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The Patroniser tends to be rigid in his outlook. Often, the opinions held have been developed early in life and have not been checked against reality since. Patronisers can be a bit old-fashioned and are part of that group of people who still think that the microchip is a by-product of the recession for potato farmers.

Patronisers are so sure of their opinions that they tend to deliver sermons rather than enter into a dialogue with others. Patronisers are also not aware that they are hurting other people’s feelings (‘It’s only for your own good!’) when they are so harshly criticising them, and that makes them unpopular because people either dislike or fear them.