How many times do you have to hear someone complain about the same thing before it becomes unacceptable? Is hearing it twice the limit? Or maybe six times? How about hearing the same thing fifty-one times? That's got to be the limit, right? Everyone complains, hence this post. Everyone, at some point, says things before thinking about other people's situations. And, everyone, at some point, feels their problems are worse than everyone else's. But when do things become ridiculous?
Two people have the same issue but on different levels. One at a low level of "awfulness" and the other on a higher (it could always be worse) level of "awfulness". However, the higher level person has accepted the problem. The lower level person constantly complains about the problem to the higher level person. At what point does the higher level person say "shut it!"? Is it acceptable to tolerate the complaining to the point of being angry? Or would most people reach the breaking point before getting angry? Is complaining about the complaining accetable? (So many questions!) What would you do?
Two people have the same issue but on different levels. One at a low level of "awfulness" and the other on a higher (it could always be worse) level of "awfulness". However, the higher level person has accepted the problem. The lower level person constantly complains about the problem to the higher level person. At what point does the higher level person say "shut it!"? Is it acceptable to tolerate the complaining to the point of being angry? Or would most people reach the breaking point before getting angry? Is complaining about the complaining accetable? (So many questions!) What would you do?
I guess at some point I will have to say "shut it!" and accept the consequences. Some people will play dirty and fail to consider the possibility that they may actually be going overboard. Some people fail to consider "that it can always be worse!"
1 comment:
I would probably make snarky comments and set off some kind of fight by default.
What I would want to have done, in hindsight, is say, "your frustration reminds me of my own, which is hard to deal with since it's bigger for me because I own it. Please don't remind me."
There's a reason for the phrase, "sounds like a personal problem". Some dolts don't know when to stop sharing useless info.
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