snub |snəb| verb ---rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully

in my opinion, it doesn't matter who you are, where you are, what your situation is or anything. to ignore someone is completely rude. whether you are trying to ignore someone on the side of the street, an employee or customer at the store, a friend that you are mad at, or if you are just busy having fun. anyway you ignore someone, it hurts them. and when you take time to think about it, you don't like being ignored either. how many times have you tried calling someone and said this: "answer your phone! what is the point of having a cellphone if you aren't going to freaking answer it?!?" yep-i've been there, done that. irritates the piss outta ya doesn't it? think about when you do it to other people. makes them angry too. or how about its an emergency, and you just need someone that wont answer phone/text? you feel hurt and neglected usually, right? or how about when you just simply want to have a chat with someone-and they are short with you, and then just stop talking? its no fun. and when you turn the tables and YOU ignore someone, think about it. all the feelings you have when its done to you-is how they feel 9 times out of 10 when you do it to them. now i realize often times people are genuinely busy, but how hard is it to shoot that person a text and say "hey, im busy ill call/text you back" or if you flat out don't want to talk to them just say "look, i really don't feel like talking right now." granted, the latter of the two phrases still hurts, but i think it hurts less than ignoring them. why leave people hanging? just end the conversation if you want it to be over. i'm just tired of seeing people, myself included, being ignored and doing the ignoring. its rude and hurtful. plain and simple.