Abrasive Personality Traits

Why am I back here blogging when I'm supposed to be sleeping? Well, the other day, I was at meeting for our campus newspaper. There was this guy that I had never seen before in my life, a rude and cocky, super-annoying guy who was acting like he owned the place. (only later did I find out he was the advertising manager, but still, just because you're in a high place doesn't mean you're allowed to be disrespectful to other people)

So what was it about this guy that pissed me off? First of all, I don't like guys who are cocky and arrogant. I could never be good friends with ANY person who is too full of themselves. Think about it: having a conversation where the other person only says, "I'm the best at this, and the best at that. I have no faults at all, everyone is below me, including you" would be sickening to hear all day. It would get annoying too.

I also think that everyone should know when to stop arguing, trying to prove that they're right. The reason why so many fights start? People don't like to admit they're wrong because it makes them look stupid. And no one likes to look stupid.

But back to the guy who was pissing me off. At first, I thought he was brilliant: who was this new and interesting guy who had so many good ideas for our newspaper?

And then, I think that he sensed that we thought he was super intelligent or something, so he started to get cocky. There was this other guy (a first year!) who had an idea (I admit, it wasn't the best idea), but the cocky interrupted him mid-speech, saying "That will never work!"

How rude is that?!

Just because the cocky guy was a 4th year AND the ad manager doesn't mean you can do that. People who are high up, presidents, CEOs and kings still have manners! (Well maybe not all do, but still)

I was just thinking over this, and it bothered me because I didn't do anything about it at the time. I don't know why. I guess I didn't want him to hate me before he even knew my name.

I wish I could be this really great person with great morals and integrity. Someone who speaks out when something isn't right. What is stopping me? Some sort of sociological barrier? I wish I could have broken through the barrier on that day and said "Let the other guy speak". Something along those lines.

If someone is being a jerk, other people should really not let them get away with it because when they see that they're getting away with it, they'll want to get away with more and that's how we end up with SUPER JERKS and no one likes those.