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That fool has no idea how to behave in polite society," his friend agreed. Apparently the polite thing to do was lie and insinuate horrible things with impunity, all while never expecting any repercussions.
Inconsiderate, rude behavior drives me nuts. And I guess the inconsiderate rudeness of social ineptitude definitely fuels my work.
got very nasty.' 'People mean well, but they can be so tactless sometimes,' Doreen
Fault, impeccably mannered, and had no real
The Four Horsemen: defensiveness, stonewalling, criticism, and contempt.
You don't have to apologize for disliking me, only for being discourteous.
A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better
behavior is expected of them.
Polite contempt. The barbed and poisonous weapon of the righteous.
I can be prickly and difficult on set.
Unobtrusive. In no one's way.
Sometimes, the most graceful way to handle something is to be decidedly ungraceful.
Obstinate, headstrong girl!
I'm crass, contemptuous and crude, obstreperous, obnoxious, rambunctiously raw and rude.
She did not suddenly start being disagreeable this afternoon, she was so good at it, she had evidently practised whatever are the scales and arpeggios of rudeness every day of her life.
1. Define a misbehavior 2. Explain the cause of the misbehavior 3. Discuss the negative effects of the misbehavior
outwardly nice but inwardly horrid.
There are occasions upon which a candid expression of opinion may be not only rude, but counterproductive. L
If someone's being less than courteous to you, I don't think you need to pay any attention to them.
TRUTHFUL, adj. Dumb and illiterate.
Conduct, not speech, flowery
It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire. For politeness is like a counter
an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy.
Rash and incessant scolding runs into custom and renders itself despised.
Politeness is wasted on the dishonest, who will always take advantage of any well-intended concession.
Stubborness we deprecate,
Firmness we condone,
The former is our neighbors trait,
The latter is our own.
To be rude to someone is not my nature.
Aggressive, or fine but the timing was just not right.
I don't like people who are late.
bullies the light out of the room.
On my word as a liar and cutthroat.
I am being perfectly fucking civil.
prone to fits of 'immoderate arrogance'.
In life, we will always encounter difficult people. Don't allow them to frustrate you or steal your joy.
We shouldn't be gratuitously obnoxious; we should be purposefully obnoxious.
Four Unpardonable Sins of a Communicator: being unprepared, uncommitted, uninteresting, or uncomfortable.
If you are going to be rude, be quick about it.
People are rude in general.
I do not like to be unkind.
To certain temperaments, especially when previously agitated by any deep feeling, there is perhaps nothing more exasperating, andwhich sooner explodes all self-command, than the coarse, jeering insolence of a porter, cabman, or hack-driver.
punctiliousness - in
Rudeness can make me angry.
Try to be polite."
"I'm always polite."
"You're always eyeing people's valuables. That's hardly polite.
Punctuality is the politeness of kings.
Always Postpone Meetings with Time-wasting Morons
An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.
I wouldn't say I'm a hostile person.
Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active assistance to your intentions!
Politeness responses you with the cheers of truthfulness.
You can be a nuisance to your family. You mustn't be a nuisance to your friends.
Outwardly mocking, but never quite to the point if not wanting to participate.
A kind soul knows impoliteness is just preoccupied with distraction.
He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.
I can conceive few situations more harassing than that wherein, however you may long for success, however you may labour to fulfil your duty, your efforts are baffled and set at nought by those beneath you, and unjustly censured and misjudged by those above.
The person who comes up to you and makes the most noise and is the most intrusive is invariably the person in the room who has no respect for you at all, and it's really all about them.
sometimes decided to be truculent and unyielding, like a grouchy toddler -
veiled insubordination that he
Those who are in the habit of correcting others are often resented and avoided.
Inquisitiveness is an uncomely guest.
Certain persons are malicious solely through a necessity for talking. Their conversation, the chat of the drawing-room, gossip of the anteroom, is like those chimneys which consume wood rapidly; they need a great amount of combustibles; and their combustibles are furnished by their neighbors.
I'm intolerant often, especially of incompetence, particularly my own.
I am worn out with civility.
uppity children,
He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouthes at us, is courteous.
Do not be deceitful.
Do not be disdainful.
Do not be distrustful.
Do not be disgraceful.
Do not be disrespectful.
Honourable is right.
As everybody knows, truthfulness and agreeable manners are often divorced on the ground of incompatibility.
The wisest and best are repulsive, if they are characterized by repulsive manners. Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little, and has great purchasing power.
I'm very direct. I don't have tantrums. I don't yell or shout. I do expect an awful lot from my staff, but no more than I expect of myself.
A partner who rolls her eyes, sighs, turns away, sends a very toxic message.
Yeah, I'm obnoxious, yeah, I cut people off, yeah, I'm rude. You know why? Because you're busy.
I can be very stubborn. I'm very opinionated and if people cross me at work - if people who don't know about the job try telling me what to do - I become very stubborn and really rather unpleasant.
Gentle to others, to himself severe.
I can be very polite, but I've found that doesn't always get a result. You have got to bang and thump tables.
pliancy of temper than her sister, and with a judgement
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity.
I have seen people rude by being over-polite.
There is nothing I detest so much as the contortions of these great time-and-lip servers, these affable dispensers of meaningless embraces, these obliging utterers of empty words, who view every one in civilities
There is a time for politeness and there is a time when you are obliged to be rude,
He was obstinate in the way that only truly miserable people can be obstinate.
Why do I feel the need to be polite? It was not good seeing him. It was torturous. I hope I can avoid him the rest of the night."
"Maybe he'll trip and fall into the pool."
"Ryan can't swim."
"Then I'll push him into the pool.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
Me and polite have never been on close terms.
Don't shy away from confrontation
A vulgar man is captious and jealous; eager and impetuous about trifles. He suspects himself to be slighted, and thinks everything that is said meant at him.
Here was an occasion, she thought, for indulging in that deliberate rudeness which only persons with habitually good manners have the right to commit ...
If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.
Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.
My co-workers expect me to be late and temperamental.
Naturally, everyone is disheartened by sharp reprimands, and by the most amiable corrections as well, if they are frequent, immoderate, or given inappropriately.
He was always very kind and considerate to anybody below him," recalled Harold Cherniss. "But not at all to people who might be considered his intellectual equals. And this, of course, irritated people, made people very angry, and made him enemies." Wendell
Politeness is not always a sign of wisdom; but the want of it always leaves room for a suspicion of folly, if folly and imprudence are the same.
I did not want to quarrel with her, although I thought her both presumptuous and rude.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Politeness is organized indifference.
Courtesy demands that you, when you are a guest, shall show neither annoyance nor disappointment
no matter what happens.
Rudeness is a means to attract attention, assert power, cover-up ineptitude, deflect personal insecurities, and intimidate meeker people.
Be hostile unless you must, Moiraine had said, but above all never be overly friendly. Never be eager
Don't be unkind." I'm used to ordering him around, but this sounds like a request
Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish.
A person with 'oppositional conversational style' is a person who, in conversation, disagrees with and corrects whatever you say. He or she may do this in a friendly way, or a belligerent way, but this person frames remarks in opposition to whatever you venture.