You will never never know me… so the song goes.
But seriously, when you don’t know someone, please don’t go slagging them off in public. I had it happen to a friend and I’m quite unimpressed by the slagger. You don’t go up on a public stage and tell the world “Hey, I only just met Mr. R but I think he’s a pompous prig because he didn’t talk and laugh with me when the 3 people sitting with me did; nevermind that I did not introduce myself to him, nor was I sitting anywhere near him. In fact, I was sitting right at the other end of the table, but Mr. R should have come over to say hello!”
First of all, I was there and I saw what happened. This person came up to Mr. R and said “Hi! You must be Mr. R” and Mr. R smiled at them and said “Hello” and he was then whisked away to meet other people. The next time that person saw Mr. R was at the meal where there were 20 people present at a long table and Mr. R was sitting on one end while this person was at another.
When Mr. R heard about it, I could see that he was slightly offended at this thoughtless public degradation. But he just put on a smile and said it came with the territory of being well-known. I salute that.
I don’t know if I could ever be as forgiving!