Whats the rub with a snub?
By Jessie Milligan NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE December 22, 2005 They stride right past you. They look right through you. People Who Pretend Not to See You are the most frustrating people in the world. So now, in this season of giving, we take a look at people who won’t give you so much as a glance, and we turn to a few experts to help understand the meaning of snubs, real and imagined. Problem: You stand in line at a store in a boiling puddle of your own frustration while a shop clerk helps the man in front of you and then the man behind you. Tinny Christmas music plays loudly. Children cry. The clerk finally discovers you are not invisible. “Happy Holidays,” you say happily to the clerk after the transaction is complete. You congratulate yourself for being able to rise above what may have been an intended snub. The clerk does not respond. Your analysis: You guess the clerk thinks all women in line are with the man in front of them or the man behind them. You also guess that she is in
