Cool Customer

[merid]

Random thought.

Do you find that a lot of people dislike you because you are too 'cool?' Not cool as in stylish but as a temperment.

Or is it the other way round and people dislike you because of an anger problem?

[Taberculosis]

I don't find that a lot of people dislike me.....

Just Kidding.

People dislike me when I tell them what I really think (usually after some quantities of alcohol). And when you piss off one person, it's a whole chain reaction of people who are also pissed at you.

[merid]

Ok maybe not people just disliking you, but generally there is an aura of coolness, not aloof, just calm. When people are stressed, they get irritated that I am not stressed.

[colmdubh]

Possibly because by being 'cool' some people tend to think of it as me being apathetic. In a lot of cases that is true though. I'm not very social and some people think I dislike them but I wouldn't say people dislike me because I'm laid-back

[thod]

Cool can mean autistic too.

[Motor Jax]

imma pretty cool guy

i usually get the "you are the coolest, laid back person i've met" response

but there are times people push my buttons, but i hardly show them how i truly feel

[malefide]

Sometimes when other people are overreacting or stressing out about something I have a tendency to stay calm...maybe they're perceiving this as apathy. It's not always apathy (though sometimes it is)...I just don't have a habit of flying into a state of neurosis over small events...

[enfpchick]

I must be different from other people. When someone is cool in temperament i just want to get to know them better and make them "warm". ;)

Thats probably I get along with sooo many INTJs. You guys are a challenge that must be conquered.

[onlyparallel]

I find that if someone dislikes me it's because most of the time I'm very cool, but if you rub me the wrong way I pretty much explode in fire. So people need to learn where they can't push me, and if they don't they end up disliking me.

[brettsnyder]

In my experience, I've met many people who really disliked me for my "coolness", but it seems that as far as the people who do like me are concerned, it is actually a large factor for why they like me. So people both dislike and like me for it. More people have disliked me than liked me, but I actually haven't come across many people who don't really react to it in any way, positive or negative.

[sriv]

I have similar experiences. People think that I am very laid back and I am, but they ALWAYS underestimate me when I get competitive. :cool:
There are only a few people wise enough to realize this before they get crushed by me from their own overconfidence.

[vad1981]

Yep I get that a lot, some poeple think i'm too aloof, too laid back

At the same time I can get very worked up and stressed out over something, its hard to find a balance.

[BlackHawk]

If people don't like me, it's because:
1) They are jealous because I am better than them in academics
2) I hurt their feelings with my bluntness

[Pinkie]

Yeah. The main reason people dislike me is because they think I'm cold and stuck-up. One of my friends told me that the first time he'd ever seen me I was sitting in our tutor's office looking like I thought it was a waste of my time and that I was too good to be there. Which is odd, because at that point in time what I was actually thinking was 'I hate this university and I want to go home'. So it's good to see that I don't always show what I'm feeling ^__^