Behaviors That Make You Seem Like A Condescending Jerk

Complaining. Bragging. Saying “natch” instead of naturally. There’s a long list of irritating behaviors. But there is perhaps none that can boil the blood faster than condescension. Talking down to someone immediately makes a person seem arrogant and, frankly, assholish. Even if it’s unintentional, patronizing or condescending behavior just has a way of setting off our internal triggers like no other because it can make us feel silly or inferior and it seems intentional.
“When someone demonstrates a pattern of condescension, it’s showing a need for power, to keep people feeling small so they feel bigger,” says Joni Siani, a communications and media professor at Manhattanville College. “It stems from that person’s insecurity.”
9 Behaviors That Make You Seem Like A Condescending Jerk