4: Common Courtesy

As mean as I claim to be (and for the most part, really am... just ask a handful of friends and family), I'm still generally friendly upon first greetings. It's usually if I really don't like you or if I'm really comfortable around you when I start becoming the sarcastic, narcissistic ass I really am. 

When I'm passing by someone in a hallway, or on the sidewalk, etc., I'm most often the one who says "Hi," or "Hello," upon eye contact or a shared smile. It's only polite, and it makes me seem like a good person. People thinking I'm a good person, leading to possible compliments. See, it all comes back to being all about me. I'm doing these nice things for people, only for myself, though, in reality.

That may sound a bit confusing (If tl;dr: It's all about me and what I want and how I feel. Bye.), but that's just all leading up to the annoyance for this post: Common courtesies. When you don't reply to my greeting with a response, it really irritates me.

Let's not mess with Garfield. He has a bat, and tomorrow's Monday.

Most people complain about awkward moments, like in elevators and such. Well, when I say hi to you in a public place, and you either just nod and smile or say nothing at all, well- THAT MAKES IT AWKWARD. I didn't have to say hi to you, or even acknowledge your presence! I just wasted a whole breath (maybe two, if I threw in a "how are you" as well) on your rude ass, and now I'm annoyed.

I think this blog is living up to its name; just writing about this is beginning to piss me off.

At a workplace is debatably worse; you deal with hundreds (more or less) of people a day, and to be honest, a good portion of them are usually nice and responsive... A better word is POLITE. But you always get that good handful or two of those people who may not mean to, but give you a snarky look of "Don't talk to me. I'm leaving now." Fine, BYE. Sorry for being nice to you. Jeez. 

Sometimes, after incidents like encountering ridiculously pompous or just straight-up socially awkward people, I feel like I wasted my one good deed of the day, and now I have no more to give.

This was too funny not to post. Yes, this is Lady Gaga, and if you have an issue with that, re-read the text in the picture a few times.

Anywho, I know this all might sound nit-picky about things that irk me, but you know what? You're the ones making things awkward and you're the ones who all complain about awkward moments. 

LOGIC?

I like this meme. ... So yeah.

Conclusion: If I say hi, say hi back. Respond to my greetings. If someone else says hi to you, I don't care. 

:)