"Edit: Here's something else that's a little odd. In general, I tend to be so forgiving of these people, that I forget from one encounter to the next, that they tend to say these nasty things to me. So much so, that I'm continually surprised by some people's behavior." quote shakesphere

Yes, I have experienced that myself. But, in that article it's not bad to be forgiving with people and forget from one encounter to the next. Depending on the person or encounter, if the person says nasty things, then all that means is they wanted more attention from you, well, people can be like that.

I worked with crowds a lot and learned to let things go over my head, I had not realized how good I was at that until I had asked other adults to help me. These adults were very rattled by how "rude" people can be and could not understand how I could deal with it.

I also met a lot of different people who had their own businesses too and oh did they have stories to tell too. One of my customers had his own supermarket located in an upscale town. He used to have a day that he would use my services, give out free hot dogs and drinks and have specials to thank his customers. Well, one year he had it but he had a severe illness in his family and he did not have the free hot dogs. Well, people got mad and were actually rude about it. When I went into his office to get paid, he was so upset so I took some time out to just listen to him vent, after all he didn't even have to do that special day and give free things and here were people acting so damn entitled and rude to him.

As a business owner myself, I have seen people doing and saying things that shocked me constantly. It doesn't even matter what class of people I am working with either. So often I found myself wondering where people's minds were and how could they even have what they have and be that way is beyond me. If you think those people in those beautiful homes are happy or better than you, think again. Oh, there is the image and then there is "reality" and they are indeed very different.

That being said, I have also met some amazingly interesting people too, and they are just as shocked as you and me.