When you ask them to do a simple favor for you, and they say no and kinda laugh, then they walk by you and pat you on the back.
2007-09-15 07:20:31 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
It means that you should have known better than to ask them, but since you did, they now find you amusing.
2007-09-15 07:24:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think this might mean a few things:
1. What you have asked of them they consider below their abilities or character. Of course, what they consider below themselves is okay for you to do which makes them arrogant.
2. A person simply cannot understand the reason, or justify a reason for doing what you have asked. They laugh in order to retain some sort of composure, still unsure of the request you have made.
3. Another might think what you have asked is simply a joke, period. Even if you are sincere the request may be so odd or out of synch with "the usual" that it is funny to them. The pat on the back is just that.
2007-09-15 14:48:22 · answer #2 · answered by fierce beard 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that you failed to complete a task they asked you to accomplish, and didn't realize it.
...so later on you ask them for the favor, and hence the small laugh and walking by. They are sympathizing with a lack of a awareness. Basically, they might've asked you for a favor, you didn't do it, and now they think it's funny that you are asking them for a favor.
This is just an assumption, though. Think back... Did they ask you to do anything lately?
2007-09-15 14:29:40 · answer #3 · answered by perfectlybaked 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They think you are nuts to ask them to do that favor. They pat you on the back to express good luck finding someone willing to do what you should just do yourself.
2007-09-15 14:29:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means no, but a pat on the back for asking.
2007-09-15 14:24:52 · answer #5 · answered by joe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess they are trying to say 'no' in a more friendly way. they don't want to do it,and they don't want to cause any hurt feeling on you at the same time. this shows that at least they still care for your feeling. it depends on them wether they feel like want to help you or not. perhaps they feel the task is quite tedious? though simple. it really depends on how the person judge the task. as long as they didn't use the rude way, that should be fine. i guess these people might be your normal friends.
2007-09-15 14:35:28 · answer #6 · answered by gryfindor_0409 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It happens to me a bit, lol, it basically means they are the kind of person who thinks they are / are better than you and its sort of like a peasant asking a king for a favour and the king chopping off the peasants head - my brother reacts that way sometimes, its more of a joke than an actual i think im better than you so no -kind of thing, lol i hope i helped.
2007-09-15 14:31:48 · answer #7 · answered by Beans 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They mean no, and I would not ask them for another favor
2007-09-15 15:40:58 · answer #8 · answered by Laine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They sound like a jerk to me.
What was the favor?
Coworker? Friend? Family?
More information would be excellent.
2007-09-15 18:07:02 · answer #9 · answered by Terri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When somebody does that it's called "being a jerk". So the next time that person does it again pat them on their back super hard so they can feel the pain!
2007-09-15 14:25:10 · answer #10 · answered by JRC 101 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋