A morning rant:
Probably not my favorite moment of RE BarCamp Denver (#rebcden) but it certainly was the most memorable. Thirty minutes into a presentation, a real estate agent took a call during a presentation and then continued on with the call for half a minute at an audibly unacceptable level. The speaker bravely avoided acknowledgment of her diva act. Finally, a gentleman sitting close by, asked her “to have a little respect for the speaker” and to stop the call. She packed up her shit, walked to the aisle, spun around and muttered “Asshole”. When she left, a half dozen people thanked him.
It led me to think about the differences in boundaries that people have. She obviously has no boundaries, she’s just a rude piece of shit. His boundaries gave him the green light to confront her, as the rest of us, stunned this imbecile had the nerve to conduct a call in the middle of a presentation, sat silent. Our boundaries hadn’t been broached, they’d been dulled by the shocking nature of what was developing.
Boundaries are a nurture thing. They are shaped by friends & family growing up. How do they get checked when we’re all grown up? By society? Peers? When & how did this woman come to believe this behavior was acceptable?
Finally, why was she at RE BarCamp Denver?
