2553  Etiquette: Don't get mad - try laughter

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:29:55 -0700
From: Trini or Sean - PATangoS <patangos@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Etiquette: Don't get mad - try laughter

--- Western Larch <larix_occidentalis@YAHOO.COM>
wrote:

> My pet peeve: guys who teach at the milonga.

> It steams me so much to witness this. I've yet
> to say anything to the perpetrators, mostly b/c
> I can't think of something polite to say. "Listen
> you dork, cut that shit out" would make me feel
> really good but it won't fix the problem.

I can one-up you on this dork's ego trip. At a
milonga recently, a woman asked a leader (with about
the same amount of experience) for a dance. He
egotistically replied that he already had a line of
women waiting to dance with him.

The funny part is that he is not the good dancer that
he believes he is, and several good followers that he
tries to impress are not interested in dancing with
him. He became the butt of many jokes of the evening.

The lesson - don't get mad, start laughing at the dork
and help his victim feel better about herself.




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