A couple of incidents today reminded me of being in the passenger seat (natch, I’m still car-less) of a car, listening to the driver curse a blue streak over an inability to navigate to our destination.

Time was a constraint, and this person has a baseline of stress that’s become inherent but there’s something about people who swear like a sailor for effect that really gets to me.

The second example was really dumb. I saw a minivan up on the side of my street, and heard the driver trying to get the engine to start a few times. He then got out of his minivan and proceeded to kick it. He kicked an inanimate object. I guess it made him feel better, but he kept kicking. Then he walked away from it, swore, and then kicked it again. At 12:30am. He had people looking out of their windows at him.

Now, I don’t know this guy, but I can tell you one thing, he’s a total drama queen. He just wanted to behave like a moron or something because he wanted the attention or – well, there probably isn’t another reason.

Now, if you hit your thumb with a hammer and let out a cuss word, I probably won’t say anything. A burst of sudden pain and involuntary reaction are understandable. But, if your conscious while something is happening, and it doesn’t go your way then why is it that frustrated people have to act out their frustrations like this? Neither of these situations was just someone venting. Nope, this was like they decided to break down a wall to extend it. It’s like watching grown adults do their best impressions of a kid having a temper tantrum.

What bothers me is people who find themselves in the midst of a situation, have complete control over the resolution of that situation, and rather than try and plan out of it, instead theatricize (I made up a word) the whole thing, as if they think that’s what their supposed to be doing now.

It’s like their anger is giving them an excuse to act irrationally, all the while accepting that their anger is self-generated.

Categories: Controversy
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