Being a quiet person does not make you a rude person. That is a simple fact of life, and we are not made all equal, we are different in some ways. Some people are outgoing and love to talk to everyone around them. Some people prefer to just sit in the back and listen to what is going on around them. Just because you are quiet doesn’t make you a bad person, and it doesn’t make you a rude person either.

A quiet person just doesn’t like it when people get in their face sometimes. Sometimes there is a trust issue with people, and the less that others know about them the better the chances are that there isn’t going to be a big problem later on down the road. That is perfectly acceptable, and there is no reason why people shouldn’t be allowed to do whatever they want.

I think a lot of it has to do with how people who are outgoing just assume that everyone should want to talk to people. We tend to force our world view on people, and the results tend to be a little awkward. We end up thinking that people who don’t talk to us are doing so because they just don’t want to talk to us. They might take it personal, and they might think that a quiet person is just being rude.

I remember sitting in the break room at work once, and there was this girl who didn’t like to talk. I think my boss went on for about ten minutes trying to get this girl to talk. It was kind of funny seeing him sitting there trying to engage this girl in conversation. She didn’t want to talk and there was nothing wrong with that.

After a few minutes I think my boss got the hint and just stopped trying. He then gave me a funny look as if he was kind of puzzled that she wouldn’t talk to him. He thought she was just being too paranoid by not talking, but it was just her way, and she didn’t want to talk. I think work is the last place to make people feel uncomfortable, and to be accused of rudeness simply by not talking.

Quiet people are people too, just not as outspoken as some. While I will agree that some people need to learn how to speak up, there is nothing wrong with being quiet. Quiet does not equal rude, it just means that you don’t want to talk. There is nothing wrong with not wanting to share your whole life with the rest of the world.