It’s the everyday disappointments that build to a crescendo of rage. Things that didn’t work out as planned, writes Vickie Fagan
First Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines atOn any given day, I’m mad as hell. Aren’t we all? There are the usual triggers. The Trumpisms, the mischief making from our own politicians. The 14,000 immigrant children who don’t know where their parents are or if they will ever see them again thanks to another one of Trump’s mood swings.
But it’s more than that. It’s the everyday disappointments that build to a crescendo of rage. Things that didn’t work out as planned. A jam-packed streetcar in rush hour with nowhere to move. A perceived slight, a loud breather, a late payment, a bank lineup, a towed car or a letdown.There, I find a plethora of enraged people just like me.
I’ve gotten into verbal volleyball spats with total strangers’ time and time again. “Clearly you’re an idiot,” “Why don’t you just shut-up?” and “Go away, just go away” are some of my craftier responses. I’m too lazy to get into a detailed debate, I just want to make them feel bad. The blood rushes to my head and I have no control over my responses.Social-media rage starts to bleed over to my real life or as I call it, life without keys.
Why exactly are we so mad? The phrase “familiarity breeds contempt” comes to mind. Think about it. Where do the most arguments erupt? Usually between close family members, romantic partners and people who just simply spend too much time together. The brother who sighs heavily after everything you say, the lover who only washes one side of a dish, the co-worker who takes credit for your ideas or leaves their food to rot in the communal fridge.
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