So, my neighbours have been trying to bully and bullshitting me for the best part of 6 years but I cannot complain! I mean, I DO complain, but they really do not like that, it’s not chic! Come on!
I should be graciously accept the bullying and bullshitting as part of life, “c’est la vie”! In their idea I should bend over with a smile, basically.
Unfortunately, truly so, I do not like to bend over and I lack the social skill of hypocrisies. I don’t know why, something in my childhood, both parents in the national police, both Sicilian, not really your typical “Haarlemeer”.
Back to the point: I can be (and I am!) many thing but, alas, I am not an hypocrite: if I despise a person I will notify him or her of the fact.
Let me rephrase: I WILL GO TO A GREAT LENGTH, I WILL WALK 500 MILES to let them know I consider them some kind of …choose your flavour of profanity. My choice: “Methodists”.
That’s me in all my glory, I’m pure diamond.
SO, when my neighbour, we’ll call him “Sandy”, tries to salute me I simply state the fact that
- Not only I have no intention to salute him back, as it is called “paying respect” for a reason
- but also I do not like him to salute ME, as I find it preposterous since he knows very well his wife has been actively trying to bullshit her way with me, for quite a few years now, together with them compadres of the association’s board!
Of course, it greatly helps that wifey it’s a big shot at the ministry of Finance!
As they are QUINTESSENTIALLY apt to bullshitting, which means that they are
1) hired on the premise that they are GOOD at it and that
2) THEN they get extra special training about it!
They have to be THE BEST at bullshitting!
How many of them were involved in the toeslagenaffaire? And how many lost their job?
Point in case.
So, to Sandy who complains that I make all this fuss just for “some plants”: no, it is not about the plants.
It is about the lying, the attempt to manipulate, to gaslight, to bully and to discriminate.
Can I consider you an half-man because you do not take a strong position *against* this? Yes, I can.
Or do I have to give you a free pass because… because of what, exactly?
Sandy: do you truly believe you are doing yourself and your family a favour silently supporting such kind of behaviour?
Do you really believe there will be no consequences?
For sure the first one is here: I consider you nothing worth paying my respect to and, hence: no salute.
The “good relationship” with the neighbours are worthy when the neighbours are worthy of good relationship, otherwise, as they locally say, of their salute:
“Me la pela”.
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