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Originally Posted by doubleshuffle
Well, Maxine is rather busy with the case she's on, so all those people would get on her nerves just by being there - not because of any kind of condescension on her part, but simply because she has no time and energy to spare for them at the moment. For her it's a mass of people she can't deal with right now, and her feeling of being overwhelmed is brilliantly conveyed by the long, cluttered, overwhelming sentence.
And back to the disdain and condescension: Have people never gotten on your nerves when you were busy with other things? Didn't the stuff they thought so important feel silly to you? If not, you're a much better person than I am (and than most people I know.)
And last but not least: Do you seriously like people who force their holiday stories on you? Honest to god? Then you're a saint, I guess, and too good for a Thomas Pynchon novel (or any kind of satirical writing, really).
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As I said, the sentence taken out of context was unappealing to me. Never actually had anyone force their holiday stories on me that I can recall.
As to people bothering me with their problems, happens all the time. Sometimes I listen and sometimes I go lalalala (in my head
) I can't hear you. Probably I do the same to them with my problems on occasion. Not something I have found myself dwelling on though.
Sorry for not understanding poor Maxine's life problems better.
Helen