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Originally Posted by ellie  You see if you did that to me, I would be like this person is insecure and they value other peoples opinion ahead of their own.  |
If I did that to you it would because you were talking down to me and therefore you would deserve to be put into place. It is a form of verbal and emotional bullying, this I do not tolerate, to myself or to others.
Sometimes it is funny to destroy someone verbally when they have just placed themselves on a pedestal, it is a form of humour called irony. Much appreciated by onlookers.
Also try it in a culture with classes you are born into. Here (in Asia) if I am talked down to by an office worker, and I do not put her in her place then it shows all around that she is above me socially, which makes me as low as a menial worker - which means you get treated like dirt. Living in a modern Western culture you would not understand this.
This is BAD in a work situation, when I am onset in 104 Fahr (40 celsius) heat and require assistance as I cannot leave the set. Meaning no one will get you food, no one will help you, no one will make any effort for you and they will see it as OK to treat me bad (steal money, etc). This is reality and this is why you have to put yourself above anyone who does this.
This also happens to a more subtle extent in the West.
Considering my job and career depend upon me not being typecast as a stupid person it is VERY important to my career that I do not accept this kind of treatment.
Last I would just like to say that anyone who does not stand up for themselves deserves what they get. I will not be bullied in any way, and I detest those who bully. I guess I read to many stories of Knights and Chivalry and the legends of Aussie soldiers we were brought up on and I have had these morals installed in me.