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W07VH5 |
email me your address. | |||
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I see 4 different doctors, three of these should be memoing,snail mailing, e-mailing,yakking on the phone to one another at the very least every 7 months , but they refuse to do so $500.00 per hour and they will ! not ! exchange information about a patient . I can not envision ever hurting another person , that kind of violence is revolting and repulsive, but they day I find out that I am losing a liver or lung , because Moe did not dial up curley for a consult , it may be "go time" Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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I picture our society and expectations of folks as a plane in the sky, in a nosedive, no chutes on board, engine(s) TU. Anywhere I use a bathroom, some part of it is thugged out, drivers on road who could care less about safety, it’s bad out there. I stay home more often than any point in life. My circle is small/tight. Do me wrong once, warning, twice and you’re dead to me. #notolerance What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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Admin/Odd Duck |
If you will become a pessimist as well as set the bar low enough, you will never be disappointed. ____________________________________________________ New and improved super concentrated me: Proud rebel, heretic, and Oneness Apostolic Pentecostal. There is iron in my words of death for all to see. So there is iron in my words of life. | |||
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Shaman |
I am no longer surprised as the garbage that humanity has become. So with my low expectations, I'm rarely disappointed. Sure there are a few that actually shine and I'm pleasantly surprised but for the most part, what I expect(or don't expect) of the masses rarely lets me down.  He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. | |||
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| Experienced Slacker |
My thoughts for free: This forum attracts the sort of folks that tend to be sharper than ball bearings and pay attention to stuff sometimes. When those two things are at work it is far easier to be disappointed in others that don't have those qualities. So, you have a lot of like minded people here that share your pain. Also, you aren't likely to be voted off the island anytime soon in my opinion. | |||
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| Shaman |
If you're the smartest one at the party, you're at the wrong party. He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
I wouldn't sweat it Mark, others are going to disappoint us no matter what, we disappoint others as well, as Bond said in Spectre "Its all a matter of perspective" | |||
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The guy behind the guy |
One of my biggest issues with employees is explaining to them that often times people struggle with others because they don't realize their own strengths. For example, let's say you're great about calling people when they don't need something...just to say hi and see how someone is doing. That is your strength, your gift. Not everyone shares that gift. So if you expect them to be as good at it as you are, you will be frustrated when you realize they don't share your gift. Consider that you don't share another's gift. So, what if I'm super punctual and you're not? It would be easy for you to drive me crazy by never being early for a meeting. I'm always 10 minutes early. It's my thing, I have to remind myself not everyone is like me less I get frustrated by them. Now, we could sit and say, "EVERYONE SHOULD BE GOOD AT THIS STUFF!!!!! IT'S BASIC HUMANITY DAMN IT!!!!" Sure, we can say that, but the reality is we're nuts if we expect everyone to be like us and value what we value. Christ himself was the only perfect person, so we all have issues that drive others nuts, if we think we don't, we're probably a bigger asshole than anyone. I think it's more fulfilling to try to find the gifts others have and appreciate those gifts than to stay frustrated that tiger won't change its stripes to match mine. It's easier said than done, but my dad has been beating this into me since I was a child and I'm finally starting to understand it...only took me 40 years  | |||
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Political Cynic |
thats my motto I never expect anyone to do anything, ever if they do I'm pleasantly surprised, but if they don't then how can I be disappointed I have set my bar very low... [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
I’m cynical so I rarely get disappointed. In your two examples with the total charge and the warranty work, I read that you explained your expectations but I didn’t read that you confirmed their acknowledgment and acceptance of your expectations. Doing this important step - confirming the other party acknowledged your expectations accurately as you stated it and their commitment to comply with your expectations— will prevent 80 to 85% of disappointments you currently experience. I learned this useful tool as practiced in the Navy. Someone declares an order/expectation like “Open main steam valves.” The intended receiver repeats back the order verbatim, “Open main steam valve. Aye, aye.” And proceeds with executing the expectation. In a civilian situation were things are more indefinite; your expectations also need to contain any relevant attributes of your expectations such as timing or location. And instead of having them repeat back verbatim, you’ll have to coax them to restate your expectations in their own words. This allows you to gauge whether they have accurately understood your expectations. And the last part is to get their commitment whether they agree and perform to your expectations. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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I could have told you that you're the problem, Mark, as am I. I learned a while ago that most people don't live up to my expectations in spite of the fact I only expect common decency and a little responsibility from people. Too many people today have no common decency and aren't willing to accept any responsibility. On a different note, in times past I considered myself of average intelligence but by today's standards I seem to be a freaking rocket surgeon. Today's standards suck. | |||
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I'm part of the generation that eats tide pods. I didnt know instagram was a thing until I heard some inmates talking about it. Sometimes, just surround yourself with actual people. Thatll be enough Used guns deserve a home too | |||
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| W07VH5 |
Thanks, my friends. You've managed to lift my spirits. | |||
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it truly is a whole nother story that your situation is with family and friends, best wishes to you that they will realize your pain and adjust Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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Your a top notch guy in my book, and don't feel alone in how you feel. It is very sad how shitty things have become acceptable. Be sure to remember: Fool me once, shame on you! Fool me twice, shame on me! by Randall Terry _________________________________________________ "Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God." --- G.K. Chesterton | |||
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It is scarey! SC has read my thoughts!! _________________________________________________ "Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God." --- G.K. Chesterton | |||
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You're making excuses for ir-responsible people. Being on-time and returning phone calls in a timely manner is not a strength, it's called being responsible and caring about other people's time. I work for one owner that if anyone (vender, etc.) is 15 minutes late without calling, he never uses them again, ever. | |||
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| You're going to feel a little pressure... |
My wife and I were remarking, just yesterday, how small is our group of friends. Part of it is intentional (low maintenance), part of it is the fact that we hold our acquaintances to the same standards as we hold ourselves. The ones that don't live up to them don't get much of our time. It's less lonely than being surrounded by assholes, I can say that. And we know who we can count on, in a pinch. Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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