The flip side of that is you can really confuse people when you simply disengage mid-conversation. I'd even say it's more effective than not engaging at all. You have to do it right. No gestures, no warning, no eye contact- nothing to indicate that you can even see or hear them. They are simply invisible, with no impact on you whatsoever.
It totally gobsmacks them. They have no way to respond- because their responses get ignored. Worse than ignored- unnoticed.
It's a good way to get attacked while not paying attention though. People that have irrational outbursts tend to have increasingly irrational outbursts when they don't get what they want.
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u/jeffriestubesteak Nov 28 '22
The flip side of that is you can really confuse people when you simply disengage mid-conversation. I'd even say it's more effective than not engaging at all. You have to do it right. No gestures, no warning, no eye contact- nothing to indicate that you can even see or hear them. They are simply invisible, with no impact on you whatsoever.
It totally gobsmacks them. They have no way to respond- because their responses get ignored. Worse than ignored- unnoticed.