[babyblueblanket]

I have a co-worker who I would described as mildly happy at all times and doesn't care about societal norms/ranking, but I never interpreted them to consider themselves superior to me. This doesn't jive with my understanding of mildly happy people.

[mikem170]

That makes sense. But it also makes sense that someone else might look at that same person you know and think to themselves "look at them, doing their own thing, they must think they are special, how arrogant!"

Guessing what's going on in someone elses head can be pretty subjective. Sometimes it's the person looking who jumps to conclusions.