The quiet ones!!!

[mistmephit]

Has anyone herd of the saying "You should be careful of the quiet one"?

One time a work one of my work mates made a comment in fun that he better watch me because one day I might turn up and shoot the place up because the project I was working on was changing every 5 seconds.

It is true that I am pretty quite around people. I'm not much for small talk. Anyway I was just wondering if anyone else had anyone say anything like this to them in fun like in my case or otherwise.

 

[despise]

yes. i get that alot. and some sarastic people say things like "be carful of her...she's got quite a mouth on her" :roll:

a couple of days ago my english teacher from last year told me and my friends to get to class (as the bell was going) and i told him our class was just behind us. he just stared at me with his mouth open and said "did she just talk??? whats the world coming to?!" and then he walked away. i guess it was pretty funny...but all my friends were laughing and it put me in an uncomfortable position.

 

[Chilling__Echo]

isn't there another one that's like... "still/quiet waters run deep"?? i dunno.

 

[tupac]

thats the way u get out of this mess, you have to speak more. in ur situation you should have just laughed with your friends, u might as well cause it was a lil funny and also beacuse you shouldnt be so negative it makes this shit worse. you should expect people to be like whoa she talked or whatever but if u keep it up eventually they won't say stuff like that. i know for me people would be like does he have a tounge? you just have to remember that people that mind you dont really matter.

 

[tupac]

hey mistmephit. damn man work really sucks. i know people at my work are thinking im rude n shit cause i dont talk much or even say hi most of the time. they probably like this kid thinks hes all that cause im the youngest at work everyones really old. but i dont even care anymore, im only in that hell hole cause i have to make money.

 

[Jackie]

Someone that I used to work with " You must be one of those quiet people who dont talk at all", she was a very out going person that just felt like saying something to belittle me to make her feel superoir. imy mom does it all the time to me. saying" why do you have to be so quiet, your the last kid in the family to live with me and dad and you dont even talk to us". People call me quit all the time, its an insult to me, but can also be flattering also. because I would rather be quiet natured that loud and annoying.

 

[wutnow]

thats the way u get out of this mess, you have to speak more. in ur situation you should have just laughed with your friends

I'm going to try that. Great advice. Thanks

 

[Mimi70]

I've heard that one about watching the quiet ones directed in my direction quite a lot. It's said in a joking manner. I'm not sure whether it was an attempt to bring me out of my shell or what. Do you find that people mistake your shyness for being a snob? I know this is the impression some people get. It is either that or they think you're either weird or boring. I have been in my job for 4 months now but still feel like a newcomer. I just don't feel comfortable with most of the people. I only talk to a few select people, but if I feel people are analysing or judging me in some way it just make me retreat more into myself.

 

[Moonie]

Yes, I have had people say to me "It's always the quiet ones.." I really don't mind that saying much, it gives me more of an edge than I really do have! I have been thought of an snobby (prissy) and weird. I am sure that is what my coworkers think of me. I have had one lady say "Don you talk?" Ugh, it was so annoying (reminded me of my elementary school days_ and made me feel so belittled. Another coworker is like "You're so quiet. You can't be quiet here." That really bothers me because the quiet ones at my work are usually one of the most hardworking there. I do my work, don't get caught up i workplace gossip, and just concentrate on what needs to be done.

Oh, and one time (back in HS) a friend of my friend once told her that she thought I was going to blow up the school. Her brother didn't talk for one week, and tried to light her house on fire.

Oh well, I'd rather be quiet and mysterious than someone who talks just to hear themselves

 

[deleteduser]

teachers always say stuff like that to me.
an english teacher was walking behind me when i was laughing with my friends and she said 'so you do talk then'
i find it very hard to laugh in these situations (its like my mouth has forgot how to smile or something!)

 

[dolphin__o]

I get that a lot too in a jokingly manner, I think they are really trying to get you to open up and express yourself, that is what I find.

When we go to staff events, I need to have a few drinks before I feel more relaxed and can open up to people a bit more, not good for long term - don't want to turn into a alcoholic.

Now they say "watch out for the quiet one" more often now.

But I agree with you that some people think you are snobby or what I tend to think is that they are thinking "she is boring" because you don't join in with the group or conversation. Because they don't understand that you want to but can't, is very difficult.

Keep smiling anyway 8*)

 

[LittleMissScareAll]

I think alot of people are sort of creeped out by me, due to my quietness. One woman I work with once told my mom she was scared of me. :?

 

[hereshy]

yeah i get that sometimes. "be careful of the quiet ones" it doesn't bother me. I just laugh at it. :wink:

 

[Faded]

Quiet 1s

YA, its always the quiet ones!

I've always had da crisis .. of how they'd label such an innocent piece of crap! .. Being Quiet is Hell!

 

[B-girl]

I get that 2 a lot. just today at work this guy whos real nice & funny he is like i'm going to try and get me 2 open up. but he did say serial killers are usually the quiet ones so we better watch out. ouch but i still have hope


be positive thats all we can do!! 8)

 

[PhantomPod]

I seem to get that a lot too. I especially got it a lot at my old job.

I used to work at a grocery store, and this supervisor guy who tells us what register to go on when we get there would always put me on the express register. I didn't like it much, but he was always making jokes like "oh, she's so quiet, one time she's going to flip out on me, or she's going to attack me when I'm walking out to my truck after work, or she's going to slash all the tires on my truck." He always said things like that. And I had a wicked crush on him to begin with, so I think I was even more quiet around him, because I never knew how to act, and I'd always feel my face heating up when he came over and talked to me.

 

[annaC]

littlemissscareall,
haha you do seem a little scary lol

well i have some of these comments also but
if u read between the lines theyre not all the same.

Alot of time for me its people who are curious and also
they wanna see if they can open me up.

some seem more negative, but again these are mostly negative people
anyway that i dont want to have anything to do with.

 

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I fart in their face.

 

[thunder64]

People say similar stuff to me from time to time or they pretend they are amazed by the fact that I have finally spoken or said something...

 

[Jazzy]

quiet one's

I always hear
"Are you always this quiet" or I like you BUT you are too quiet for me"
or "why don't you ever talk" or "she's so quiet
I actually have had people to yarn around me to indicate that im boring or at leats that's how I took it

I HATE IT