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Originally Posted by shakespeare47
Look at the context. It's someone you don't know all that well, or someone who has a history of making hostile comments. If you haven't had to deal with hostile people who will do anything and everything to try and push your buttons, then count yourself lucky.
That being said, I think perhaps the most reasonable way to respond is to say "why do you ask?"
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Ah, but I have dealt with incredibly hostile people. I worked in fast-food for two years and in retail for about one. I believe that sentence alone should be sufficient enough to illustrate the sort of lovely people I've come across.
But even imagining the nastiest person I've ever had the displeasure of meeting asking whether I am mad or not doesn't bother me in the slightest. I still don't understand why it's rude. Is this sort of like when a child bullies a classmate until her breaking point, then taunts "What's the matter? Are you going to cry?" ? Is this the adult-version of that?
Bah! People make no sense, I've decided.