evil was a substitution for something along the lines of a-hole, also I think they actively want to bother me so telling them that would just be rewarding for them and they would probably do the fake sympathy/patronizing thing they always do. an example of this would be: standing up, waving, and saying “Hi <full name>“ in this totally fake way which they don’t do to anyone other than the people they want to annoy/single out. They do this to pretty much everyone in my general friend group too. I wish people thought compassionately and logically but sadly many don’t.