thought: the smallest things can set people off
i have two examples of this that have happened within the last 5 hours. one is hysterical for those who saw it happen and the other is not so much. so i will write about the former rather than the latter.
this story was relayed to me and it's about what went down at food lion earlier this evening (as i am beginning to type this, Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello No. 4 in G minor by Mozart is playing and it swelled to a dramatic point...i had to laugh). apparently there was a family making a grocery trip who had 2 carts full of stuff and tons of coupons. the coupon scanner was messing up and back-up was called in...but not before another family got angry. thus madness ensued. it should be noted (just for laughs) that the coupon happy family were red necks and the other family was Hispanic. as a second line opened the insults were still flying as was the swearing. this continued on into the parking lot! the people who told me this story had parked next to the red necks and while Mr. Redneck apologized to these people. they made no eye contact and told him it was alright...his wife and the Hispanic girls were still going at it....
what set these people off? really, why even get mad about stuff like that? is it worth it? i don't think so.
some people are just touchy though. i am not sure why. maybe there is some drug out there that makes people uber sensitive...if so, i've met several people who are on it...i just don't understand. i mean, i have my moments where things get on my nerves but i don't make a huge deal about it. i just try to go with the flow and be chill most of the time. there are times when it is alright to get angry about stuff...but in the grocery store line when someone is using a ton of coupons is not that time. save it for something important.
i tend to look at people who are this way like they are the little boy who cried wolf.
you do know that story right?
there was a little boy who tended sheep on the edge of town. he got bored and would cry "wolf, wolf" and the townspeople would come to save the flock. after doing this a few times, the townspeople finally stopped coming. one day, a wolf really was after the sheep and though the boy cried out, no one came to help save the flock. why? they did not believe him. he had falsely cried wolf too many times before; how did they know this one was real?
so my friends, how will i know if you are really upset over something if you get upset over everything? it is not easy to always sit there and listen to you go on and on about something when you do it all the time. you torture yourself by talking about it and you torture others by having to make them listen to it...dear people, it is not all about you...
....and if you know me, there is a running joke in my family that says that everything is about me. i have pajamas that say it, chap stick, pins...lots of stuff...but it is a joke....
.....and i never cried wolf, i was just the center of attention for a bit because i liked to entertain people...and make it all about me...hahaha...guess you had to be there....
but yes, there are how many billions of people on this planet? we all can't get along all the time, but we can try. and we cannot all be the center of attention all the time. share the spotlight kids...really...you're life isn't that interesting to us. unless we ask about it...even then, i'm not sure we want to know every detail...which, i am guilty of doing so i am speaking to the choir on this one...but i am working on it so bare with me!
really guys, let's get better at this and not let small stuff set us off...there is so much more stuff in the world to be passionate about. let's not worry about how many coupons the person in front of us has. it doesn't really matter.
on that note, stay safe people do some interesting things.
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