have you encountered this?
@frontvisions101 (16043)
Philippines
March 28, 2010 2:23am CST
i was having a conversation with an old friend who just got back from Dubai. we were having a coffee at a public establishment. we were talking about putting up another business when suddenly this guy just barged in saying he has a growing business and it s totally unrelated with what we were talking about. i congratulated him then went on with our conversation. but this guy barged in again bragging about his business. frankly, i didnt care about it. he was starting to irritate me so i interrupted him by saying --im sorry, do i know you?-- he stared at me for a while then shook his head with an embarrased smile then moved back to his table. have you guys encountered someone like this?
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@gracefuldove (1668)
• Malaysia
28 Mar 10
hie frontvision, i have people walking to my table to sell books, magazines, cds even ask for donation and even money for their meals. for all these we say no thanks. but some were very insistence, though. then there are others approaching and talk to us like old friends. i have to tell him/ her, i dont know them. there are cases of mistaken identity. he or she said sorry and moved away.
@gracefuldove (1668)
• Malaysia
29 Mar 10
yes that is right, mind is a different thing. i have not come across such encounters, frontvision. this type of encounter encroaches into privacy. at the same time i feel its an invasion into a private conversion. also some considers it is an invasion into private territory. i have occassion when i have to share tables with other people when i need to eat my lunch. i just keep to myself, eat my lunch and leave. i dont say a word or give an opinion into their conversion though the topic they are discussing, like news headlines or a certain companies going into some venturess which is splashed on front page of tabloid.
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
30 Mar 10
naturally. That's right. I'd talk to them if i'm invited in their conversation but if not then i'd just keep my opinions to myself, like you said.
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
31 Mar 10
I could've left the place but it was relaxing there. I figured i'd just shrugged him off so we won't be leaving the place.
@cream97 (29085)
• United States
28 Mar 10
Hi, frontvisions101. I can't ever say that I have not had this happen to me. I can't just remember. It seems like this man could have been watching you two and from that he just wanted to interrupt your conversation. It was very rude of him to do this though. He should have came to you both and introduced himself instead of barging in. That was very impolite of him to just barge in without giving more information about why he wanted to talk to you both. It seems like he was just trying to show off of something. Maybe he thought you both were two rich businessman. He must have felt the need to impress you both by bragging about his business. That is what I think about this.
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
28 Mar 10
i like your analysis on this. yeah i can remember him saying his name and where he s from. his introduction was quite okay so we kinda listened to him for a while. when i complimented his business i thought it was over but he interrupted us again and bragged about his business. that s when i got irritated.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
30 Mar 10
Some people have absolutely no sense of boundaries. That was so rude of that person to barge in on the conversation between you and your friend.
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
30 Mar 10
i know right? I'm just suprised how someone could just barge in like that. Someone needs to deflate that ego a little bit.
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
28 Mar 10
We were in a coffee shop at 10 in the morning. i highly doubt he was drunk.
@langjipingzong (981)
• China
28 Mar 10
Hi,I think what you encoured is really funny,but I haven't come across these kind of things so far.But I once to do the similar thing just like that guy .I am myopia and at first I really hate to wear galsses so I usually got the wrong person and make jokes.
@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
28 Mar 10
You find them all the time on the Internet. They are called spammers. You encounter them less often in 'real life' but there are such people about. To avoid them, make a rule not to conduct personal business in a public place because anyone might feel free to join in the conversation.
This person sounds just plain rude but you might not have considered him rude at all if he were offering information which was relevant to your conversation and which you found helpful. I have had that experience more than once and, having got over the initial feeling of "Who is this guy and what does he want?" we have gone on to include him in the conversation with a very satisfactory session ensuing.
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
28 Mar 10
you may be right. but we were talking about putting a small acoustic bar and this guy was talking about his automobile mechanical services. i doubt that would work out.
@gunagohan (3413)
• India
28 Mar 10
This happens seriously sometimes ..This can help sometimes and u can mingle with him with his business, but there are sometimes that u should listen to ur mother's old sayings, "Don't talk to stranger"
I'm still believing this phrase and i never had any incident like this , if some one is coming in seriously when i'm talking about anything unrelated i would surely ask him please don't interrupt..
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
28 Mar 10
i could have done that but i was being interrupted very rudely.
