if you say hello to someone can get no response from that person what dose it say about that person?

Question

I am thinking they are very rude and it says volumes about there personality because if anybody ever says hello to me I always respond with a hello or even more depending on who it is but I would never in a million years just ignore someone if they said hello to me how rude can you be, what type of person dose that?

Answer 1

If I say hi to some stranger and get no response, I just figure they weren't ready for a very strange person to be talking to them for no reason at all. If I say hi to someone I see at work but don't normally chat with (like the bosses) and get no response, it's usually because they are insecure. A self confident person should be able to carry on a conversation with anyone and only those who are insecure will take a snubbing attitude. It doesn't matter to me; I say hello anyway, each time I see them, even when they are obviously ignoring me in an elevator when there's only us, and I carry on a light conversation with them ("weathers been odd this spring, we nave have rain this late in May...") even though it's totally one-sided. I just let them be uncomfortable because it wouldn't take that much to just smile and make eye contact. I actually feel good I can make one of the big shots uncomfortable just by being there. And if it's someone I do normally chat with who ignores me, I figured they either weren't paying attention (I do that myself, thinking about something and don't see anything in front of me). I'm very secure and don't let other people mess with my mind.

Answer 2

If you say hello to someone can get no response from that person what dose it say about that person?



I am thinking they are very rude and it says volumes about there personality because if anybody ever says hello to me I always respond with a hello or even more depending on who it is but I would never in a million years just ignore someone if they said hello to me how rude can you be, what type of person dose that?

Answer 3

Glen, it seems like you're throwing around a lot of judgments based on little information not only from the person in question, but what you have provided us.



- Where was this greeting held? Was it busy? Were they engaged in conversation with someone else? Were they listening to an MP3 player? Was their attention otherwise engaged? Were they hard of hearing?



- Did they honestly hear you? There have been times where I'm in my own head thinking or lost in my own little world and someone has said hello to me and I didn't even recognize it. It happens. Just say hello again if the situation permits.



- Was the greeting in passing? What was their body language? Their mood? They could've been angry and would've snapped at you? Would you prefer that? Maybe they are depressed?



Please provide people with the benefit of the doubt before making judgments. Furthermore, how can you judge "volumes" about their ENTIRE personality based on whether they say hello or not? That's a pretty big label to just arbitrarily slam on someone for what could have been an honest mistake.



I do agree with you that it's impolite to not greet someone back when they say hello but if they don't reply then I just shrug it off and not let it bug me. If it happens again, then I tend to question.

Answer 4

Where you standing in front of this person? They might be deaf. Where they on a hands free cell phone call and absorbed in what the other person was saying? Was there any back ground noise that might have obscured what you said? There are many reasons why they might not have responded, not just rudeness. To me, the only thing it says is that they did not reply.

Answer 5

Well, probably a rude person, or a person who never had an emphasis on manners when they were growing up.



Maybe they were lost in thought and didn't hear you.



They may also be physically hard of hearing.

Answer 6

rude,anti social, Some people get off on being rude to people because they think it's cool or shows power over them. I wouldn't let this person bother you they seem like a low life avoid at all costs.

Answer 7

Most people don't do that... whoever you said hi to that didn't respond, probably just didn't hear you. If you're sure they did, then yes, that's rude.

Answer 8

Hi Back To You

Answer 9

is there a chance they didn't hear you?

seems to me that you are very friendly to be the first to say hello to others.you know what? they might be jealous of you for reasons you don't know.don't take it personally.

it is they who had a problem with you.they have to deal with it inside their heads.

Answer 10

there a boy he is in this school I tried to say hi but he never did he always busy with other friends like that girl what does he have in her not me what wrong with me then he like me. and he always used to say my name why does he not say it now we met do not know why.

Answer 11

deaf, earphones, doesn't know you, deep in thought, in a hurry, doesn't like you, doesn't speak english, thought you were talking to someone else, having a really bad day, rude.

Answer 12

These people are ***** , I wish we could make them pay for their rude behaviour .

Answer 13

find some macho dudes and be arrogant and sassy with them...i;m sure they will fix you right up..

Answer 14

thats just rong.

Answer 15

Well it says something about you. You're desperate, have no friends, looking for attention, lonely, and you're probably an overall creeper.