Why was I wrong?
Discussion
k off sheepshagger.
BertBert said:
How could you know what the other bloke was trying to say? Maybe a good idea of what it was, but no certainty. Unknown unknowns springs to mind.
It's a risk that I was prepared to take.Im my mind it's not dissimilar to ignoring a phone call, what gave this guy the right to my attention and to get moody when I chose not to engage?
Stella Tortoise said:
It's a risk that I was prepared to take.
Im my mind it's not dissimilar to ignoring a phone call, what gave this guy the right to my attention and to get moody when I chose not to engage?
Oh my goodness! Your attention is some kind of golden chalice of wonderment that you and only you determine when and to whom it should be given? You sound like a very sociable chap who would be a blast at a party. Im my mind it's not dissimilar to ignoring a phone call, what gave this guy the right to my attention and to get moody when I chose not to engage?
What happens if say, you are waiting in a room, I don’t know maybe to see a Doctor and the chap or lady next to you remarks on the weather for the time of year....do you ignore their unsolicited attempt at sociable small talk on the basis that you have decided they are not worthy of your attention? Unbelievable ignorance.
Superleg48 said:
Oh my goodness! Your attention is some kind of golden chalice of wonderment that you and only you determine when and to whom it should be given? You sound like a very sociable chap who would be a blast at a party.
What happens if say, you are waiting in a room, I don’t know maybe to see a Doctor and the chap or lady next to you remarks on the weather for the time of year....do you ignore their unsolicited attempt at sociable small talk on the basis that you have decided they are not worthy of your attention? Unbelievable ignorance.
It's more arrogance really but I do get your point, you allow others to decide for you.What happens if say, you are waiting in a room, I don’t know maybe to see a Doctor and the chap or lady next to you remarks on the weather for the time of year....do you ignore their unsolicited attempt at sociable small talk on the basis that you have decided they are not worthy of your attention? Unbelievable ignorance.
Look at it from the other guy's point of view. He was going out of his way to try to help you. He didn't have to stop or wind his window down. He did it because he wanted to help you.
Then what he saw was that you had seen him winding down his window but you decided to ignore him and carry on driving.
You don't know what he was going to say to you. You never will. He might have been about to say something that you already knew. Or he might have told you something that you couldn't see for yourself. Maybe he had spoken to the HGV driver and knew how long it was going to take to clear. Maybe he was going to tell you the best route around the blockage.
Sorry, but I'm with your wife on this one. We don't always know what's best, even if we think we do. And it doesn't hurt to go through life with the occasional please and thank-you.
Then what he saw was that you had seen him winding down his window but you decided to ignore him and carry on driving.
You don't know what he was going to say to you. You never will. He might have been about to say something that you already knew. Or he might have told you something that you couldn't see for yourself. Maybe he had spoken to the HGV driver and knew how long it was going to take to clear. Maybe he was going to tell you the best route around the blockage.
Sorry, but I'm with your wife on this one. We don't always know what's best, even if we think we do. And it doesn't hurt to go through life with the occasional please and thank-you.
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