Why Are People So Stubborn

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Why are people so stubborn like donkies and mules. I'm sure you all have seen my post about the "Being Ignored". okay thats about stubborn people too http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt99095.html . But In my class one of my books got stolen. a math book and it had a cd in it ad it costs $85. I was upset. i went to tell the bookstore and they gave me the barcode to my book so I could check it for myself. i ask my teacher can I check it and she said yes. And she told everyone to take out their books. I went around to check. A lot of people were upset because they felt i was "ACCUSING" them of taking my book. i was not, I was just checking. Mst people let me see their books, but i had to pull it out of their asses. Then some didnt even let me see it. All those people who didnt let me see it were Girls. The girls took it ofensive tjhat I just wanted to see the barcode on the back of their books to see if it was mine.
If most people didnt have my book, why were they so stubborn?
Eventually someone from the class turned my book in a couple days ago, but when I was looking for it, it was like 6 months ago. I stole someone elses book but later put it back in the class (and that book was unattended in the back of the room) thats why i had stopped looking. But I told my mom and she said I was being

"ACCUSATORY"....how is that accusatory? its not. Its just like saying if a woman got killed then having her husband as a possible suspect is accusatory. That comment is totaly rediculous.

People are so stubborn, when u ask them to scratch you back they dont. But its so easy to do. People are so stubborn. But back to the book thing. I dont understand how thats accusatory. Accusatory is.

"YOU TOOK MY BOOK, GIMME IT"........i swear people have serious problems.
What you guys think about this book thing and being accusatory?

I guess they want to feel special, so when you treat everyone the same, they take offence to that. It's not accusatory at all! It's being cautious and smart. And as we all know, people do not like smart people.

Probably they were upset and offended because all but one of the people (who probably left the book at home anyway) knew it wasn't them, and thus felt mocked or put out in some way by your insistence on checking every book. To me this seems clear...maybe it seemed to them that you weren't being very friendly or particularly charming and therefore didn't deserve to look at their books; after all, they each paid $85 for their books as well, so why shouldn't they feel equally suspicious of you? Probably if someone wanted to know if I stole their book I'd say "No, I didn't steal it...feel free to check the barcode if you want" -- if the person was likable; if they were not, I would say "No, I didn't steal it...but I don't feel like showing you the barcode."

Actually the books are free. We use ID to check them out. But its $85 to recover