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Rudeness?

Samuel50

Interested in any thoughts on this one.

So I'm on holiday this week. Enjoying lunch outside with my partner.

A singer starts up not far away, not great and I can't shut him out.

So he's distracting, but I figure he's a right to be there I suppose.

He comes over after a particularly poor (imho) performance and asks for tips.

I say "no, thank-you, I didn't enjoy it"

He replies huffily "thanks for your opinion, no-one cares"

So my partner says the guy will think I'm rude

I suppose I was when I think about it

What was going through my head was "you've annoyed me and now you want a tip so I want to express my annoyance politely so I'll add a thank-you"

No idea how much of what I do is autistic or just bad manners sometimes. I really wasn't trying to spoil anyone's day.

Also, why am I still thinking about it 6 hours later?

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  • I mean he sounds pretty rude himself if I'm honest with his response but I guess it's human nature not to love criticism. I get you'd found his singing annoying but I guess for him, that's how he earns his living. You certainly were not obligated to give him a tip but you probably could have just said no thank you.

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  • I mean he sounds pretty rude himself if I'm honest with his response but I guess it's human nature not to love criticism. I get you'd found his singing annoying but I guess for him, that's how he earns his living. You certainly were not obligated to give him a tip but you probably could have just said no thank you.

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