The Silent Treatment
You send a text and get no response. You submit a request for customer service and hear nothing back. Frustrating. Infuriating. Maddening. Silence communicates volumes. It says, You're not worth my time. You're not important enough to respond to. I have better things to do, more important tasks to take care of. It's happened enough to me that I've come to terms with the fact that some people just don't care. Sometimes silence might be understandable. I really don't expect to hear back from important people. If I write a letter to the CEO of a company, I don't hold out much hope for a response. When I attend a professional sporting event, I don't expect my favorite athlete to come over to me and personally thank me for attending. I live under the assumption that rich and famous people don't have time for insignificant people like me. We live in a world of uncaring people who ignore us and important people who have no time for us. This truth hurt...