Thursday, 17 October 2013

Impoliteness

Impoliteness is a noun from etymology of the word 'impolite + -ness' to display a bad manner of etiquette in a group or culture, setting or individual circumstances. Another word that related to the impoliteness is a not polite or courteous, rudeness, incivility, disrespect, insolent, an impolite reply. Some people classify impoliteness as the use of intentionally face threatening acts. sometimes people might know they are disrespect. It could be a friends, family, or co-workers.

We all know the clear examples of rude behaviour, such as gossip, criticizing people, and judge people by physically. There are, however, other types of rude behaviour which many young people render themselves very impolite:
1. Smoking in Non-smoking Areas
2. Telling someone to "listen" while you are talking to them.
3. leaving meeting before it is closed
4. Misuse of Handicap Privileges
5. Cell Phone Abuse
6. Littering
7. Laughing at the mistakes of others 


Many times in our life we will meet rude people that we dislike, but we'll still have to pretend to like them anyway because rude people seem to be everywhere. While it may be the right of a person to behave in a rude manner, this does not make it the right thing to do. There are a few things we need to remember when dealing with rude people.

1.         Approach The Situation With A Rude Person Calmly.
Just because you may understand another person’s motivation, it does not mean that their behaviour is justified. Try to understand their perspective first.
Don't be aggressive or lose your temper, as that will only escalate the situation. Don't try to refute what the person said or engage in their conversation. Don't engage them in any sort of fight or argument, physical or otherwise just to prove yourself to them. That will also only worsen the situation.

2.         Do Not Become Angry
When the person in question does something rude or offensive to you, politely but firmly call them out on their inappropriate behaviour. Look at them in the eye and ask them to please stop provoking you.
Good phrases to use are:
 "Please stop, I don't appreciate your behaviour"
Or
 "There's no need for such aggressiveness/rudeness/insulting comments/etc here."
 Angry toward a rude person will accomplish nothing. Many times, it does nothing but raises tensions, increases your stress levels and makes matters worse.

4.         Confront The Rude Behaviour.
If you think that the rudeness is based on a resolvable misunderstanding, you can ask them why they are behaving this way. If they give a rational response that you can address, go for it. If you can resolve the tension, that's the best possible scenario. At the same time, you may just unleash a flurry of angry nonsense that fails to justify their actions. At that point, recognize you've done all you can and proceed with the next step.
Some people genuinely don't realize they're being rude. They may not have learned certain social skills. In case you have encountered someone like this, you may want to politely inform that they have been rude. You'll generally get an apology straight away. If not, it may just take patience or avoidance.

5.         Ignore the Rudeness Person
 If it's not inconvenient for you to switch offices or make some other change to avoid running into this person, take that step. You shouldn't let one person speak your life or make huge sacrifices for them, but it will definitely help to not have them in your presence.

6.         Don't Over Think The Situation.
 After you've confronted someone about their behaviour and things haven't improved, you need to draw a line to accept that you've done as much as you possibly could to improve relations with them. There's no more thought that you need to give to the situation. Don't over analyse your behaviour or theirs, your history of interactions, etc. Move on with your life and restore your common sense by banishing this rude person from your thoughts. Someone who is so hurtful towards you does not deserve any more of your energy.


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