Don't you hate it when people make suggestions to you, but ignore yours to them? [View all]
I've see it in a few people throughout life, but the worst is someone I work with. An otherwise good person, if a not a bit "wired", who shares many common interests we always like to talk about: History, music, books, politics.
The thing that drives me nuts is that he'll strongly recommend a book, movie, or website that I "just gotta see!". I'll read the books he lends me, go to the website read and usually bookmark, watch the DVD he lent me or put a movie at the top of my Netflix queue and watch it. He'll ask me enthusiastically what I thought. The vast majority of the time I'm glad I did and thank him. If I do the same ( though I do much less often than he does ) he just blows off my suggestions 9 times out of 10. I'll ask him sometime later what he thought and he responds in a slightly sheepish deadpan that he didn't have a chance yet blah blah blah, but simply seemed uninterested. He's returned DVDs or books I've lent after several weeks and never watched or read them. The few times he actually acted on my suggestions ( only after explicitly stating- out of character for me - he'll really really enjoy them ) he was brimming with enthusiasm and wanted to purchase his own.
Jeez.... Do I come across as THAT much of a "type B"?
Eh. Just wanted to get that off my chest and also compare notes.
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