaged and what is the monthly repayment? LOL
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When moving at up to 12 mph and if a person yelled out "how much does that cost",
not even for a second would I think of the questioner as being rude. If a conversation ensued from that encounter then I would be willing to accept some degree of responsibility for the rudenessif any developed, since I chose to stop and engage the questioner. Certainly the circumstances involved in a given situation plays a very big part in laying blame for rudeness. Who gets to play God in deciding whoe's at fault for rudeness. The person with questions who may have little to no product information or the person gliding on the Segway who supposedly is knowledgeable, but who chooses not to engage in conversation due to the perceived rudeness of the questioner? be safe, enjoy your glide... Bob Yarbrough the PONY SEAT guy
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07-26-2014, 10:10 AM | #58 |
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In my opinion, rudeness is always perceived in the eye of the beholder. G-d has nothing to do with it.
It can easily be that one person will perceive a question as rude, and another will perceive the same thing as acceptable. That is not in question here. The question is how do you respond to the question of how much did it cost. I respond to that question and to most all questions in kind. If I perceive rudeness, I react accordingly. If I do not perceive rudeness, I react accordingly to that. This is not really rocket science. It is simple human interaction, as has been well documented in the posts in this thread, some people interact better than others...
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Ain't that the truth brother! About as plain and simple of a question as one can ask for. As a child I remember being encouraged to ask questions when one doesn't know the answer. No one ever said anything about the beginning of a conversation being a prerequisite to my question being answered, my have things changed that much. be safe, enjoy your glide... Bob Yarbrough the PONY SEAT guy
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