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Elmer Fudd yells at cloud. More at 11. This sounds like a generational gap. I'm with the youngsters on this one. If you can't tell if someone is engaging with

Elmer Fudd yells at cloud. More at 11. This sounds like a generational gap. I'm with the youngsters on this one. If you can't tell if someone is engaging with you then why are you in the conversation to begin with? No one is forcing you to engage with people wearing AirPods and if you feel like they're not listening to you or showing "proper" focus (whatever that is), then leave. In other words, act the same way you would expect others to act if you were wearing AirPods and not listening to them.

elmerfud 3y ago
If it's a generational gap it has nothing to do with thinking people must listen to me. It's about simply being a polite human. I know that's difficult for some people. Because the results are always the same. The people who don't care to listen because their self entitlement is so strong they can't comprehend others actually exist as well, they'll complain that "I wasn't told" When it's really you didn't listen. "Hey, we're buying pizza for lunch. What kind do you want" ... "Hey the pizza is here" ... (Some time later) "Why did no one tell me about the pizza, it's all gone now" (continues the bitching about missing out for the rest of the day) That's the problem with that attitude you're displaying. You think you're so important no one has anything if value to say, but then you don't accept the responsibility for your self absorbed attitude. The fact that you don't see it is prime evidence of the problem. If you're living in your own world then live in it. Because you're also missing my comment that they themselves wouldn't want to be treated this way. Don't try and have it both ways that no one can talk to you, but others must listen to you.
- dkonofalski 3y ago
  >Don't try and have it both ways that no one can talk to you, but others must listen to you. I never said that and, frankly, based on the way you're responding elsewhere, I don't believe anything that you're saying. If it bothers you so much that this person is complaining about the pizza, maybe point out that they didn't hear it because of their AirPods (although I'm pretty sure this didn't happen). I work with a multi-generational team and we've never had this problem so, to me, it seems like you're the entitled, insufferable one and people don't listen to you. Sometimes, that means they miss out on pizza. Most of the time, they're probably missing out on condescension, resentment, and whatever other insufferable things you have to say.

elmerfud 3y ago

If it's a generational gap it has nothing to do with thinking people must listen to me. It's about simply being a polite human. I know that's difficult for some people. Because the results are always the same. The people who don't care to listen because their self entitlement is so strong they can't comprehend others actually exist as well, they'll complain that "I wasn't told" When it's really you didn't listen. "Hey, we're buying pizza for lunch. What kind do you want" ... "Hey the pizza is here" ... (Some time later) "Why did no one tell me about the pizza, it's all gone now" (continues the bitching about missing out for the rest of the day) That's the problem with that attitude you're displaying. You think you're so important no one has anything if value to say, but then you don't accept the responsibility for your self absorbed attitude. The fact that you don't see it is prime evidence of the problem. If you're living in your own world then live in it. Because you're also missing my comment that they themselves wouldn't want to be treated this way. Don't try and have it both ways that no one can talk to you, but others must listen to you.

dkonofalski 3y ago
>Don't try and have it both ways that no one can talk to you, but others must listen to you. I never said that and, frankly, based on the way you're responding elsewhere, I don't believe anything that you're saying. If it bothers you so much that this person is complaining about the pizza, maybe point out that they didn't hear it because of their AirPods (although I'm pretty sure this didn't happen). I work with a multi-generational team and we've never had this problem so, to me, it seems like you're the entitled, insufferable one and people don't listen to you. Sometimes, that means they miss out on pizza. Most of the time, they're probably missing out on condescension, resentment, and whatever other insufferable things you have to say.