Saturday, June 14, 2008

Why do they do it?

List of things people do that I cannot stand:

One:
Phone rings. Remo answers the phone.
Remo: "Hey dr how are you man? Long time"
dr: "Yeah, obvisouly you are too busy to call me so I thought I will call"
Remo: "Oh!! no dude nothing like that, just been busy with .........."
dr: "Yeah I know you are the only one busy with everything"
Remo: "Come on man, its not like you call me everyday. You've also called after ...... "
dr: "Who is the one who is calling right now? You just complain all the time"
Remo: "Ok dr what is it that you want?"
dr: "Nothing. What you think I have called you for something? I cant call you just to ask how you've been doing?"
Remo: "No you can, but in the past you've rarely called me for nothing."
dr: "Yeah yeah yeah, are you coming tonight?"
Remo: "See I knew there was something".
dr: "Ok whatever, are you coming?"

I cannot stand people who complain that "you have not called for weeks". Well, neither have you my friend but unlike you I am not complaining. And more importantly you have called for some work and pretend that you were thinking about me. That is just dishonest.

Two:
I cannot stand people who talk about themselves all the time. I mean come on, let it go, switch the topic - lets talk about the world coming to an end, high food prices, issues with Pakistan government, earthquake in china, Bush, Obama, Clinton, god damn Jerry Springer, anything, any @#$%^&* thing but you.

Three:
I cannot stand people who tell you stuff about you with so much confidence that you feel you dont know yourself at all. If that is not enough, people actually say things about you in front of others in your presence, making it sound like the most matter-of-fact thing about you anyone could ever know.

Four:
I cannot stand people who believe in their analysis of others so much that they cannot change their point of view because they have learnt to trust themselves. I have no issues with that, but the problem arises when that point of view becomes so strong that they are not willing to accept that others can change for the better.

Five:
I cannot stand people who ask questions about you all the time. What, where, who, with, why, when - are you stupid or what? Even Sergey and Larry would not be able to come up with an algorithm to answer all those questions. (Now someone will ask who are they? grrrrrrrr)

Six:
I cannot stand people who do not forgive and forget and pretend that they do. Most of the people I have seen in my life neither forgive nor forget. Those who do forget never forgive and only pretend that they forget. It is hard, no doubt but practice makes a man ( and a woman for that matter) perfect.

Seven:
I cannot stand people who stare at you or at others. This is usually something women complain about men, but I have seen women who stare at other women and men. I wonder what goes through their minds at the time?

Eight:
I cannot stand people who disrespect. By disrespect I dont mean they go around swearing or slapping people in public but rather disrespecting when they talk and make it sound like they are just cool and being themselves. I dont quite understand why do people think that respect is only in the heart. No it isnt. If that was the case, why does one call upon God with humility, speak to parents with respect? Every kid in school and at home is taught to respect teachers and elders. For me, if you dont respect someone in your heart, you will not talk with respect either.

Nine:
I cannot stand people who shout or even talk harsh to waiters in restaurants if their order goes wrong or the food is not as good as they expected. I even know some people who talk as if the person waiting is not a waiter but a servant. My questions to such people, "Have you worked as a waiter?". "Have you not gone through a bad day at work ever?" Cut the person some slack will you? Let it go. Give him/her the benefit of the doubt that they are having a bad day or they dont feel healthy or they had a fight with their spouse or anything that you can think of has happened to you which made it bad at work for you.

Ten:
I cannot stand myself for doing some of these things.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

very well written
and I do some of these things too.