How do you deal with rude people?

I also come across some rude people but then I calm myself because I don't know what the other person is going through and if I say something and there might be a fight. I don't like fights and being a lady and being in a foreign country where I know very little people, I keep silent. Otherwise, at home too, I take a step back and ignore such people. I guess it is the best way to handle this case. Do not think about it. The more you think about it the more you will get tensed.

I try to ignore rude people. But if they continue to talk stupid then I will speak up about it. As I get older I have noticed that my patience for tolerating certain things is getting thinner. Perhaps you can try and talk with that person in a calm way. And just tactfully let him or her know that they are bothering you.

i'm a quiet person and as long as I can hold on to my temper I won't stoop down on their level. but if worst comes to worst, then they should prepare for my mouth because I would just talk and talk and talk until it irritates them lol

Hi, Actually I was having this question itself in my mind. Of late I have met one very rude person who just gave me a couple of sleepless nights as she behaved very badly in public with me. I am of a sensitive nature and I felt really insulted. Apparently she could not appreciate my honesty as I pointed out some wrongful activities. I was really upset for few days but then I decided to just forget and move on. I deleted that person from my friend list on Facebook. I just cannot cope up with rudeness and one of my very good friends actually helped me get over this bad phase by consoling me and explaining to me that it is better not to have fake friends. When that person was rude to me I felt like blowing up too but I chose to keep quiet at the cost of testing my patience and tolerance. However, I have moved on now and do not care for such persons any more. I understand that it is really tough to ignore rude people and specially if we cannot stop them from doing it repeatedly.

For me, I try to avoid rude people as much as possible. The reason that I try to avoid rude people is because of the fact that I really don't like to have conflict in my life and I am a person that tends to get stressed out and fight when there is a lot of conflict that is going on in my life. There are certain times that I am not able to avoid rude people, and when that happens, I just try to ignore them as much as possible.

Hi inkyboz: I hate to deal with rude people but if it's necessary I would not consider fighting fire with fire. This just makes things worse. I would try to ignore the rude remarks and try to have a polite discussion but if this is just impossible I would communicate as little as possible with this person, just the strictly necessary. ALVARO

Inkyuboz, you have started a number of discussions and have gotten responses to all of them. Those of us who have responded have done you a favor by responding. It would be nice if you would acknowledge our responses, even if it's just to say thank you for responding. Now about rude people. It's hard to know how to answer your question when we don't know the situation.

It would be better to just ignore them than say hurtful words that you will only regret after. If you fight back, that would only worsen the situation and you will find yourself in a situation that you don't like. I know that it may be hard to just ignore them so try to just walk away when you feel that they are starting to be rude again. Do not listen to what they are saying. A colleague of mine taught me something this morning. I am really irritated with him because he would usually play tricks on me, would sometimes say rude things, and do things that would really irritate me. I told him this morning to go away and do not appear in front of me again because I am starting to hate him already. I do not know what he is up to but he advised me not to focus on what he says or does. That is what exactly I did, whenever he says something, I won't really pay attention and I don't even take a look at him. I realized that by doing that, I have more peace of mind at work now.

It is very difficult to handle the rude people. But some time our good behavour can change the nature of rude people. They shouted regularly not understand anything.

I think it is very difficult to make one general statement about what to do with rudeness because every circumstance is different and it really depends on the situation and context of what is going on. I would need to know more to understand your particular situation. I've done both. I've stood my ground and I've just walked away but I do not think loosing our cool will solve anything. If we are angry we are better to address it at a later time when we are level headed. I agree 100% with not stooping down to another persons rudeness. I find there are two basic situations with rudeness. Either people don't know they are being rude and will change if you ask them politely or they don't care. In the last case reasoning with them is probably a useless thing to try.

If I'm in the position that I don't have to care about them, I ignore them. They don't deserve me breaking down just because of them, and lose my energy on arguing with stupid people. If I have to deal with them, there are 2 options: -official situtation-boss, customer, authority figure: swallow everything and not do anything -non-official situation: tell them how rude they are... if they insist o doing that, I'm gonna turn my back on them, and leave. That's the most effective thing you can do.

Blowing up is the option for extreme cases like person is intended to harm or hurt you psychologically. Rest of the scenarios, then its best to avoid those kind of people either by giving your piece of mind or standing by your words.

I usually ignore the rudeness and treat them in silent mode. Why are we going to spend all the effort? That's how they brought up. It is an attitude, cannot be erased if refuses for change.

Don't bother to stoop down at their level, just IGNORE and be silent. If you do, I am sure those people stop with nose flaring with fire. They will feel more irritated, while you are so relax and enjoying the view.