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Old 08-13-2010, 09:16 AM
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Angry Expressing Dissatisfaction With Others In Society

If someone is being a bad member of society (like, because of their poor organizational skills, they are taking an inordinate amount of time to complete a task, and as a result everyone else has to wait unnecessarily), what level of communication is acceptable to convey to the offender?

I think it's ok to let them know you are pissed off, but not in a rude way.

Like, I think it's ok to shake your head or do a facepalm or something like that. The middle finger is too far, I think.

We need to let all the crappy people know that they suck so they change their behavior and stop ruining things for the rest of us!

Who's with me?!?!?
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Old 08-13-2010, 09:17 AM
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Old 08-13-2010, 09:19 AM
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I was at an amusement park waiting in line for the first car of the roller coaster. It pulled up and stopped but our line didn't move. A man starts yelling "what the **** is going on?" and then a guy is rolled up in a wheelchair and placed in the first car. The man was very embarrassed. That man was me.
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I started using the fist shake instead of the middle finger when i have road rage.
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I'm working as fast as I can. Good grief. My farmville plants needed fertilizing and I had to set up a date on adultfriendfinder.com. You wouldn't want all my farmville plants to die do you? You wouldn't want me to not have a date and have to come in and hump the back of your chair, would you? Yeah, I thought my priorities were right. Oh, look at that, someone loaded a video on youtube of a skateboarder getting racked in the nuts. Awesome.... You are still here?
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Old 08-13-2010, 09:22 AM
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I started using the fist shake instead of the middle finger when i have road rage.
yes, I throw my hands about wildly in hopes that they see me in their rearview mirrors. Works occasionally.
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you can't change those around you, you can only change yourself and your reactions to those people.
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Old 08-13-2010, 09:26 AM
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you can't change those around you, you can only change yourself and your reactions to those people.
see, I believe I can change others.
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