It irritates me especially when strangers ask about property details.
By CSHINE
@SHAMRACK (8576)
India
January 20, 2011 12:47am CST
It occurs mostly when people may talk on the money matters and other partition issues. But there are strangers who do ask such details which really irritate me. Where is your bank account, how much land you have, do you own a house, how many houses do you have, how much you have in banks accounts so on…. They are not from income tax department for esquires, still they want to know these details. May be they do want to be asked back the same questions, so that they could reveal how rich they are, who knows. Anyhow I feel bit uncomfortable when some digs to details of my assets. May be if it is form banks for giving any loan it is better.If they my loved people is also better.
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8 responses
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
21 Jan 11
When i am asked for things such as those, i would give them this answer; why do you want to know?
Money matters are confidential in nature. Why would you be asked for it, such as how much is your salary , if they are not the HR interviewer who will ask that as a routinary question, to be able to gauge more or less, how much you are getting in your previous company.
I really get irritated too if an unauthorized someone would ask me that.
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@julianmac (396)
• Malaysia
21 Jan 11
Hi Shamrack,
Obviously a very good debate you have started here. Looks like both of us are travelling on the same boat. I am definitely not in favour of such personal questions either.
It makes me sick when people digs into my private matter unless of any other circumstances like you have mentioned above. You hit the nail right on the head my friend when you said that may be these kind of people expects us to confront them with the same questions.
I for one would never dream of being such a needle nose and poke it in other poeple affairs. Great topic, good thinking!
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@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
21 Jan 11
some people like to compare what they have with others
I do want to know where successful people invest
because it seems whatever they are doing yields good return
but I don't care what they buy with their money, like cars, houses etc lol
bank details especially is very personal I wouldn't want anyone to know mine and I don't want to know theirs
@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
20 Jan 11
Hi SHAMRACK,
Even I feel odd to answer such queries. What would you do after all getting the detail of my movable and unmovable property and which bank I keep my money?
If you nothing to talk about, do talk of the weather or the climate or the world politics and economics.
In my opinion these people who keep on asking about your wealth are sufferer of some complexity. May be superiority as they feel nice to know that you are having less property and wealth than him/her.
@jennyze (7027)
• Indonesia
20 Jan 11
Yes, strangers do ask personal questions, especially in Asia. They reason this as making a nice conversation between two people.
Where do you Live? Do you own a house? Are you married? Why not? Do you have kids? Why haven't you? where do you work? what's your position there? How much is your salary?
Still want to be nice to them I would say: I am sorry, it's a very personal thing.
Where do you Live? Do you own a house? Are you married? Why not? Do you have kids? Why haven't you? where do you work? what's your position there? How much is your salary?
Still want to be nice to them I would say: I am sorry, it's a very personal thing.1 person likes this
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
20 Jan 11
Hi Sham,
It is the nature of some people; you can do nothing with them but just ignore them. Here also I face some problems, some may be seated near to me in bus then first offer a smile, naturally we have to smile back then they started to ask, where are you going, what work you are doing, how much you are getting. There is no end of their questions? I will try my best to be polite with them then also it is not possible always (some days getting late from office then not getting buses then I may be already in tensions then I can’t entertain such silly questions).
@craigy123456789 (1758)
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21 Jan 11
I get sick of this also. People seem to want to know so many details and yet they do not need to know them, they are my personal things, not what i want to be sharing with others. It is like when i do surveys and they ask which bank or banks i deal with and what types of accounts and savings i have, if i haveloans, how much money i have in each account, etc. It is none of there business what i do or don't have and i am unwilling to let them know, these are my personal details, i don't ask for there information so who gives them the right to want to know mine?
