Recently, I've been thinking about some of the people at school who I find to be exceptionally disagreeable. It's not that they are jerks every time I see them (though a few are). Some even seem mildly pleasant on a daily basis. It seems that I may dislike some because of old grudges, which would be my own fault.
But then I realized: for me, it's the first impression. If you act like a tool kit during orientation, I won't forget the douchiness during subsequent interactions. If--for an entire year--you stomped all over the floor in the room above me, that's how I'll remember you. When my first four encounters with you all involve discussing your drunken rampages, I will forever consider you less than classy.
This is why I don't like people sometimes. They weren't impressive the first time, and it'll take a lot for them to move up in my book.
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I'm totally the same way, though I'm trying not to be, because I think my first impressions are often not exactly right. Except when they are.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry I described you as Alisha's friend with hair during the initial stages of our interaction.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry I remembered you as Alisha's friend with hair during the initial stages of our interaction.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry I remembered you as Alisha's friends with hair during several stages of our interaction.
ReplyDeleteAlisha must make a good first impression :P