What to do with someone who is mean/rude to you without you doing anything to them?

Smother him with kindness. If he continues to be a douche, confront him when nobody else is around and ask if you "did something to upset him."

he doesn't like you. tough for him. kids are mean, that sort of thing won't happen as much when you get older. in the meantime, i would try to give him a little space.

Nah that's not going to work. Be a dick back to him and eventually you'll get into an argument and things will be better after.

I see a few options

1) Avoid the person as much as possible

2) Ignore the person as best you can

3) Ask the person what the deal is.

I had a woman who was a junior staffer on a team (we were from separate departments and had not met before). She had some burr under her saddled about me from the start. Finally asked what was up. She told me that I reminded her of a boyfriend who had done her wrong. She admitted it was not fair. We got along well after that.

buy a gun. and use it

Naw poison is the ticket, much more sophisticated and harder to pin on someone.

Honestly, you could just say, "WTF is your problem?" and say it in a way like it doesn't bother you. This brings attention to their behavior, makes them feel and look like an ass especially if they keep doing it, and it doesn't make you look bad at all. I confronted a teammate once on his attitude problem and we actually ended up being pretty good friends. I mean, life isn't always a Disney channel original movie, but even if you two never get along, confronting the person will likely put an end to it. If it gets worse, your other friends (if their any friends at all) will step in.

just my advice.

If you are talking to joe and sam and sam is the one being rude, the next time he makes a comment, just say (with a smile) oh, fu%& off sam, I was talking to joe. Repeat until he gets the message. If that doesn't work, see Whilrwind!!

Look kid, life's too short. There's over 6 billion human beings on this planet right now. Six billion. Sure, probably like 90% are a$sholes, but that still leaves 600 million decent ones. 600 million decent people out there and you're concerning yourself with what to do about this one d-bag?!?

Just ignore him. Don't go out of your way to avoid him, but when he's around, you don't see him. When he speaks, you don't hear him. It's really that simple. You don't have to be a d!ck about it, just ignore him. Besides, it's not like you'd be missing out on anything, he only talks to you to be insulting/rude.

Life's too short to spend your time worrying about d-bags and drama queens. Find a few of the 600 million decent people, stick with them and ignore the rest.

Everyone brings something to the table. Figure out what it is about him people like or what he has to offer and make it work in your favor.

shit in his compression socks