Mid-week Whine fest

I can’t stand being around people when they feel like they have to put on a whole new persona depending on the surrounding company. It bugs the holy crap out of me. Especially when that new persona involves putting down others or making them feel uncomfortable. It makes the whole situation sucktastic, and there is only so much of it that I can stand. What makes it even worse is when that person feels that they must come and ‘apologize’, all the while completely missing the point. The apology ends up coming across as a way of making themselves feel better about the situation, rather than actually feeling bad for making the other person upset. I also love it when the ‘apology’ is followed by an ‘explanation’ (*cough* attempted ass-covering*cough*). You know the speech. The one where it would have been better to keep your mouth shut. That way, it is harder to stuff both of your feet into your pie-hole, thereby making the person you are trying to apologize to even madder. An apology is worthless when you follow it with another insult. Just because you apologize, does NOT mean that I have to accept it, nor does it mean that everything is all right. Or does it? I am not the kind of person to sit there and quietly take it. I do not react well to condescending put downs or being stepped on in order to make someone else look or feel good. It is one of those situations where I tend to have a strong reaction. I either end-up silently pissed (Where I silently seethe and fume for hours with any little thing setting off a volcanic eruption.) or, I automatically hit steaming mad and a nasty verbal tirade ensues. I am still not sure what is worse. I try my best to forget about it and let things go. Some days it just does not happen. Especially when the ignoramus has a terrible memory or honestly believes that they have done nothing wrong. How can you argue with that? Really? How can you possibly communicate to this person that they have hurt your feelings and/or pissed you off royally? It’s damn near impossible. If you have an answer for me, please, by all means tell me. OK...I am done with this. I'll get to posting about my weekend in a bit. I feel better now.