stop bitching

Due to past experiences I have trouble trusting anyone- which is a problem, but not a big one per se- it did become one when I realized (as I write this piece) I was at a point where I could barely see any positives in anyone at all. I saw positives, but I automatically focused on the negatives. The negatives would irritate me so much that I’d deliberate over and over and I’d end up with a migraine. Enough exposure to the same negative aspect with one person, my brain automatically associated the person with a migraine and being around that person became excruciating.

So recently, I have been the attack of malicious gossip and bitching. What’s new. People can’t stand how perfect I am and jealousy is just, oh, bound to occur. Hahaha. Kidding.
And what I don’t understand is, why, this keeps on happening, day after day? And perhaps it’s just me, but why the hell do girls bitch so much about other girls? Too fat. Too pretty. Too shallow and stupid. Too smart. Too arrogant. It never ends. And strangely, they have this way of making it seem like it’s never their fault when they bitch. It’s not their fault that they have such low tolerance levels. It’s not their fault that they are so insecure and easily jealous. It’s not their fault that they think that no one is, or should be, better than them. No, it’s always the object of the bitch fest that should squarely shoulder all the blame. And you know, some people like to point out to me that, “Excuse me, there’s a reason for bitching okay. If the person is so nice, no one would bitch about him or her at all.” Oh really?

I am in no way saying that the said people are perfect in every way. Each has their own faults but the goods outweigh the bads in immeasurable units. In the end, each IS perfect in their own way. I know each one will disappoint me at one point or another. That’s what humans do. You fall, and you rise and shine brighter.

Nothing in your life is hard so stop bitching. No one cares. ..
Is your life too boring or sad until you need to start talking about other people lives?

And now… I’m sick and tired of people bitching bout me.

Im a bitch and Im back

Sometimes you have to be a bitch to get things done.

Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.

The world makes you into a bitch, no matter how quietly you go, so you may as well go kicking and screaming.

Taxonomy of Office Creatures

This week, New York magazine has a big section on Office Life: A Survival Manual. And it’s depressing. Not only are there photographs of what the offices of Martha Stewart (clean), Paul Rudnick (kinda gothic-bohemian) and Mayor Bloomberg (bullpen, baby) look like, but there are stories that explain why your office works the way it does. Like, apparently, the boss has to be a jerk. And there are some solutions to office problems—who knew throwing a tantrum might be helpful (just don’t break stuff)? Also, there’s a guide to the kinds of creatures in your office, for instance, the person who will never be fired then.

Taxonomy of Office Creatures

Protect yourself—it’s a jungle out there.

The Night Stalker
Behavioral trait: Considers self an ace at office banter; in reality, spreads awkward pauses and inappropriate comments the way Johnny Appleseed spread apples. Like a wolf, his sudden approach toward your cubicle chills the blood.

How to eradicate the menace: Starve him with lengthy anecdotes about people he doesn’t know. Change the names of your characters mid-story just to be an ass.

The Endangered Species
Behavioral trait: Petulance that must be tolerated because the perpetrator possesses a unique skill. Akin to owls around which entire forests must be maintained.

How to eradicate the menace: Put your trust in the market. A replacement will come along soon enough, offering what economists call “the marginal value of not being an utter tool.”

The Beast
Behavioral trait: Constantly getting his way by hanging the threat of a prima donna tirade over everyone else’s head, like a crocodile who gets the entire water hole by eating all the monkeys and antelope trying to get a drink.

How to eradicate the menace: Defeating an office monster head-to-head is possible, but might require you to act despicably yourself—after all, the person who kills crocodiles is a poacher.

The Whimperer
Behavioral trait: Acting continually put-upon but never explaining why, like a neighbor’s dog that incessantly expresses its displeasure at your mere presence.

How to eradicate the menace: Can eventually be turned into an ally with the right combination of patience, kindness, and food-related bribery.

The Nuisance
Behavioral trait: Constant, public naysaying of statements and positions you hadn’t even realized anyone could find objectionable. Reminiscent of the mouse that continues to show up despite your most conscientious efforts to maintain an environment free from mouse nutrients.

How to eradicate the menace: Poison.