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I've had a few incidents recently that really set me off. Since I can't (or don't want to) pay for an analyst, I evaluated my temperament, and the different triggers.
Drivers in traffic on cell phones/texting/reading.
A few years ago, LOML was stopped at a red light and some guy behind her rolled into her car...he was reading the paper. We have a great freeway system here with inside lanes that get slowed down and invariably there is someone with a phone propped up against their ear. This endangers the whole flow.
A loud mouth jerk standing in line at a store.
For whatever reason somebody gets real stupid, or real brave, I find that offensive.
Customer service on the telephone.
No matter what it's for, the menus, the waiting, the getting transferred, getting disconnected, the lies, and a lack of resolution.
Controlling children.
My wife and I really enjoy going out to dinner at a real nice restaurant (the ones with cloth napkins). To sit near a table that the children are allowed to shout, scream and run around ticks me off. On several occasions have asked to be moved to a different table.
Sitting in a doctors waiting room way too long.
I can understand delays. If I can manage to keep appointments, why can't others.
Getting shot at.
Anger isn't supposed to be figured into this dilemma (military), but it's hard to rule out the possibility of getting dead. So, shoot back. Fortunately it's been a long while.
Making a woodworking mistake.
Some of those stupid ones get me going. Have I thrown stuff across the shop? Have I smashed it to the floor and stomped it to smithereens? Oh yeah. That's a tough one to control. I just can't stand still and say: "Oh gee whizz, it's wrong".
While the anger can be instantaneous, the coming down from it may take a while. For those of us with high blood pressure, it's not a good thing. Maybe as we get older our tolerance level drops.
So, what makes you mad?
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Drivers in traffic on cell phones/texting/reading.
A few years ago, LOML was stopped at a red light and some guy behind her rolled into her car...he was reading the paper. We have a great freeway system here with inside lanes that get slowed down and invariably there is someone with a phone propped up against their ear. This endangers the whole flow.
A loud mouth jerk standing in line at a store.
For whatever reason somebody gets real stupid, or real brave, I find that offensive.
Customer service on the telephone.
No matter what it's for, the menus, the waiting, the getting transferred, getting disconnected, the lies, and a lack of resolution.
Controlling children.
My wife and I really enjoy going out to dinner at a real nice restaurant (the ones with cloth napkins). To sit near a table that the children are allowed to shout, scream and run around ticks me off. On several occasions have asked to be moved to a different table.
Sitting in a doctors waiting room way too long.
I can understand delays. If I can manage to keep appointments, why can't others.
Getting shot at.
Anger isn't supposed to be figured into this dilemma (military), but it's hard to rule out the possibility of getting dead. So, shoot back. Fortunately it's been a long while.
Making a woodworking mistake.
Some of those stupid ones get me going. Have I thrown stuff across the shop? Have I smashed it to the floor and stomped it to smithereens? Oh yeah. That's a tough one to control. I just can't stand still and say: "Oh gee whizz, it's wrong".
While the anger can be instantaneous, the coming down from it may take a while. For those of us with high blood pressure, it's not a good thing. Maybe as we get older our tolerance level drops.
So, what makes you mad?
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