I don't understand this kind of response

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I was at university yesterday headed up to the library and I was in the elevator. I happened to run into a girl who had the new iphone 6. I asked about what was better about it and she said it was the same only the camera quality was better. Then she told me that she had the 4 before that.

So I told her that I was looking at getting myself the 4 since the price had really come down a lot. Rather than continue the conversation she responded with what appeared to be a very disgusted tone and walked off.

She gave me a "Uh....," and then walk off.

I don't know why she responded like that. She seemed nice at first and admitted to having the iphone 4 herself. So I don't know why she was so upset about that.

Could be any number of reasons why she flounced off disgusted. She might be a snob about keeping up with the latest, and now that she has the latest phone, she thinks less of someone who says they plan to get the older model. In that case, she is just a shallow, rude person with poor priorities. Anyone who loses patience or reacts with disgust to someone about what phone model they have is a very silly person.

Or, it could be that she was in a hurry, and your additional remark about your thinking of getting the 4 now anyway constituted a more prolonged conversation than she was willing to have, and she expressed impatience and "Uhhg" because -- again -- she's a rude person who couldn't just say "Oh, right, yep. Well gotta go."

Either way, she doesn't sound like a nice person. Anyone who goes "ugh" in a disgusted way at someone who is just making a polite remark or response is not being very nice. Even if she was in a hurry, that's not the way to express that she thinks you were talking on too long.

Frankly, she's not worth your time.

She's a caricature, really.

People who are that shallow and vacuous deserved to viciously ridiculed and mocked.

Believe me I would love to get the 6. If I did I would have to save up by setting enough money to the side just to buy one. Then most of the plans that come with it are out of site. I think started out with the 4 would be okay. I know lots of people who still have theirs.

I was just really surprised at her response. I thought it was weurd because she seemed to nice until I mentioned how cheap the 4S is. Most smart college students love things that are cheap, go on sale, or are freebies. I would have thought she would have understood where I was coming from.

Some other women just seem too shallow. It sounds like she didn't want to have a conversation about it or she doesn't want to sell it. If a male asked you about the phone, maybe he wouldn't be that shallow to you compared to someone of the same gender.

To play devil's advocate, it is possible that she thought you were looking down on her for spending her money frivolously. She may have thought you were criticizing her. I've found people often react that way when I say something that I think is simply a fact. People tend to personalize for some reason. But yeah, she shouldn't have flounced.

I would have never thought about her possibly taking things the wrong way by thinking that she had a spending problem. No way. I was actually happy that she was able to afford that luxury.

I was trying to tell her that I would like to give the iPhone a try since I already own some other apple products and have a love for them.

I did not know that she was going to be such a brat about it.

Lol You never know what other people are thinking.

Am I the only one who doesn't think she was being snobbish? You might have misinterpreted her response. I dunno. I wasn't there.

Last edited by ReticentJaeger on 01 Oct 2014, 7:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Is this someone you knew beforehand, or someone you met just then? Initiating a conversation is always risky simply because you may be talking to someone who doesn't want to talk to you. NT's will not say, "I'd rather not talk right now" because that's too rude, but sometimes things like what you experienced will happen.

To MacGyverAspie, I don't think we have to make this about males or females. Both genders can be shallow brats about things. Her not-nice demeanor is something boys and men have their own way of enacting also, so lets not make this about "females are shallow."

There are plenty of men, too, who are snobs about gear and gadgets, musical gear, etc and they are s**ts about it to each other.

No I happened to see her holding the iphone 6 and confirmed it with her. She was also a random person who I ran into on the elevator. Before I said anything about the 4 being so cheap I did not pick up any level of phony behavior. It was when I said something that she made the noise.

As for shallow people I have run into guys who are superficial. One of them was at a convention that I attended at the end of Aug. I was standing outside one of the host hotels and happened to run into a guy who had appearing to hang outside. I said hello and he said hello.

He asked if me I smoked and I said no. He then said "Well I guess I am just going to walk away then." He paced around for a little while before smiling at me and said "You have a good evening ma'am" before venturing off. Even saying no was all it took.

I agree. In addition to the possibility that she thought you were calling her wasteful for purchasing the 6, as mentioned by a few others, it's also possible she thought you were looking down on her for her old phone by calling the 4 "so cheap." She might not have realized you were just saying that you could afford it, and instead maybe she thought you were saying it was cheap in a bad way.

I wanted to tell her that but she mad the disgusted noise and moved away. I was hoping to tell her why but she moved away too fast.