How do you deal with someone who asks for your help and/or advice and then when you do and they misunderstand you find yourself falling all over yourself and tripping over words to clean it up?
I answered a question on answers and the person emailed me asking me for more advice. Thast cool I have nothing to do and generally a nice person and good listener. Only problem is, although their question seemed angled toward a specific problem, the underlying problem was racism.
They misunderstood my email because I answered one of their statements in my reply email but I didnt say which one I just answered and they blew it out of proportion basically saying I'm defending a specific race. I tried to tell them that they were misunderstanding and apologize although I did nothing wrong.
Then they email me insulting my writing skills and such just to get under my skin I guess. It didnt really bother me. Did I do something wrong? Should I feel bad?
2007-08-22 21:34:05 · 7 answers · asked by Vicky Lovers 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Just forget it. it's potentially risky and even dangerous to get personal with participants, on a site of this size and diversity. Never respond to any body who wants to befriend you,have you on their mail-list or contact list and so on.It's better to be safe than sorry.No redressal mechanism exists to resolve any conflicts here and you are at your own and hence the proactive steps.
2007-08-22 21:54:36 · answer #1 · answered by brkshandilya 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you shouldn't feel bad. You will find there are more misfits and nut cases than in everyday life. They know that society doesn't allow them to behave like a nut so they contain themselves in person.
The key to someone that is very insecure and not sure of themselves are those that criticize grammar and spelling. These people are easily influenced and when the words are not specific, they easily get confused. IOW, they cannot read between the lines and follow the flow of content.
2007-08-23 04:46:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! Ur fine, continue helpin' people the way u know to and always come from the heart wit it,If they wanna blow u s***.....FINE, let them,u were just trynna help. It's ashame how sensitive SOME are.>ANYWAY>LoL.
2007-08-23 09:18:07 · answer #3 · answered by ListenHere.... 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not everybody in here is a jewel, you just got the bad apple in the basket.
2007-08-23 04:41:16 · answer #4 · answered by shardf 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't be too kind.
Don't feel bad. After all who are they? Total strangers.
2007-08-23 07:43:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,if you tried to get them to understand , that is all you need to do. If they keep e-mailing ugly gestures , you need to report this as abuse.
2007-08-23 04:43:54 · answer #6 · answered by HEAVENLYTREASURE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just let it go.
2007-08-23 04:42:21 · answer #7 · answered by zaytox0724 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋