"One man's journey to stop being polite...and start being REAL!"
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"Every rose has it's thorn, just like every night has it's dawn, just like every cowboy sings a sad, sad song."
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I have some pet peeves directed at others, but I also have some pet peeves about my own behaviour. To be perfectly fair, I will list a few.
1. I'm a sucker for marketing tricks. If I get sent a free sample of something in the mail, I feel glad that they sent it to me. If I get a free flashlight when I purchase a razor, I'm pretty stoked. I know that it's not the company being generous to me, and it's just a marketing ploy, but I fall for it repeatedly. I think it goes back to my childhood when I asked for specific cereals based on the toy inside.
2. I'm an impulse buyer. New game that I want? Got to have it. New phone? Pocket PC? Whatever? I have to have it. I talk myself into the purchase like it's going to change my life, and in retrospect none of the purchases have had that affect. I've tried to put a time limit on things before I buy them, but I'll pass the time while waiting by reading reviews, impressions, and articles about the product I'm trying to hold off buying. Not a smart move, as they just fuel the fire. I'm better now, since I have a shared bank account, and I'm a little older, but it still happens more than I would like.
3. I procrastinate. I actually wanted to post this yesterday, but I waited until today. This is probably the biggest pet peeve I direct towards myself. I hold off on making calls, sending mail, placing orders, and just about everything else. There's always something I'd rather be doing, and a lot of times I do that thing instead. I've gotten better at this as well, but I've still got a ways to go before I consider it scratched from this list.
I'm sure there are more, but I don't want to wade that deeply into the pool of self-loathing today. I have several documents to work on for school, and a couple of meetings at work.
1. I'm a sucker for marketing tricks. If I get sent a free sample of something in the mail, I feel glad that they sent it to me. If I get a free flashlight when I purchase a razor, I'm pretty stoked. I know that it's not the company being generous to me, and it's just a marketing ploy, but I fall for it repeatedly. I think it goes back to my childhood when I asked for specific cereals based on the toy inside.
2. I'm an impulse buyer. New game that I want? Got to have it. New phone? Pocket PC? Whatever? I have to have it. I talk myself into the purchase like it's going to change my life, and in retrospect none of the purchases have had that affect. I've tried to put a time limit on things before I buy them, but I'll pass the time while waiting by reading reviews, impressions, and articles about the product I'm trying to hold off buying. Not a smart move, as they just fuel the fire. I'm better now, since I have a shared bank account, and I'm a little older, but it still happens more than I would like.
3. I procrastinate. I actually wanted to post this yesterday, but I waited until today. This is probably the biggest pet peeve I direct towards myself. I hold off on making calls, sending mail, placing orders, and just about everything else. There's always something I'd rather be doing, and a lot of times I do that thing instead. I've gotten better at this as well, but I've still got a ways to go before I consider it scratched from this list.
I'm sure there are more, but I don't want to wade that deeply into the pool of self-loathing today. I have several documents to work on for school, and a couple of meetings at work.
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