was this being rude?

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recently i moved and it seems like everyone stops and askes for directions, "hey man can you tell me (insert street name here) is?" i dont answer i just shrug my shoulders and walk off, they probably think im some annoying neighborhood brat but im really not. i just dont want to be botherd by people asking directions while im out in the hood walking around fantasizing.

does this happen where you live? dont you think people would already know where to go if they were in a car?


also loose dogs are a major problem in this neighbourhood. i was almost attacked by a cazy animal yesterday.

Just bein an aspie, scroom if they can't take it.

I would bet most doggies like you.

I've lived here (Portland area) most of my life. What I enjoy doing is hanging out at Pioneer Square DT Portland and give tourists bad directions. Now that's rude. You're not being rude.

oh no all dogs hate me nutbag. ive never met any that like me. its like they know i dont like them so they retaliate on me by trying to attack

yah. easy to say hard to practice, they might aswell be my worst enemy.

i guess i am a little ruff around the eges when it comes to stuff like that i just cant be botherd thats all when im out walking. i suppose i should wear a sign that says, mute deaf and practically blind, so please dont talk to me

I am practically blind without corrective lenses. If I lived 2000 years ago, since they didn't have glasses back then, I guess I would have had to be a poet, like Homer, or teller of oral histories. Occasionally I'll walk around campus without any glasses or contacts on. It's like I'm in my own Monet painting. Even if I'm looking straight at you, I might not see you make eye contact becaue your face is just a blur.

richardbenson, I'm so bad at giving directions that as of recently my standard reply is, unless it is somewhere totally obvious, "I don't know." (Even if I could get into my car and drive there on the spot if I wanted.)

Sounds like something I would do.

You could just say your not familiar with this area.
I like your new avatar Richard its pretty

Yes, I would consider that to be very rude. Just simply say, "Sorry, I just moved here" and leave it at that. It's not rude and no one would be offended or upset.