How Competitive are you?
I have noticed something really weird in this culture of ours. We are extremely competitive.
You think that this isnt weird right?
Wait until i give you this example...
Person 1: Im sooo tired... i have a headache and i think im coming down with the flu.
Person 2: OOOH thats nothing.... I have a headache, heartache, stomach ache... my kids are annoying, my parents are killing me, my husband is a bastard, im fat, My clothes wont fit, i dont have money, i dont know how i will pay my kids tuition fees, my kids hate me, My boss is an ass, my career is not going the way i want it to, im worthless, im un(der)appreciated and overloaded.
:) Thats what i mean by weird competitiveness!
We compete even in the bad stuff!! I dont get it. DO we have to be more in anything?
im bad...im worse
im sad... im miserable
im sick... im dying
I sometimes think maybe the person who sounds like he is worse is trying to cheer the other up. Thats one way to do it isnt it?
Mashi...
What about the people who just complain when there isnt anything to complain about?
Example:
"Pff.... i have to sign this paper today" -- A fax that someone wrote for her and will fax it for her too!!!
"Oooh that guy is coming to meet my boss today" -- Not meeting with her at all.
"Hmm... My sister will go out today"-- ??? Just like that!!
"Offf... I'm gonna have lunch today" -- :) That was me years ago! :)
So what i mean to say is... it might me a gene of competitiveness in all of us... we just dont know how to use it!!
That and the fact that we are a complaining society in general who are never satisfied with what we've got:
"I wish i had curly hair" Vs " i wish i had straight hair"
"Wish i was a little thinner" Vs "Wish that i was a little chubbier"
"Wish i was that fair" Vs " Wish i had darker skin"
"Wish my wife was more emotional" Vs "Wish my wife wasnt so sensitive"
"Wish my husband was more flexible and open" Vs "Wish my husband wasnt a pervert"
I guess this might not be a culture thing after all... Maybe its just human.
But in anycase the list goes on.... need i say more?
You think that this isnt weird right?
Wait until i give you this example...
Person 1: Im sooo tired... i have a headache and i think im coming down with the flu.
Person 2: OOOH thats nothing.... I have a headache, heartache, stomach ache... my kids are annoying, my parents are killing me, my husband is a bastard, im fat, My clothes wont fit, i dont have money, i dont know how i will pay my kids tuition fees, my kids hate me, My boss is an ass, my career is not going the way i want it to, im worthless, im un(der)appreciated and overloaded.
:) Thats what i mean by weird competitiveness!
We compete even in the bad stuff!! I dont get it. DO we have to be more in anything?
im bad...im worse
im sad... im miserable
im sick... im dying
I sometimes think maybe the person who sounds like he is worse is trying to cheer the other up. Thats one way to do it isnt it?
Mashi...
What about the people who just complain when there isnt anything to complain about?
Example:
"Pff.... i have to sign this paper today" -- A fax that someone wrote for her and will fax it for her too!!!
"Oooh that guy is coming to meet my boss today" -- Not meeting with her at all.
"Hmm... My sister will go out today"-- ??? Just like that!!
"Offf... I'm gonna have lunch today" -- :) That was me years ago! :)
So what i mean to say is... it might me a gene of competitiveness in all of us... we just dont know how to use it!!
That and the fact that we are a complaining society in general who are never satisfied with what we've got:
"I wish i had curly hair" Vs " i wish i had straight hair"
"Wish i was a little thinner" Vs "Wish that i was a little chubbier"
"Wish i was that fair" Vs " Wish i had darker skin"
"Wish my wife was more emotional" Vs "Wish my wife wasnt so sensitive"
"Wish my husband was more flexible and open" Vs "Wish my husband wasnt a pervert"
I guess this might not be a culture thing after all... Maybe its just human.
But in anycase the list goes on.... need i say more?
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