Otherwise known as 'raining on my parade'
August 11, 2009 8:42 AM Subscribe
How do you handle someone who tries to steal your thunder?
Just looking for some examples and how you handled it/didn't handle it and wish you had. Perhaps some insight into how someone gets like that. Thanks.
Just looking for some examples and how you handled it/didn't handle it and wish you had. Perhaps some insight into how someone gets like that. Thanks.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, without a lot more specific info about what you're running into or what specific sort of situations you're trying to resolve and how/why, this is way too broad and falls into the chatfilter bucket. -- cortex
Don't make your thundery noises when they are around.
posted by Solomon at 8:44 AM on August 11, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by Solomon at 8:44 AM on August 11, 2009 [2 favorites]
If by "stealing thunder" you mean someone who is trying to be negative about something you're exited about I usually say, "Why are you peeing in my pool?" It has often snapped people right out of it.
posted by Kimberly at 8:46 AM on August 11, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Kimberly at 8:46 AM on August 11, 2009 [1 favorite]
Yes, a bit more explaining. I for one don't think of "stealing my thunder" and "raining on my parade" as equivalent.
posted by mikepop at 8:46 AM on August 11, 2009
posted by mikepop at 8:46 AM on August 11, 2009
Response by poster: Occasionally, I run into these people and however excited and/or hopeful you might be, they feel the need to squash that by putting their two cents in. Power play, I'm assuming?
posted by bunny hugger at 8:46 AM on August 11, 2009
posted by bunny hugger at 8:46 AM on August 11, 2009
Response by poster: Also, they might not even realize they're doing it. Still anoying, though. How do you handle someone like this?
posted by bunny hugger at 8:50 AM on August 11, 2009
posted by bunny hugger at 8:50 AM on August 11, 2009
Don't yuk my yum, chum.
posted by bz at 8:50 AM on August 11, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by bz at 8:50 AM on August 11, 2009 [1 favorite]
To "steal someone's thunder" means to beat them to the punch with exciting news—to upstage them. What you're talking about is a different animal altogether. There, I peed in your pool.
To answer your question, though, you just ignore them.
posted by bricoleur at 8:51 AM on August 11, 2009
To answer your question, though, you just ignore them.
posted by bricoleur at 8:51 AM on August 11, 2009
1. This is chatfilter.
2. Don't worry about it. Try not to constantly compete with everyone around you. People who do that are irritating.
posted by fritley at 8:51 AM on August 11, 2009
2. Don't worry about it. Try not to constantly compete with everyone around you. People who do that are irritating.
posted by fritley at 8:51 AM on August 11, 2009
Honestly, this is starting to sound like it might be a communication issue on your end.
Seriously, you need to give more than a two sentence comment for what's going on here, giving as specific example as you can from a situation that occurred.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:54 AM on August 11, 2009
Seriously, you need to give more than a two sentence comment for what's going on here, giving as specific example as you can from a situation that occurred.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:54 AM on August 11, 2009
Maybe you're getting excited about stupid stuff, and even though you may find the odd twists and turns of your life incredibly fascinating and exciting, the fact is, your life is just like everyone else's - mundane and predictable.
Like that? Because that's not stealing your thunder, it's just being negative.
posted by billysumday at 8:54 AM on August 11, 2009
Like that? Because that's not stealing your thunder, it's just being negative.
posted by billysumday at 8:54 AM on August 11, 2009
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posted by CunningLinguist at 8:43 AM on August 11, 2009