The arrogance of crossing the road wherever you want and expecting the surrounding traffic to come to a halt for you is ridiculous. These reckless pedestrians know that you don't want to hit them so they deliberately don't look up and put all the responsibility for avoiding a crash onto you. It's simply reckless and … Continue reading Deliberately not looking whilst crossing the road.
Author: thomaspfduggan
Raising your voice
Raising your voice in an argument to me is a big red flag. It indicates the following: You've lost control of yourself. You don't have a valid argument. You feel like you're going to lose. If you actually had a valid argument you wouldn't need to drown out the opposition. Another factor to keep in … Continue reading Raising your voice
Squeaky wheels
As the old saying goes: the squeaky wheel gets the oil. Why do people complain to get ahead? Because they've learnt through trial and error that if they cause enough fuss they'll get their way. If they ring the call center and wait in line it could take an hour. But if they rant about … Continue reading Squeaky wheels
Old habits die hard
You may find that you've changed a lot since you were a kid. As life went on you became more responsible and wiser. I certainly find that the older I get the more socially astute I've become. You learn through trial and error what is polite conversation and what's taboo. You can draw strength from … Continue reading Old habits die hard
Drinking peer pressure
After a sports event last night, myself and my teammates went to a nearby pub for team Christmas drinks. But I had driven to the game and I decided I wasn't going to be drinking alcohol. So pretty quickly after arriving we were standing in a corner of the pub holding our respective drinks when … Continue reading Drinking peer pressure
Well what was the point then?
You work with someone on a project. You both work quite hard but then out of the blue the project gets scrapped. Now your colleague is at your desk to have a good moan. If your coworker gets particularly aggressive in their complaining then they'll fire this question at you: "Well what was the point … Continue reading Well what was the point then?
Attractive Busywork
Is it any wonder that busywork becomes so attractive when the hard work beckons? That when you should be studying you're finally cleaning your room. This isn't a wondrous thing, this is a textbook tactic of the lizard brain. The sabotage gene who wants the road of least resistance. This phenomenon affects everyone but people … Continue reading Attractive Busywork
Dirty dishes
When I first started working at my current job the kitchen wall above the sink was bare. But then people started leaving dirty dishes by the sink and soon after a small square of laminated paper was placed above the sink. It was white text on a blue background and it said something along the … Continue reading Dirty dishes
I don’t have the time
In your travels whenever you asked for help did you ever come across a person who's go to response was 'I'm too busy' but then later on you see them very clearly lounging about and just killing time? As someone watching, this looks like very rude behaviour, they appear to have been lying. But before … Continue reading I don’t have the time
Gail
Once upon a time there was an entry level worker named Gail. Gail worked very hard doing the grunt work on the company accounts. They were hard but they kept her busy and she knew they wouldn't last forever. Then one day her manager told her that she would be helping out another manager with … Continue reading Gail
