Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Even the "Easy Going" have Pet Peeves

People have labeled me as an "easy-going" or rational person. I do not get worked up, frustrated, or angry easily or often as it takes too much energy to get upset about small things. Pet peeves are irrational, as they are based on exaggerating an annoyance. One cannot explain why something so small might annoy them to a great degree because it the feeling of annoyance is backed my feelings, not rationale.

My Pet Peeve: unfairness. I find myself getting very upset, angry, and irrational in even small situations of unfairness. I am competitive, and thus truely dislike unfair advantages. In a game of Cranium between me and three friends, I threw a tantrum over who's turn it was after we realized we miss-read the rules. This was supposed to be a fun game between four friends, and when everyone should have been enjoying themselves, I made it about the game - a stupid, small, board game. In the long run, I pushed away my friends (they no longer play cranium with me) and gained nothing, as the game ended soon after my tantrum. Thus pet peeves turn seemingly rational people irrational, and I am no exception.

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