A new pet peeve
Haven't posted in a few days, but it's been crazy here. Right in the middle of RA training, new roomate just moved in, trying to get training sections done before I'm presenting them. Things are good though. That project I was working on last weekend came out really well. I discovered I like iMovie a great deal, but I have a sneaking suspicion I'd like a more powerful version of that software even more.
In other news, never, ever make changes to your cable/internet while your service provider is in the middle of being bought out.
Bad Idea. Capital B, Capital I.
In other, other news, I think I've discovered a new pet peeve. I can recall, on somewhat rare occasions back in high school, waiting anxiously for a phone call from a friend that never ended up coming. This was particularly well, hurtful, when they were calls from the woman I was dating at the time. I would just assume that things had come up, but it always bothered the piss out of my parents, especially my Dad, to see this happening to me.
In the last week, I experienced several extremely minor instances of this--no breaking or skipping plans with other people to wait on contact for someone that never came, just a few irritating instances of people not getting back to me. But the thing that pushed me over the edge was when one of my friends got rather hurt in the same manner by a woman. I've decided that I agree with my parents. Leaving people unaswered isn't just rude, it's really cowardly and childish. Few things turn me off to a potential partner more than someone who would rather avoid conflict than be honest. People justify those sorts of actions to themselves, but ultimately, and call me out if I'm wrong here, I think those justifications are always just an excuse to cover up the fact that not answering someone allows a respondent to avoid being uncomfortable or feeling like bad person for being hurtful. But you know what? I'm pretty damn sure it's a cheap thing to avoid making yourself feel bad by causing another person excess suffering.
I hate it when people take the easy road at the expense of others. Yes, it bothers me when I'm the recipient, but I hate it even more when people hurt my friends.
In other news, never, ever make changes to your cable/internet while your service provider is in the middle of being bought out.
Bad Idea. Capital B, Capital I.
In other, other news, I think I've discovered a new pet peeve. I can recall, on somewhat rare occasions back in high school, waiting anxiously for a phone call from a friend that never ended up coming. This was particularly well, hurtful, when they were calls from the woman I was dating at the time. I would just assume that things had come up, but it always bothered the piss out of my parents, especially my Dad, to see this happening to me.
In the last week, I experienced several extremely minor instances of this--no breaking or skipping plans with other people to wait on contact for someone that never came, just a few irritating instances of people not getting back to me. But the thing that pushed me over the edge was when one of my friends got rather hurt in the same manner by a woman. I've decided that I agree with my parents. Leaving people unaswered isn't just rude, it's really cowardly and childish. Few things turn me off to a potential partner more than someone who would rather avoid conflict than be honest. People justify those sorts of actions to themselves, but ultimately, and call me out if I'm wrong here, I think those justifications are always just an excuse to cover up the fact that not answering someone allows a respondent to avoid being uncomfortable or feeling like bad person for being hurtful. But you know what? I'm pretty damn sure it's a cheap thing to avoid making yourself feel bad by causing another person excess suffering.
I hate it when people take the easy road at the expense of others. Yes, it bothers me when I'm the recipient, but I hate it even more when people hurt my friends.