bad tempered old fool...

is it just me or is the world full of idiots?
i really am losing my patience for people nowadays, at the ripe old age of 22, stupid people who dither about and are hugely unorganised but expect you to be organised on their behalf. i have enough to do all day without sorting out everyone else and no, oddly enough i don't have the answer to every tiny pathetic pointless question you ask me about your pile of crap excuse for a car, the weather the economic downturn, cost of bread in the supermarket etc etc etc

Don't look shocked when i look blankly at you or i shrug my shoulders in disinterest or call you a muppet under my breath when you impatiently tap your feet and sigh because i can't find the answer to aforementioned idiotic question in a matter of seconds.

Argh. sorry im getting really peeved with the human race in general.

rant over!  

I hear Prozac works wonders  

im beyond that, i have these little ideas in my head about throwing stuff at people as they chatter incesant nonsense- sometimes my fists, sometimes the glass of water on my desk.... inside im screaming SHUT UP AND BOG OFF but urgh im just so annoyed with people in general at the moment i have no patience for anyone and everyones irritating me! :-X

haha padded cell time for you I'm afraid  8)

i know what you're on about.

i got sick of saying i hate people who do this, and people who do that etc. i just generalise with 'i hate people'.

mk1 john i couldn't agree more.

….and breathe!

Seriously, if your outlook on life in general is like this, in other words you cannot put your bad mood down to specific issues; or that you seem to find yourself constantly immersed in these issues, then you have a problem you need to deal with. Here's some suggestions to relax:

- make sure you get a good night's sleep. Don't drink caffeine after 6pm, definitely don't drink alcohol except occasionally (leads to poor quality sleep), make sure the room is cool (approx 19 deg C or less) and dark.
- If you can't get to sleep, don't worry about not getting to sleep, just use the time to relax. ie don't get up, turn the light on, read, watch TV, or make a drink, just remain awake in the bed, in the dark.
- Make sure you dedicate some time to yourself, as in: if people are stressing you out all the time, take yourself away from the situation. It might be as simple as taking a walk at lunchtime rather than going to the canteen or eating your sandwiches at your desk.
- Get a hobby, as in another hobby not necessarily cars. Something that will take your mind away from your job and makes you concentrate or use your mind, more. Computer games, internet, are poor choices. Low impact sports, puzzles, knitting, arts & crafts are better ones.
- Get a pet, eg dog. They are much simpler than people, don't harbour remorse or hide their feelings and provide excellent companionship. If you don't want extra burden, then consider a simple-to-keep pet such as a goldfish or hamster.

paul_c said

- make sure you get a good night's sleep. Don't drink caffeine after 6pm, definitely don't drink alcohol except occasionally (leads to poor quality sleep)

i only drink on a weekend and only drink 1 cup of coffee a day at likle 11 am. i drink water or fruit juice at home on an evening so thats not the problem.

make sure the room is cool (approx 19 deg C or less) and dark.

i live in an 8 year old house that has to be the coldest house in history- it doesnt retain heat so theres no worries there!lol.

- Make sure you dedicate some time to yourself, as in: if people are stressing you out all the time, take yourself away from the situation. It might be as simple as taking a walk at lunchtime rather than going to the canteen or eating your sandwiches at your desk.

im buggered if im walking anywhere round here amount of gippos there are lurking about- id be robbed and not even realise it, i sit in the canteen n read the paper or i smoke myself daft outside on a lunchtime.

- Get a hobby, as in another hobby not necessarily cars. Something that will take your mind away from your job and makes you concentrate or use your mind, more. Computer games, internet, are poor choices. Low impact sports, puzzles, knitting, arts & crafts are better ones.

i do exercise DVDs to get my frustrations out (kick boxing and aeroburn aerobics)and spend a lot of time in the bath trying to "relax" on an evening, but not getting in til 6.45 and then having to cook tea, clean the house etc doesn't leave much "me" time.

- Get a pet, eg dog. They are much simpler than people, don't harbour remorse or hide their feelings and provide excellent companionship. If you don't want extra burden, then consider a simple-to-keep pet such as a goldfish or hamster.

i live in a rented house so thats a no go and having had pet int he past they are no fun you spend more tim shouting at them for misbehaving or cleaing up their mess. hamsters bite and goldfish stink like rotten eggs when you clean em out!

thanks fr the advise but your psycho analysis whatever it is has failed! i have a crappy stressful job made worse by hugely unorganised people and im in the process of buying a house, well trying but the estate agents and the bank we are buying the house off are the biggest most useless waste of space in the entire world. my partner works away all week so i never hardly see him and my parents live in a different country, i live in a city where i know hardly anyone so dont hardly have a social life and i live in a really really really rough area- which i didnt know til i moved there! LUCKY ME!

If you're in the middle of buying a house then its transient, and its okay to feel a little stressed. After all, moving/house buying is a stressful time.

Can't help with the work issues other than to suggest the obvious.

hey rant away if it gets it off of your chest and feels like it helps then do it, it is not good to keep things bottled up...

im lookig for another job but its finding one i the motor trade at this time thats prving difficult. ultimately i wanna joing the prison service btu again its when and if jobs come up and the gruelling selection process to become an officer/warden too!

paul_c said

- make sure you get a good night's sleep. Don't drink caffeine after 6pm, definitely don't drink alcohol except occasionally (leads to poor quality sleep), make sure the room is cool (approx 19 deg C or less) and dark.

This is good I do this.

paul_c said

- If you can't get to sleep, don't worry about not getting to sleep, just use the time to relax. ie don't get up, turn the light on, read, watch TV, or make a drink, just remain awake in the bed, in the dark.

Yep, I do this

paul_c said

- Make sure you dedicate some time to yourself, as in: if people are stressing you out all the time, take yourself away from the situation. It might be as simple as taking a walk at lunchtime rather than going to the canteen or eating your sandwiches at your desk.

Good advice, I'll try this

paul_c said

- Get a hobby, as in another hobby not necessarily cars. Something that will take your mind away from your job and makes you concentrate or use your mind, more. Computer games, internet, are poor choices. Low impact sports, puzzles, knitting, arts & crafts are better ones.

Yep, I got this one ticked too with the gym before work most mornings

paul_c said

- Get a pet, eg dog. They are much simpler than people, don't harbour remorse or hide their feelings and provide excellent companionship. If you don't want extra burden, then consider a simple-to-keep pet such as a goldfish or hamster.

Yep check this one too. My Tropical fish are very relaxing and if I need love then there's the cat.



So I should be totally chilled, relaxed and at home with the world and the people in it.

Why aren't I then?

T :twisted: :lmao:

Tian said

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So I should be totally chilled, relaxed and at home with the world and the people in it.

Why aren't I then?

T :twisted: :lmao:

Because you're the membership secretary.

Tian OMG getting up to go to the gym before work *shudder* couldnt do that whilst i am wide awake from 6 am on a morning, i savour those 45 minutes in bed, i plan what im gonna wear and i have a jolly good stretch out in bed listeing to the radio before i have to get up do the head up arse running round thing all day!

Give it all up and go travelling.

If you keep up stressing at his rate you'll put yourself in an early grave.

Either that or maybe you need to take a leaf out the book of a dearly departed forum member - Fulltimejungalist may have talked out his chocolate starfish but at least he was never this stressed.  Time for a herbal remedy  :wink:

22 and your stressed lol I guess i am kinda a laid back person though but……you really need use these sayings more.

1. Stuff happens pfft…
2. Il wing it'
3. It'll be fine…..

 

that is something that has never ever interested me, getting into ridiculous amounts of debt, never knowing where im gonna be sleeping from one night to the next- no proper sanitation in some places, living out of a rucksack. agh no thanks! give me 2 weeks in the sun once a year and  a couple of weekends away any day!

ChrisRivage said

1. Stuff happens pfft…
2. Il wing it'
3. It'll be fine…..

 

if only they washed with customers! lol id love to say to a cutomer "you kno what- take your poxy smashed up toilet and get ot repaired somewhere else, i dont need your attitude!" but i have to smile politley and bend over backwards for them. tell you what i have learned- Audi A5 drivers are ALL (without exception) HORRIBLE ARROGANT NASTY IMPATIENT !!

Play the "Cat Game" with difficult customers. I used to do this all the time in an old job and it turns the arseholes into a form of entertainment.

Be really polite, talk to them as if they're the nicest person ever and you're really enjoying yourself. Basically be all sweetness and light, but while you're talking replace the word "now" with "meow".

You can do it in a way that they won't be sure if it's their hearing, and it totally spins people out. If they're certain you're saying "meow", see how long you can keep doing it before they mention it.

Works for me :wink:
Saw it in this hideous film, was the only remotely funny thing that happened in it

hahahahaha thats ace! gonna have to give that one a go! muhaha (thinking of all the possible scenarios this could be used! ) quality!!!