Lion: “Roaaarrrrrr” ( read as: I will eat you ) ( he won’t actually warn you, but just taking creative liberty to make a point )
Idiot: No, don’t eat me. I am a vegetarian.
If you think that just because you are nice to people, they’ll be
nice to you, Congrats! You and the idiot have something in common, you could
even try going out on a date or becoming BFFs or something. Anyhow, point is,
most people are only nice to you because it is conventional and because it
suits them at that point of time.
Some people are outright rude, and trust me they are the better
kind to be associated with. The most dangerous ones are those stupid, slimy
(don’t exactly know why, but this word seems perfect) ones, who’ll be all
grinning and smiling, but will actually take the pettiest route to hurt/annoy
you. They are stupid enough to assume that you are stupid enough to
not doubt their intentions and are stupid enough to not understand your
sarcasm, and render it futile.
When I encounter such stupidity, my first natural instinct is to
defend myself by sarcasm, as expected it is ineffective, because sarcasm
requires intelligence, these slimy kind unfortunately or fortunately, lack
that. The next is to ignore them and try to keep away, as much as possible.
But. There is a very important step in between. Make sure you make the person,
stupid-slimy-kind, know that you are not as stupid as them and are aware of
their slime. Preferably with an audience, if they were involved at
some stage in all this slime and stupidity. This is a very important step
because:
1. It ensures that the
stupid-slimy-kind get a hint, (finally!) that they are not as smart as they
think they are. (Surprise! Surprise!)
2. The
unsuspecting audience is warned, unless they too are too stupid or in most
cases, under some magical spell of the stupid-slimy-kind.
3. You make your
point: “Don’t make me angry, you won’t like me when I’m angry.” The
stupid-slimy-kind usually lack guts and back off, read as: they sulk, cry foul
to everyone whose ears function and go around annoying other unsuspecting,
idiotic souls.
4. Some more of
the stupid-slimy-kind are warned against messing with you.
5. You feel
slightly better off that you didn't just take crap quietly.
I have a very simple logic; I usually like people, till they give
me a reason not to. Beyond that, they are just ignored, and their existence and
the crap that comes with it make no difference to me. Maybe, it is a cynical
way to react, but in the past few years I have learnt that this works just
fine. Because unfortunately, I still am idiotic enough to expect that if I am
nice to people, they’ll be nice to me.
