{"id":4315,"date":"2009-05-22T19:29:20","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T23:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglicansamizdat.wordpress.com\/?p=4315"},"modified":"2009-05-22T19:29:20","modified_gmt":"2009-05-22T23:29:20","slug":"how-to-upset-someone-with-a-greeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/how-to-upset-someone-with-a-greeting\/","title":{"rendered":"How to upset someone with a greeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of us have to work to offend; for others it\u2019s as easy as a brief \u201chello\u201d<\/a>:<\/p>\n

When the landlady of my Toronto apartment building said an outraged neighbour had filed a complaint about me over an apparently inappropriate hallway interaction with his wife, my mind raced through the countless conversations I’ve had with fellow tenants, none of which seemed a possible source of offence.<\/p>\n

It turns out, it wasn’t a salacious transaction that had caused the complaint, but rather a neighbourly and — to me — entirely forgettable greeting, little more than a brief “good morning” as I passed my neighbours on the way to work.<\/p>\n

Still, it was enough of an affront for the man — once a doctor somewhere in the Middle East, my landlady clarified — to feel I had broken a cultural taboo. The incident started an awkward feud which has involved warnings not to repeat my indiscretion and one face-to-face shouting match, which included allusions to my impending death.<\/p>\n

I expect the battle will wage on, as we appear to be stuck at an impasse.<\/p>\n

His Muslim upbringing has ingrained in him a sense of entitlement to demand I not speak directly to his wife; and my prairie upbringing has ingrained in me a duty to strive for polite cohesion with my neighbours.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is a rather disgusting example of a person being treated like a piece of property – something that does not belong in a civilised nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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