Personality Traits You Hate

Superficiality irks me, especially the people who pretend to know you. This is not the generic ‘how are you today?’ or any of the feigned interest conversations starters. This is the “Oh, we haven’t talked for ages…” (when we’ve never talked at all), orther “What did say your name was?” (Actually, we’ve never met, idiot…). I don’t know if they’re doing it subconsciously, but I don’t have much patience for these sudden ‘friends.’

As for eye-contact… Some cultures find it intimidating, confronting and a sign of disrespect. In contrast, others believe that if you aren’t making eye contact you’re lying, have something to hide and not to be trusted. I suppose for this reason it doesn’t bother me if someone appears to be avoiding my gaze. Of course, if you think you should be doing it more and are finding it difficult, rather than trying to stare someone down, a good trick is to focus both your eyes on one of their eyes, hold for as long as comfortable and switch to the other eye.

Jam it back in, in the dark.