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post #31 of 44
3/31/10 at 7:15pm
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Originally Posted by Motol12 View Post
Why are some people angry all the time?


May be they are from New Jersey?
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post #32 of 44
4/1/10 at 12:09am
I'm slowly becoming angry all the time at work, a few times I've had my boss catch me cursing out the photocopier.
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post #33 of 44
4/1/10 at 1:47pm
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Originally Posted by Johnny_5 View Post
That guy could have been a little bit more polite in asking you to get off of your phone.

I don't recommend this. The minute you ask someone to do something that they either don't want to do or shows they are in the wrong, you are an asshole in that guy's opinion, polite or not. Being polite might get you ignored, but if you're threatening about it, you'll get your way, assuming you don't get your own ass kicked.
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post #34 of 44
4/1/10 at 3:54pm
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Originally Posted by z7f9q View Post
A sit down meal at a restaurant is one thing, but a line-up at the coffee shop is surely another. I don't chat on the phone much, but I don't bat an eye when I see other people on their phone in line. It doesn't bother me at all.

As a barista, I disagree. If it's busy I'll skip over people in line who won't get off their phones. I don't have time to wait for someone *who isn't even in the store* to decide whether they want sugared or sugar-free vanilla in their latte - and then relay that through the guy at the counter - and neither does anyone else there. Luckily, most mobile phone users just back out of line if they have to take a call.
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post #35 of 44
4/1/10 at 5:43pm
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As a barista, I disagree. If it's busy I'll skip over people in line who won't get off their phones. I don't have time to wait for someone *who isn't even in the store* to decide whether they want sugared or sugar-free vanilla in their latte - and then relay that through the guy at the counter - and neither does anyone else there. Luckily, most mobile phone users just back out of line if they have to take a call.
Seriously, I don't know how you do that job. The idea of remembering all of those combinations would drive me into a panic. It's enough that I can remember my own order, and even then I get it wrong half the time. I can also imagine that you have to suffer the sarcastic upstart; the one who delights in trying to belittle. Then there are the perfectionists asking, "Could I have a demi-semi-hemi-gemi mocha, with the cream sculpted into an exact scale replica of the Matterhorn". I salute you Lear (the ugly one)
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post #36 of 44
4/1/10 at 5:51pm
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Originally Posted by seanchai View Post
As a barista, I disagree. If it's busy I'll skip over people in line who won't get off their phones. I don't have time to wait for someone *who isn't even in the store* to decide whether they want sugared or sugar-free vanilla in their latte - and then relay that through the guy at the counter - and neither does anyone else there. Luckily, most mobile phone users just back out of line if they have to take a call.

Fair enough.
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post #37 of 44
4/1/10 at 5:51pm
some people just have a very volatile temperment, ie they are quick to react to stimuli... at least that's the clinical personality psychologist answer.... IMO, it's often just misdirected. They're usually bitter about life, hate themselves, and are looking for any opportunity to vent their frustrations
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post #38 of 44
4/1/10 at 6:55pm
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Originally Posted by FidelCashflow View Post
I'm slowly becoming angry all the time at work, a few times I've had my boss catch me cursing out the photocopier.

George Costanza found that by acting angry at work people pretty much left him alone b/c they thought he was so busy...
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post #39 of 44
4/1/10 at 10:13pm
I thought of this thread today. Redneck dude in a big SUV floors it, nearly running me over in a pedestrian crosswalk, in a dense shopping area with tons of foot traffic. I give him a look as if to say, what the fuck? He stops his truck and rolls down the window: Him: You got a problem? Me: You almost ran me over. Him: Yeah? You think you can just walk out in the road? Me: Uh, there's a giant flashing yield to pedestrians sign there and the road is illuminated with lights when people walk in it. Yeah, I think so. Him: Oh fuck that!! Fuck you, asshole. Me: No, fuck you, asshole. Him: I'm going to get out and teach you a lesson. Me: Over what? Him: You're a prick. Me: Ok. Him: (Starts driving away) You're a pussy! Me: I'm still standing here, you're driving. Him: (Leaning out window while driving) Pussy! Prick! Asshole! Me: Still standing here. Him: (drives off) I didn't say it was an interesting story.
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post #40 of 44
4/2/10 at 1:32am
I seem to find that those most angry are the ones with the least power or control in other aspects of their life. It's usually work but I guess it could even be home life (who knows). Those people need an outlet that lets them feel powerful and in control and if that means overpowering another person, I guess it's their outlet.

Having said that, talking indoors loudly on a phone is simply inconsiderate.
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post #41 of 44
4/2/10 at 2:03am
I used to know a guy that kept a big jar of pennies in his car. When people cut him off in traffic he would get a handful of pennies, pull up next to them, and throw that shit as hard as he could. Now thats anger.
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post #42 of 44
4/2/10 at 3:23am
I know it's weird but some people are addicted to emotions, even something unpleasant like anger.
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post #43 of 44
4/2/10 at 5:03am
I have extensively studied anger in self-experiment (even with the aid of drugs, especially alcohol) and have found out that nearly all anger stems from a form of (uncreative, static) weakness. If you can neither do what you want being unable to bridge the gap between your aspirations and reality (for whatever reason: laziness, lack of ability, passivity, imprisonment, sloth or insecurity) nor are able to transmute or ventilate your frustration or compensate it in any other way (sports, art, madness -whatever!), then you'll be constantly loaded.
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post #44 of 44
4/4/10 at 1:50pm
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Originally Posted by Syl View Post
I seem to find that those most angry are the ones with the least power or control in other aspects of their life. It's usually work but I guess it could even be home life (who knows). Those people need an outlet that lets them feel powerful and in control and if that means overpowering another person, I guess it's their outlet.

I think that it has to do with being under stres, and not having an appropriate outlet to express frustration. Either you aren't at a time, or in a position where you can release the emotion that you're experiencing - or you FEEL that you can't, because to do so would be to invite more stress, or frustration. In that sense, anger can be a by-product of feeling powerless.

But power cannot be taken from you - it can only be given away.

If you've got a problem with someone work it out then and there. If you don't, it'll just add to your frustration and your anger.
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