#becoming aware

Bear with me here, this might be a little long.

So this is a bit of an angry rant because I’ve noticed how seriously annoyingsome people can be when they don’t understand how shy or closed off some people are. I have a really close friend who’s quite quiet, they never say anything unless they have something important to contribute to the conversation. They don’t do small talk. And loads of people always try and get them to say something. Like they’ll make a game of trying to force them to talk and it really ticks me off because it’s making my friend so uncomfortable and they view it as a game. Or they try and make this person smile or frown, I don’t even know how they can find that funny because all it does is annoy me and them because it’s like they’re treating them as one of those toys where you push a button and it spits out phrases. They’re not a toy. They’re a person. With actual flipping feelings.

I also got a text later on asking why my friend wouldn’t frown. I kid you not, who even does that? And I replied with how they didn’t have to if they didn’t want to, they’re a person and I got the typical “Calm down it was just a joke jeez” type of thing. How do people find humour in trying to force a person to smile or say hello? Seriously?

In conclusion, sorry for going on but it seriously ticks me off when people do that because this has always happened to them and it’s so frustrating and I don’t doubt at least someone else out there has dealt with something similar. So can we all just try and have some respect? That’d be great thanks.