Reactivity issues
Bill: ...And what do I find? Not only are you not dead, you're getting married to some fucking jerk and you're pregnant. I... overreacted.
The Bride: You overreacted?
('Kill Bill: Vol 2')
Don't you find yourself often bumping into people like Bill who frequently overreact? One of my days started like this.
At 8:00 AM I was standing in the long queue before the Donut shop counter. Fifteen minutes later..."One croissant bread with cheese. No egg".
"Coffee?"
"No".
"Please step aside".
After three more people, at 8:22 AM, "Here you go sir". I ran to my office. Shit! Again I am late by five minutes.
"Hello" I answered my boss over phone.
"Did some one from telecom come?"
"Not yet".
"They said someone will be at 8:30..."
Knock...knock... "I think it's them".
"Hi".
"I'm from telecom. Ya' came jus' now?"
"Pardon". "I am waiting here for the last 20 minutes. Ya' asked me to be here at 8:30, I came at 8:20". The guy looked angry.
At 9, "Ok, it's done. Are you Mars?"
"Hmm...No". I checked and the phones are working fine. "Thanks". While leaving he said "smile" without any joyful expression.
Oooh! I'm hungry like anything. I open the packet. What the hell she has given? I didn't ask for egg. Heck! The phone rang. Boss again.
"Yes sir, it's fixed
....
he changed the phone jack
.....
sure
...
right away
....
in an hour
....
ok".
After 45 minutes. "Are you done almost?"
"Mostly... in another half an hour"
"Hurry up pal". Aaahh! This dumbo comp is unusally slow. Strange. Why this should happen today? Things will happen only now. Sigh!
Finally at 11:30, "Sir, the report is ready".
"C'mon pal. You said it will be done in an hour and it took you two and half hour. Hurry up man".
"Okay". Hooo! I came to my desk. My mobile rang. "Hey whatsup?"
"Don't forget. Tonight at 8, at Flattop".
"I'll be there". The other phone has been ringing four times. "Yes sir." "Did you check it once?" "Sir..." "Hell lot of errors. Redo it and listen, I need it A.S.A.P".
It was almost 7. What a long day has it been. Gosh! I almost forgot my dinner plan. I have to be at the restaurant in another one hour. Boy! I must change two trains and a bus. After a lot of hustled transportations I reached there five minutes to eight.
"...and I was runnng behind the dog with the cake in my hands and with a bag of pumpkins at my back". When a friend said this we all were laughing. We have been laughing for the past three-quaters hour. "Something similar happened to bud and it was hilariously funny"- I said pointing my other buddy. As I was describing the incident I asked,"is it a SUV or minivan?" to him. "My foot". There was anger in his voice. "Hey!"
"Do you think you never made any folly in your life so far?"
"Hey. Take it easy".
"Bull shit easy....." He continued talking. The situation seemed to appear more or less like the "am I funny?" scene in "Goodfellas". I didn't talk much till I returned home.
Before going to bed I checked my e-mails. God! Today I had an appointment with my prof at 2:00. How the hell I forgot? While brushing my teeth I was reminded of the line "please try to appreciate other's time" that my prof had written on his e-mail. Hmmm. Why always the bouncing ball hits my nose?
The Bride: You overreacted?
('Kill Bill: Vol 2')
Don't you find yourself often bumping into people like Bill who frequently overreact? One of my days started like this.
At 8:00 AM I was standing in the long queue before the Donut shop counter. Fifteen minutes later..."One croissant bread with cheese. No egg".
"Coffee?"
"No".
"Please step aside".
After three more people, at 8:22 AM, "Here you go sir". I ran to my office. Shit! Again I am late by five minutes.
"Hello" I answered my boss over phone.
"Did some one from telecom come?"
"Not yet".
"They said someone will be at 8:30..."
Knock...knock... "I think it's them".
"Hi".
"I'm from telecom. Ya' came jus' now?"
"Pardon". "I am waiting here for the last 20 minutes. Ya' asked me to be here at 8:30, I came at 8:20". The guy looked angry.
At 9, "Ok, it's done. Are you Mars?"
"Hmm...No". I checked and the phones are working fine. "Thanks". While leaving he said "smile" without any joyful expression.
Oooh! I'm hungry like anything. I open the packet. What the hell she has given? I didn't ask for egg. Heck! The phone rang. Boss again.
"Yes sir, it's fixed
....
he changed the phone jack
.....
sure
...
right away
....
in an hour
....
ok".
After 45 minutes. "Are you done almost?"
"Mostly... in another half an hour"
"Hurry up pal". Aaahh! This dumbo comp is unusally slow. Strange. Why this should happen today? Things will happen only now. Sigh!
Finally at 11:30, "Sir, the report is ready".
"C'mon pal. You said it will be done in an hour and it took you two and half hour. Hurry up man".
"Okay". Hooo! I came to my desk. My mobile rang. "Hey whatsup?"
"Don't forget. Tonight at 8, at Flattop".
"I'll be there". The other phone has been ringing four times. "Yes sir." "Did you check it once?" "Sir..." "Hell lot of errors. Redo it and listen, I need it A.S.A.P".
It was almost 7. What a long day has it been. Gosh! I almost forgot my dinner plan. I have to be at the restaurant in another one hour. Boy! I must change two trains and a bus. After a lot of hustled transportations I reached there five minutes to eight.
"...and I was runnng behind the dog with the cake in my hands and with a bag of pumpkins at my back". When a friend said this we all were laughing. We have been laughing for the past three-quaters hour. "Something similar happened to bud and it was hilariously funny"- I said pointing my other buddy. As I was describing the incident I asked,"is it a SUV or minivan?" to him. "My foot". There was anger in his voice. "Hey!"
"Do you think you never made any folly in your life so far?"
"Hey. Take it easy".
"Bull shit easy....." He continued talking. The situation seemed to appear more or less like the "am I funny?" scene in "Goodfellas". I didn't talk much till I returned home.
Before going to bed I checked my e-mails. God! Today I had an appointment with my prof at 2:00. How the hell I forgot? While brushing my teeth I was reminded of the line "please try to appreciate other's time" that my prof had written on his e-mail. Hmmm. Why always the bouncing ball hits my nose?
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