When I see the absurd things people quarrel about, I wonder how they can even be bothered to argue. Like those neighbour disputes over the height of a hedge or the precise boundary between properties. Can they not see how ridiculous they’re being?
I don’t argue, so I’ve done that a lot in life, but sometimes it’s best to back off and think, then try to start an honest dialog. It depends on who the other person is.
The latest thing is:
At work I have these “squeeze” bottles filled with dish soap, etc.
The dish soap is concentrated so I just do a quick squeeze and it’s enough.
One of the duties of evening staff is to refill supplies.
So yesterday morning I give it a quick squeeze and someone had just added water to the bottle so it was much less concentrated and therefore squirted out and all over me. I was irritated but tried to remember in the grand scheme of things it wasn’t worth getting upset over this trivial tiny thing.
Later, when relaying the incident to a co-worker (because there was soap spots all over my scrub top) I tried to be upbeat about it and said how the person must have been tried to be frugal.
But my co-worker said No, that was not the case, but rather the person was just lazy and didn’t want to go get more dish soap so they filled the bottle with water.
I gotta tell you Jean, I should have laughed and waved it off.
But obviously I didn’t and haven’t and it still annoys me.
Even though it’s such a teeny tiny stupid thing.
Yep, I’m working on it.
Maybe I’m just cranky by nature!
LOL!
xoxoxoxo
LOL!
you have to pick your battles.
actually I thought that was one of YOUR own cartoons monk!
it’s a good one and looks a little like your drawings to me.
i’m working on trying not to be a CF. control freak!
it’s an uphill battle!
I remember Dave’s mother asking me which side of a cracker I butter. She said the side doesn’t matter to her but it was interesting to her that everyone knew which side THEY buttered.
I read years ago that one should eat toast with the butter side down so the butter hits the taste buds and you need less of it. I don’t know that any of my friends do it.
Yes, Cindi, Keeping an eye on “the grand scheme of things” helps us maintain our perspective, and avoid having trivial things rule our world. Well put!
When I see the absurd things people quarrel about, I wonder how they can even be bothered to argue. Like those neighbour disputes over the height of a hedge or the precise boundary between properties. Can they not see how ridiculous they’re being?
I agree. It also pays to notice how our own happiness is undermined by our focus on petty things.
“There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.”
~ Henry Ward Beecher
I don’t argue, so I’ve done that a lot in life, but sometimes it’s best to back off and think, then try to start an honest dialog. It depends on who the other person is.
Sigh.
That’s me.
But I AM working on it.
The latest thing is:
At work I have these “squeeze” bottles filled with dish soap, etc.
The dish soap is concentrated so I just do a quick squeeze and it’s enough.
One of the duties of evening staff is to refill supplies.
So yesterday morning I give it a quick squeeze and someone had just added water to the bottle so it was much less concentrated and therefore squirted out and all over me. I was irritated but tried to remember in the grand scheme of things it wasn’t worth getting upset over this trivial tiny thing.
Later, when relaying the incident to a co-worker (because there was soap spots all over my scrub top) I tried to be upbeat about it and said how the person must have been tried to be frugal.
But my co-worker said No, that was not the case, but rather the person was just lazy and didn’t want to go get more dish soap so they filled the bottle with water.
I gotta tell you Jean, I should have laughed and waved it off.
But obviously I didn’t and haven’t and it still annoys me.
Even though it’s such a teeny tiny stupid thing.
Yep, I’m working on it.
Maybe I’m just cranky by nature!
LOL!
xoxoxoxo
It’s worth working on for the sake of your happiness, but maybe Lucy in Peanuts was right when she said, “I can’t help it if I have crabby genes.”
LOL!
you have to pick your battles.
actually I thought that was one of YOUR own cartoons monk!
it’s a good one and looks a little like your drawings to me.
i’m working on trying not to be a CF. control freak!
it’s an uphill battle!
I wish it were my cartoon. It brilliantly sums up my view of life. 🙂
I remember Dave’s mother asking me which side of a cracker I butter. She said the side doesn’t matter to her but it was interesting to her that everyone knew which side THEY buttered.
I read years ago that one should eat toast with the butter side down so the butter hits the taste buds and you need less of it. I don’t know that any of my friends do it.
Yes, Cindi, Keeping an eye on “the grand scheme of things” helps us maintain our perspective, and avoid having trivial things rule our world. Well put!
of course there is what you deem trivia which turns out not be trivia at all…I can’t think of a precise example right now, though.