In conversation with someone who forms part of a committee I sit on I asked some questions. These questions should be generally available information to the members of the organisation and I wanted to know the answers. He dithered about answering until I insisted, at which point he said that I wasn't going to like this but he didn't want to tell me as he didn't think I could keep it to myself. This comes on the back of telling other people on the same committee that I am unduly influenced by several members of the organisation who are not on the committee.
Someone came into the space we were working in so I continued helping him with a wee job that he couldn't do on his own and didn't say anything much further (other than letting him know in no uncertain terms that I can absolutely keep my own counsel and requesting the information which he reluctantly gave an incorrect untruthful answer to).
The next day I wrote an email expressing my dismay and hurt at his comments and requesting an apology.
The response came almost a week later and basically said that his comments to me are his opinion and he doesn't have to apologise for that, and that he wasn't responsible for anything else I may have heard so he wouldn't apologise for that either.
AIBU to think that if you cause distress or hurt to someone by making personal attacks on their integrity and independence of thought then you should at least apologise for the hurt? Especially if you have to work together on a committee? Or am I just being precious?
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thiskiwicanfly · 25/05/2015 00:06
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