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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s the DC area. People here don’t have basic social intelligence. It’s one of the things that make daily interactions here so unpleasant. As if saying hello or chatting for 2 minutes while at your kid’s school is just SO annoying and taxing that you can’t even bring yourself to do it. No one is trying to be your BFF or social climb by asking how your kid likes their teacher. So I’ll continue saying hi when I see you and I’ll comment on the traffic or whatever while we’re standing next to each other at the game this weekend watching our kids play on the same team because [b]I like a world where people exchange pleasantries.[/b] [/quote]

That's great, but some of us don't.  What you're saying is that your preferences should take precedence over mine, and I am obliged to interact with you even if I'd prefer not to, otherwise I'm perceived as "rude."  But there's no self-reflection that forcing your conversation and pleasantries onto others is actually the rude action.  [/quote]

So saying hello is rude and you can't even bring yourself to say hello in response because...you don't like pleasantries? Yeah, ok. If this is your take on the PP, maybe you should just stay home where you don't have to risk interacting with other humans. Attempting to interact with another person shouldn't be characterized as rude and if that's how you view it, it says a lot more about you than the person trying to talk to you. And I really don't think you need to worry about anyone forcing entire conversations on you--something tells me people pick up pretty quickly on the fact that you aren't interested. LOL

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