Here’s a great way to piss random people off: talk just a little bit too quietly for the target to properly hear you. This works best in a noisy environment where it is easy to blame other factors. When they ask you to speak up, acknowledge them and act is if you are trying to speak louder, but don’t actually speak any louder. Lather, rinse, and repeat until either the person walks away or you walk away with a black eye.
Seriously, though, this really pisses me off. My technique to combat this if I ever find myself at the raw end of this deal is to simply begin talking louder and louder once I realize the other person refuses to be reasonably audible. They either think I’m crazy or deaf, and at least one of those isn’t too far from the truth.
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