So how do you guys deal with anger towards a less-than-pleasant person? How do you deal with such people when you're angry? How do you not stand your ground and make it clear they were out-of-order? I've been brought up to stand my ground and act accordingly. I really, really don't like people that go around trying to 1-up others, for their own sick pleasure; it makes me angry. Some people may say I'm sometimes too defensive or blunt, but you know what? So be it. I have respect for my fellow man (the decent ones, anyway) so yeh, I am defensive at times, and I can be blunt, or make it clear when someone has been offensive. I know how I don't want to be treated, and it's how I wouldn't treat others. Furthermore, what about those people who're so busy feeling sorry for themselves, that they see it fit to go around making other people feel like crap, just to give themselves a boost? What do you do about them?