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Originally Posted by resurgam
how will they know otherwise?
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I disagree in this case. It should be pretty common sense to know not to waste other people's time, and that doing so would likely upset them. I would still consider it poor etiquette even if the other person was a doormat who would never complain about me ditching them. Their response (or lack of) would give me the impression that their time isn't of value, and you don't want to give people that impression.
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Originally Posted by rdgrad15
--but there are people out there that make it hard to say something to due to them easily flying off the handle and making accusations towards you and making it like you're the problem when all you did was politely ask them to stop doing whatever it is they are doing, even if it's something small. For example, years ago in college, I had asked someone who I thought was a friend to stop bailing out at the last minute. Wanted her to let me know sooner in advance rather than constantly at the last minute.
Basically I was just a friend out of boredom for her. Her reaction? She threw her phone against her dorm room wall and started screaming and saying that maybe she isn't a good friend then and saying I'm very paranoid. All I did was politely ask her and it resulted in an overreaction.
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You shouldn't be afraid of these people. If they react in such a way to a polite disagreement, especially when they're in the wrong, then they have issues. It's better that you know this, rather than continue pretending to be their friend while they walk all over you.