Have you ever met people who think they are better then everyone else

United States
August 19, 2007 10:52am CST
I have run into people who look down on others.. They don't realize they are doing this because it is their way of talking, walking and being but they do look down on others. THey look down on those who are not as perfect as they are. They look down on those who express disastisfaction with standards that are gone amuc . It really urks me when other make themselves out to be the censure of others ..yet fail to see their own faults..what about you?
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• China
20 Aug 07
Yes, Of course. I always encounter such guys around me.But I always stay away from them.And I won't point out where they are wrong. Because that will cause quarells.
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• United States
20 Aug 07
You are right as I have found this out when a person took that stance and I told them they are doing the same..they flared up and are still after me for pointing our the fact. I will not return to repeat this action again.
• China
21 Aug 07
Just insist on what you did to them. You are right~
@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
20 Aug 07
Well, you cant help to meet people who are like that, we are different individuals and we have individual differences and its about trying to understand them and trying to let them be. I respect people for who they are and what they seem to be.
• United States
20 Aug 07
Hmmm.. seems you missed the point of my question...the point is that there are many who will run and tattle that this person or that person did something but when put under scrutiny they are doing the same thing.
20 Aug 07
Excellent point Zelmarq! I think sometimes people are just feeling like they are being judged when the other is just trying to answer the question presented to them. This could be credited to poor interpretation or just petty jealously for some unknown reason. Until it's out right put clearly this person is judging me, I don't try to feed more into. If I am not sure I ask for clarification of the matter. Life is too short to let silly things like what a stranger thinks of me to bother me, unless they attempt to distort the truth to others, then well, like most that tends to get under my skin a bit. Any way, I love how you siad this.... "its about trying to understand them and trying to let them be. " That is so true! What's the since in running around pointing fingers and trashing a person, you don't understand? They are who they are and I am who I am. That's life.
@oriental (1050)
• Uruguay
19 Aug 07
Yes. I do know people like you say. They can judge everything others do. But when you show them they do similar "imperfect" things, they go around seeking explanations to show you that what they do is different, that you don't understand, etc. I'm not sure if the translation is correct but "they see the straw in other people's eye and not the stick in theirs".
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• United States
19 Aug 07
Yes...People are human though..and no one likes someone showing them they arent as perfect as they are parading themselves out to be;)
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@babykay (2131)
• Ireland
19 Aug 07
well I suppose most of us are guilty to some degree of failing to recognize our own faults! Me included. But I do know people who seem to believe that normal rules don't apply to them or that they are inherently better than others. Sad really...and the more they are afflicted with this belief the more they pish other people off!!
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• United States
20 Aug 07
I think you are right all of us fall into this..whenever we are judging others..we are making ourselves out to be better then the person we judge. There are those who make rules yet break the rules they make. There are those who will point out those who break rules but fail to see how they are doing the same and God forbid you show them they are doing the same.
@mssnow (9484)
• United States
19 Aug 07
I am a good judge of character. I do my best to stay away from people who put others down. Most of the time i try to reason with them. Telling why i think a person might act the way they do. But usually its to no avail. I just figure that what comes around goes around. So they will get what they deserve in the end. As for me I'll just keep being the person I am.
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• United States
19 Aug 07
You are so right mssnow..just continue being who you are: you are so sweet! I watch several of your mylot videos ..you did a super job!!
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@mssnow (9484)
• United States
19 Aug 07
Thanks my friend, I think you are a sweetie too. I have made many more videos since those mylot videos. I love making them. Have a great day!! :)
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• United States
19 Aug 07
Doesn't everyone meet people like this. Well except people who are like this. It's really annoying to meet people like this. These are one of the few types of people I just can't stand. I just want to punch them just because they think their great when their not.
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• United States
19 Aug 07
You are so right;) but punching them will not make the situation any better;)
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@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
19 Aug 07
Yes, I have met people who feel they are better than everyone else. One of my ex friends was like that because he is a computer programmer and made good money. He would keep bragging about all the women he picked up, though he was married. From what some of my other friends told me, a lot of computer programmers are like that. One day they will get the same treatment right back at them.
• United States
19 Aug 07
THat is terrible Ken that a married man would brag about women when and how many he grabs when he is suppose to be faithful to his wife. Why are computer programmers like that?
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• United States
19 Aug 07
I know alot of people like that, in fact one of my "friends" was that way. I no longer talk to her as she also started lying to me. But she never realized that she did that, and she wonders why no one talks to her anymore.
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• United States
19 Aug 07
I wonder if she never knew she did that if it was right to stop talking to her then? Have you ever discussed with her that she had habit of not telling the truth?
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@coffeeshot (3783)
• Australia
20 Aug 07
Yes all the time. I find this happens in retail a lot for example clothes and beauty shops. You can just see that some people are talking to the customers like imbeciles. It annoys me and if they have to put other people down behind their back then they are the ones with the issue that has to be worked on. How you look does not decided whether or not you're better than someone else. In fact if that's one of someone's top priorities then that's very sad.
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• United States
20 Aug 07
You are so right. so many people judge others by their clothing or economical status. I am so glad that when God looks at us that He doesn't expect us to be in the latest trendy clothes!
@lucky_witch (2707)
• Philippines
19 Aug 07
Yes, I have met lots of them. They are my classmates when I was in college and the worst are those relatives of my partner(his cousins) who thinks that they are the best people in the world. I believe that they are good but not good enough to act like that. Their attitudes are really impossible to bear. Let me tell you one scenario... once they visit us here... they never know that their cousin(my husband) has o\already a wife (thats me) so when she saw me going up stairs she suddenly shouted and ask "who is that girl? Is there any boarder here?" When nobody replied because I guess they were all shock by her voice she suddenly said that they should know... and that when she ask question, they must reply. I never seen a person with that worst attitude for the past 25 years of my life until they met them... Anyway we've already talked. And she told me that with her cousins girlfriends... there are high standard that they required so that they can accept...she is nice to me after our talk but I can never forget how she insulted all the past girlfriends of my husband. I am not into it... because I guess its just proper to give some respect to other people... And I guess I have no intention of staying close with these kind of people.
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• United States
19 Aug 07
I agree..respect..is something everyone deserves and I so sorry to hear you had to suffer such a thing. I know you are a better person for having went through it. It makes you not want to be that way.
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@miamilady (4910)
• United States
20 Aug 07
I run into people like that all the time. I guess their motivation is that it makes them feel better about themselves to see others as "beneath them". Pesonally, I don't think any person is better than another. We are all flawed and we are all affected by our circumstances. Great discussion.
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• United States
20 Aug 07
You are right we are all flawed. and to compare one person to another is really quite unfair because people are so different. Coming from different backgrounds and cultures makes it impossible to make a fair comparison . Even in families,siblings are so different from each other .
@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
19 Aug 07
Hi littlefranciscan! I feel the same that you do. Sometimes, people think they are more superor than others. They think that they know everything. Sometimes they don't do it intentionally and some does. But that is something that is really not right because we should never do anything that we don't want to be done to us, right? We should treat others like how we wanted others to treat us. Anyway, nobody is perfect and we all have our own flaws and faults. Take care and have a nice day!
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• United States
19 Aug 07
I agree no one is perfect..In our church we have the sacrament of penance where we confess our sins..our failures our faults.. I am always one to go ;)
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20 Aug 07
I completely agree with you. we should just learn to excuse them and hope god to bless them...hahahah
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• United States
20 Aug 07
Why are you laughing? Is this amusing the topic? I am trying to see what is funny.. I find it all but funny that others think they are better then other people.
@sharkzbr (21)
• Brazil
19 Aug 07
who never met this kind of people ... but i never paid attention on that and when they tried to talk with me i just used to awnser with some kind of bad mood ... so the person used to leave after the awnser =D
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• United States
19 Aug 07
I believe that is the best answer to such people..no answer;)
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• United States
20 Aug 07
I sure have! Some of them have their nose so far up in the clouds, I don't see how they can breathe! I don't get along with their type. If they don't like who I am and what I represent, they need to just keep on walking. Everyone has some sort of fault and if they can't see it, they can't be helped.
@mkup30 (494)
• United States
20 Aug 07
People who judge others typically do it because they have low self esteem. They feel better about talking bad about others, and they feel better when they put people down. Whether it is how you dress, what religion you follow, what you eat etc it doesnt matter people should learn to accept and respect you. Everyone is different and that is what makes us each unique. Next time someone acts wierd dp not judge, maybe they are overly tired or stressed or just lost someone. DOn't be so quick to judge and don't be like these people who judge you. Be better than that and learn from these people who are so negative. Learn to be positive, caring and loving.
• United States
20 Aug 07
yes I have and still am in that sitution and it is in my own family my oldest brother has looked down on me all my life you may ask why I will tell you I have polio since I was 6 1/2 months old and he thinks that he is better than the rest of his family I love my brother but we do not communicate at all he wil not even came to the family reunions any more
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
20 Aug 07
It does not bother me. Did anyone of them whisper among their friends that you are so low class, or snickered when they looked at you? Being a bit of a snob myself, I do find it crass for someone to talk behind someone's back and laugh and snicker at her. However it all depends on the standards and liberty they allow themselves and not allow you. For instance, what is considered acceptable for someone in the lower lower class is not acceptable as the middle class(assuming you belong to the middle class). So therefore they might consider it is okay for them to belch in public, but not okay for you.
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
19 Aug 07
What I have found with these types of people is that they are really really much more insecure than either you or I could imagine. They seem sure of themselves but it really is just a cover up. Those that are truly confident in themselves do not feel a need to look down on others in an attempt to make themselves appear better. As far as seeing my own faults...I am forever trying to better myself as a person but I also know that we never really see ourselves as others do. Critisism often hurts but it should also give us cause to reflect on ourselves. Some critisism is just plain wrong while other can be very constructive. I always pay attention to it and then decide whether it is valid or not.
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• United States
19 Aug 07
I always absorb good criticism but that which is meant to belittle you while it makes the critical person the saint ..that I dont like to well.. Like "i always do right but you dont" is the impresion one can give when they proudly put their words down.
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@eprado (1467)
• Philippines
20 Aug 07
Yes I have met people who think they are better than everyone else. I don't like those qualities and don't like to spend much time with people like that. I think they don't look often enough on the mirror or that their so blinded that they don't see themselves first, what they really look like inside-out.