Questions tagged [rudeness]
For questions where rudeness is pertinent to any party of an encounter, whether that is the person asking or a third party. Include other tags for cultural context! For questions regarding how to be polite, use the "politeness" tag.
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Sent what you consider an important/urgent email seek answers only to receive a sarcastic question about a grammar error. Your response would be? [closed]
I'm interested in attending this college and I have been trying to get answers to some questions and concerns. I was given an email address which I reach out to and I received a response from a ...
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Handling Christians' unpleasant feedback on non-Christian Beliefs? [closed]
A question was asked on the Buddhism stack that garnered a well written answer from the Buddhist point of view, comparing Jesus and Buddha to highlight similarities. However, I'm interested in a ...
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How can I respectfully ask my landlady to use English when in my home?
When our landlady comes into our place she always brings a relative. She visits with repair people, or most often it's a family member doing repairs. When they talk to us, they use fluent English. ...
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How can I convey negative feedback in a positive and constructive way?
Imagine walking into a restaurant to look at a menu and instead of saying "I'll have a think about it" and wander off, you instead said "actually, I've found a place for cheaper so I'm going there now"...
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How to deal with rude remarks from strangers on the street?
Today as I was waiting at the traffic light a old lady came and yelled at me with very rude and loud voice "You have to press the button!!!".
I pass there every day and it makes no difference whether ...
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Refusing to let people in
I work in a facility where it is open to the public except for a small section. I work in this section and this section requires an access card when entering the door (anyone can buy one, but it is ...
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How to handle a professor disrupting workspace peace? [closed]
So I'm currently an international (Latin) grad student at some US university and wanted to know how to improve my current work space situation.
I share an office with another 2 Chinese grad students, ...
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How to make clear to people I don't want to answer their "Where are you from?" question?
I live in the UK but am not originally from here, having moved in the last decade.
Quite often when I talk to people I get asked where I'm from. It usually seems to be in response to my accent, as I'...
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How to ask the reason of sudden unfriendliness of neighbours? [closed]
I recently moved to a new neighborhood where the houses are all pretty close. The neighbors were all pretty friendly at first, even helping with yard work, but suddenly became very standoffish. They ...
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How to tell your grandparent to not come to fetch you with their car?
I often come to visit my grandparents during the weekend and they will always come to fetch me at the train station in their car.
However, my grandpa (who is the one driving) is old and his vision has ...
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How do I inform my boss that he offended me?
I am a man in forties. I work as a scientist in Germany, but I am not local.
My boss at the university uses words "stupid" and "idiot" in relation to me in front of other people or in a direct ...
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How to ask the teacher questions without my friends thinking I'm rude or boastful?
I like to ask questions during class. And I like to clarify them, and sometimes "challenge" the teacher's answer or argue/discuss further. But when I do it in class, I have to raise my voice so that ...
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How to finish a project with a dishonest and unreliable partner without jeopardizing it
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I just completed a 2-month long science research project with my friend as a partner. The project was elective and beyond our assigned coursework. We presented the work at a fair last week ...
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How to approach a person that does not respond to me after I was potentially rude to them?
I am an 18-year-old German, I live in a small (~100 citizens) town neighboring a somewhat bigger (~2000 citizens) town. We have our own small local fire-station but we do not do regular training. To ...
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How can I politely decline when someone asks to use my camera on my phone?
So occasionally someone will ask to use my phone just to use my camera. The last time this happened it was at work, but it can be a friend or relative that just needs a quick picture of something. ...
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