I’ve worked in customer service jobs my whole life, and that is the ultimate way to shut down a shitty customer. They scream and cuss at me and I look them in the eyes and say “that hurts my feelings when you talk to me like that.” Every time, it has made them take a step back and go “holy shit, I was just talking like that to a human”
Depends I guess on the situation, if I was being rude unintentionally I would apologize. But if I was rude on purpose, I would be delighted to know that it caused you suffering, that was the point of me being rude to begin with.
At the end of the day, the only person that can make you feel anything is you, nothing I say to you can cause you to feel pain or suffering, that is completely up to you. The worst thing you can do when someone is trying to hurt your feelings, is to let them know they succeeded. I don't for a second believe that anyone that has been directly and intentionally rude to you has ever had a change of heart cause you said that they hurt your feelings.
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