why do some that you have spoken to and say hello and seem really friendly to you sometimes give you the cold shoulder and pretend like they don't know u and just walk past without saying hello or even look at you. this seems to happen around college alot- and then when u look at them to smile they pretend to look somwhere else or look at the ground-what's up with that?
2006-06-16 09:31:28 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
It is personal nature. Sometimes people in public places where there are a lot of people tend to be shy and do not want to interact with others. I use to work in a gas station for 5 years and believe me when I say that there are a lot of people like this. Unfortunately, we cant change everyone. I do have a suggestion...continue being a nice person and the nice people will respond to you.
2006-06-16 09:37:49 · answer #1 · answered by Eric D 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure you didn't commit a social faux paus with them. One person does it they are wierd. You have this happen frequently then you are the target of a rumor or did something to irk folks I'd suspect. Might be you are trying to befriend a clique and some stupid thing you said or did crossed some invisible clique rule/belief. Maybe somebody in the clique decided you were compitition. If the folks who are doing this don't know each other you are best to look at what you are doing. It's not natural behavior. I am very outgoing and talk to folks. Every once in a while I'll get in a fight cause I say hello to a perfect stranger and they get wierd about it. Rarely do folks just ignore me. Most respond with at least politeness. The only time I blatently ignore somebody is if I am angry with them but don't have the time or energy to go at it or they just don't get the hint I don't want to associate with them. I will be increasinly rude in those cases till they go away. For me I don't like fakes or backstabbers. I catch somebody downing everybody they know then that means they are downing me to others or downing friends of mine. Best to send them on their merry way and give them somebody else to talk about for example. The preachy kind also get that response to me. Even if I agree with them theres a limit to how much I want to hear on the same topic LOL. If they are mono-topic it gets old quick.
2006-06-16 09:49:21 · answer #2 · answered by draciron 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with some of the other answers. But the person could probably be like me. I'm totally out of it when I'm walking in a crowded place and I most likely wouldn't noticed you unless you jumped on my back. I look at the ground as I walk, too, so I still wouldn't see you if you walked by.
2006-06-16 17:52:35 · answer #3 · answered by Shika 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure why people do that, but it could be they are having a bad day, shy, or just being rude. I know I've found myself in those awkward situations where you wave or say "hi" and the other individual just walks way or looks the other way. You stand in the middle of the hallway looking like an idiot.
2006-06-16 10:29:26 · answer #4 · answered by vesper_bike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL this happens at my job. I have to say goodmorning to everyone who walks in..I asked my boss if I had to to the people who I know will not say a word..he said no. I said thank G-d cause sometimes I feel like jumping over the desk and strangling them to acknowledge me...ok rant over lol
2006-06-16 09:36:13 · answer #5 · answered by stormyheart 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First guess would be is that they are shallow, self-centered social climbers who are perfectly willing to use you to fill in the empty spots in their days unless some one more popular is around.
2006-06-16 09:35:34 · answer #6 · answered by pg1955 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, i agree with Shika, and sometime some people do really concentrate on the steps, better not to step into ground hole or avoiding kicking stone maybe.
2006-06-18 16:21:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People can be moody. If you didn't do anything to upset that person just shrug it off and move on. You don't need to associate with those kind of people.
2006-06-16 10:54:41 · answer #8 · answered by Mimi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's the impression we have made...they probably think that we don't deserve a second look
2006-06-16 09:42:05 · answer #9 · answered by aravind 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They may be shy.
2006-06-16 09:35:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋