http://metachat.org/index.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:38:19 +0000 c502011@http://metachat.org For me it was the data architect who scheduled 4 hours of meetings in such a manner as to deny me a lunch hour. That said, I'm paid to be here, so I defer to your supermonster. http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/09/03/so_who_annoyed_who_today#c502011 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:15:59 +0000 c502021@http://metachat.org For me it was the publishing intern. I trained her in a couple of systems on my computer, cos she didn't have the programs on hers yet, and she wouldn't get off the computer at all. I couldn't get any work done, the day was a write off, and if I'd known I would have taken today off as carers leave to take care of my mother who just got out of hospital. http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/09/03/so_who_annoyed_who_today#c502021 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:14:39 +0000 c502032@http://metachat.org I used to get really stressed in slow supermarket queues. These days I'm only moderately stressed. This helps me, though it may just seem stupid... The stoic philosophers reckoned that virtues have to be built up slowly, gradually and with effort, just like building muscles in a gym. When in a slow supermarket queue, try to think of it as an opportunity to do a bunch of reps for building up your Muscles of Patience. Try to visualize your irritation as a heavy bar-bell, and imagine lifting it up until the frustration is gone.
The stoic philosophers reckoned that virtues have to be built up slowly, gradually and with effort, just like building muscles in a gym.

When in a slow supermarket queue, try to think of it as an opportunity to do a bunch of reps for building up your Muscles of Patience. Try to visualize your irritation as a heavy bar-bell, and imagine lifting it up until the frustration is gone.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/09/03/so_who_annoyed_who_today#c502032 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:23:35 +0000 c502033@http://metachat.org See, I just usually stab whomever it is that's bugging the shit our of me. Then I usually feel much better. http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/09/03/so_who_annoyed_who_today#c502033 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:46:35 +0000 c502035@http://metachat.org i usually whip out my iphone in this situation, or am likely listening to something interesting on my ipod anyway. http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/09/03/so_who_annoyed_who_today#c502035 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:11:58 +0000 c502038@http://metachat.org ... scheduled 4 hours of meetings in such a manner as to deny me a lunch hour This was my day today - six back-to-back meetings from 9 am to 3 pm. Considering that I did it to myself, I guess I annoyed me. I felt like stabbing myself by about half-way through. ... scheduled 4 hours of meetings in such a manner as to deny me a lunch hour
This was my day today - six back-to-back meetings from 9 am to 3 pm. Considering that I did it to myself, I guess I annoyed me. I felt like stabbing myself by about half-way through.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/09/03/so_who_annoyed_who_today#c502038 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:46:53 +0000 c502098@http://metachat.org A woman in a black prelude that kept playing leapfrog with me on the interstate got pulled by a sheriff in a speed trap. BD http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/09/03/so_who_annoyed_who_today#c502098 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:48:51 +0000 c502109@http://metachat.org A warning sign I put together a while back... Danger: Psychohazard
Danger: Psychohazard]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/09/03/so_who_annoyed_who_today#c502109 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:09:53 +0000 c502125@http://metachat.org expensive zip code Hey, I live in a Forbes magazine-level exorbitant zip code. (In a tiny rented apartment that's more or less the garage of the oldest and most run-down house on the street -- inherited by my retired mechanic landlord from his parents, who bought it in something like 1928. My kitchen is smaller than nearly everyone's bathroom, and I don't have a bathtub.) I think I behave reasonably well in grocery queues, but I get a tad defensive when people make certain assumptions based on my address. expensive zip code

Hey, I live in a Forbes magazine-level exorbitant zip code. (In a tiny rented apartment that's more or less the garage of the oldest and most run-down house on the street -- inherited by my retired mechanic landlord from his parents, who bought it in something like 1928. My kitchen is smaller than nearly everyone's bathroom, and I don't have a bathtub.)

I think I behave reasonably well in grocery queues, but I get a tad defensive when people make certain assumptions based on my address.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/09/03/so_who_annoyed_who_today#c502125 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:20:25 +0000 c502129@http://metachat.org It wasn't the zip code or knock-headed weighing items at the cashier that made her my own personal 2-minute hate, it was that she left her cart, half-full of discarded items, in the middle of a VERY busy floor, where everyone, customers and employees were working to clear it out and bus carts , or just move them out of the way. A huge jack-knifed half-full cart right damn in the middle of a busy 4-line floor when you've just spent a good while complaining that you actually have to "LIFT" and "CARRY" your perishables in another bag just,well, it just seemed really rude. ]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2009/09/03/so_who_annoyed_who_today#c502129