When you are in public; in a restaraunt or in a line to check out, does it make you angry when someone invades your space by sitting/standing too close?
Is it just me?
Are these people oblivious?
2007-11-17 12:14:47 · 30 answers · asked by Offending Party 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I just see this as the perfect moment to break wind.
2007-11-17 12:18:12 · answer #1 · answered by Po 5 · 7⤊ 1⤋
YES! It totally annoys me, but at the same time I understand that it's inevitable when you live in the city and there are large crowds of people. Sometimes there just isn't enough room for everyone to stand (such as on a train or a subway) without invading each other's personal space.
2007-11-17 14:20:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I value my personal space. I get upset when people stand too close to me. I try to grin and bare it since I know that it is a cultural thing, but it still bugs me. I fell like telling them to go where the sun don't shine, but I would not say it.
I had many professors in college who were of asian countries and they did not understand about personal space. At times it seemed like we were dancing because I would take baby steps away and they would keep closing the gap between them and me. It was annoying.
2007-11-17 17:43:17 · answer #3 · answered by Violet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, however you also have to understand that personal space in a cultural issue. Americans personal space is different from other cultures, ours happens to be wider. So, next time someone is a little too up close and personal, move, don't get angry. Practice tolerance and try to understand.
2007-11-17 12:18:20 · answer #4 · answered by llselva4 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
YES!You too?It's so akward,I feel like yellin "get the hell away from me",some people come sooo close on all the places you mentioned that I feel like I have no privacy at all.In the bus also,few days ago a guy standing next to me started reading the message I was typing!Or when people I don't know too well talk to me face to face and get as close to me as if we're in relationship,or start whispering to my ear.I'm that kind of person,I even hate body contact with people I love when we're arguing or I'm very nervous.You know,I'm not insane,lmao,I read about it in psyhology book - your personal space is about 1/2meter allaround you and it's natural to feel uncomftable if strangers are intruding it...they ARE rude and veeery irritating on my opinion.
2007-11-17 12:34:14 · answer #5 · answered by X 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No it does not make me angry because of the fact it is a PUBLIC place meaning it is meant for everybody not just me or certain people. So i know they have the right to sit next to me. Now about the standing close thing, if they are standing so close to me that if move back one inch i would hit them then i would feel uncomfortable. But other then that no, because its a public places and if its crowed or your in a line then people are going to stand or sit next to you.
2007-11-17 12:21:20 · answer #6 · answered by Sammy B 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Everybody needs personal space, but some people need more of it than others. If people are getting too close to you, then you should either move or very politely ask them to do so.
2007-11-17 12:18:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it is just you. Some people have a different spacial area around them. (sorry, I didn't say that right but hope you know what I mean.) I don't like them too close either. I really hate it when someone puts their face really close to mine to talk, I keep backing away.
2007-11-17 12:26:49 · answer #8 · answered by dizzy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Any one who needs personal space should stay home. Most of those people are judgemental and critical of others. If some one was right in your face then you should be talking. If you are uncomfortable with the someone (smelly homeless man which no one wants near them) then tell them off that is the kinder, softer way and nonjudgemental way. It amazes me that people do not know how to be kind even to those who are in their "personal space"
2007-11-17 19:25:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's annoying. It's not so much about valuing your personal space as it is about having a comfort zone. Everyone has a comfort zone. If someone gets up in your face, they've invaded your comfort zone, unless it's some hunk whose drop dead gorgeous.
2007-11-17 13:41:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, but unless someone's standing too close, I don't mind because we are in a public place.
2007-11-17 12:18:06 · answer #11 · answered by peaches6 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋