As a foreign worker in Singapore, he explained, he was used to being ignored by the locals.
The Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) said it was being ignored by some individuals.
Among their grievances is the closure of their gallery - and a sense of being ignored.
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Yet student visitor visas aren't included - and growing abuse in that category is being ignored.
About to visit "ground zero" for himself, Sir John says London's security is not being ignored.
While Dr Zuma pursues a dubious quest for a cheap cure, prevention is being ignored.
It means, he says, that Edinburgh's transport, labour, and housing problems are being ignored.
We therefore have a situation in which a major cause of the lackluster recovery is being ignored.
Steve Mackenzie, chief executive of the council, said he was disturbed that warning signs were being ignored.
But Mark Simmonds, a Kent representative of the FBU, said it could mean genuine emergency calls being ignored.
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Putin, and indeed much of the Russian leadership, largely feels it is being ignored by the West again.
It might be tough to go from getting attention and self-worth for your youthful looks to being ignored.
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The judge also agreed that Mr Harlock had suffered stress and mental illness from his concerns being ignored.
"More research is needed in this area where a potentially very large problem is being ignored, " said Elwood.
"Everything excluded from the net migration measure is being ignored - even if it causes serious problems, " she said.
At a time when many Europeans fret about being ignored in the world, this would be an historic mistake.
Some Ipswich parents say the proposed sale shortchanges the schools, and argue that Mr. Payne's dying wishes are being ignored.
The resulting lack of information seems to have led to the true value of many ecosystems being ignored or underestimated.
Even low hanging fruit is being ignored, I suppose, because one side or the other needs it for future bargaining chips.
But that is unlikely to assuage westerners' gripes about being ignored by Ottawa, nor break the Conservative ascendancy west of the Prairies.
After spending their lives in the inner city being ignored by society, even the attention of the drill instructor is better than nothing.
Greenpeace, WWF and Kimayev's group withdrew from consultations with Olympic officials last year, saying their ideas for mitigating the damage were being ignored.
Thein Sein is not the commander-in-chief of the Burmese military, and it is possible his ceasefire orders are being ignored by the generals.
However, there have been repeated concerns that this is being ignored and police said they were keen to take action to tackle the issue.
It is likely Mr Boehner is acting under pressure from his own Republican colleagues, who are sensitive to any suggestion they are being ignored.
So, who are the missing players whose needs are being ignored?
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Most people lash out when they feel they are being ignored.
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Dr Sherwood Rowland, who won a Nobel Prize for his studies of atmospheric ozone, said the consensus of scientific opinion on climate change was being ignored.
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Unneeded surgery "is an enormous scandal, white-coat crime as far as I am concerned, and it is just being ignored, " says Charles Inlander of the consumer group People's Medical Society.
Others cited bullying in the form of teachers being given impossibly long lists of tasks to do, or impossibly tight deadlines, denigrated in staff meetings - or simply being ignored.
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