Just wanted to write this in regards to something I posted earlier.
I am not an angry person, but everybody has lines that you don't cross. Not respecting me is one such line. Personal respect is a big issue for me. For years, I was picked on and it generally made me feel like shit, until the day that I realized that I deserved respect, just like anybody else and wouldn't put up with this sort of crap. If people won't give me basic respect, i'll just avoid them. I don' t need to submit to that, and confrontation is not in my nature… but when people come into my space to disrespect me, that will not stand.
I was picked on too (hell I lived at jane and finch and was the only white kid in my class) thing is I know I can be intimidating now…I wont threaten people because I don't want to make them feel the way i did…
invading space, calling names, whatever…in my opinion it can be dealt with without threats of violence…yeah I could do some damage, but should I just because I can? I can be annoying, I wouldn't want someone to threaten me because of it…perhaps you've told this person over and over again, I really don't know what I'd do in that situation…to each their own in regards to how one handles it I suppose, I just worry you could get in trouble at work..
(http://livejournal.com/users/blacksquiggles)
put it this way. This guy is… an ass, for lack of a better word. I've known him since I started my master's, and that's 1997. This is someone that loves to push people's buttons. Maybe i did overreact; but then again, I wouldn't be the first one to do so around him.
(http://livejournal.com/users/talisker)