A question
I wonder if you'd answer a question for me. Take as much time/space as you'd like.
What do you do and/or what is your reaction when you are publically disrespected?
What do you do and/or what is your reaction when you are publically disrespected?
In one case people told me afterwards, sometimes days and weeks afterwards, that three or four people, all from the same social group, had been making rather snarky, disrespectful comments. Now, that time, I was unsurprised but I was pretty pissed off. The tack I took with that one was to just let it go because it's really not worth it to waste my time and energies otherwise.
In another case, someone I work with made an extremely insulting remark, more or less to my face. It wasn't a personal insult, and I doubt my associate knew how inflammatory the comment was. Again, I let it go.
There have been other instances where, because of a simple difference of opinion, things were said that I find *incredibly* disrespectful, and I've done my best to stand up for, usually at the moment, my opinion and integrity, if that even exists.
I'm really just wondering how everyone else deals with it. Because my gut reaction is simply to make a mental note that whoever it was who expressed public disrespect for me simply isn't worth my time. And I'm not sure that's fair.
I take many, many things in stride. I like to think I'm more or less a forgiving sort of person. But there are times, I will admit, when I simply walk away.
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