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Elitistsare some of the worst people youll ever meet.
These pompous individuals believe they walk on sacred ground and treat everyone around them like second-class citizens.
Some of these snoots dont exhibit outrightarrogance, like the woman in todays story.
The bothered homeowner was in disbelief by the encounter she shared on social media.
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Woman:What notes?
Neighbor:That Ive been leaving on your car.
Woman:Oh, is that you?
Neighbor:I just wanted to have a discussion with you about it.
Woman:I thought that you thought that we were a visitor, its actually our car.
Neighbor:So are you from welfare or something?
Woman:What do you mean?
Neighbor:I mean, are you on benefits or something?
Its just, we dont really have cars like that around here.
Woman:No, we bought it for like,200 pounds actually.
Neighbor:Hes been struggling to pay?
I just wanna talk to you about it.
So I was wondering if you could maybe park around the corner.
Its a nice car park.
Its only a short walk down the canal to your house.
How would you feel about that?
Woman:I actually feel quite uncomfortable with you being here.
Im just gonna wait till my husband gets home.
Woman:Sorry, would you mind just stepping back a little bit, kindly?
Youre intimidating me quite a bit.
Woman:I feel like youre getting quite aggressive now, actually.
Neighbor:I am not getting aggressive.
We can help if you want.
Theres fundraising that we can do.
Woman:Youre being quite rude now.
Im gonna shut the door.
Neighbor:Oh no.
Woman:Bye bye.
But the neighbor she encountered likely had a superiority complex.
Licensed mental health counselorHailey Shafirdefines this behavior as having an overly confident view of themselves and their status.
In turn, they may treat others condescendingly and may lack self-awareness of what they are doing.
However, you might spare yourself all that headache by showing some understanding.
As Dr. Mosley explained, these people are likely already in terrible pain because of theirhidden insecurities.
Instead of fighting fire with fire, she suggests positive mirroring.
In a nutshell, its reacting in a way that would not fuel the fire.
Direct communication is also important, according to Malibu-based psychologistDr.
Dr. Pollard suggests using disarming statements like Forgive me for interrupting, but… while discouraging self-suppressing behavior.
Sometimes, it is advisable to tell the other person how s/he came across, she wrote.
The woman did show restraint through thebackhandedinsults she received from the entitled neighbor.
She calmly stated she felt uncomfortable by their interaction.
What do you think?
Was there any other appropriate response for the woman?
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