The outrage of "Someone's getting away with something!" over petty things exhausts me. Oh, the transaction you just made takes an extra $2 out of your bank account for 24 hours to cover unexpected things, but you always get it back. But you're outraged that the company is, what, making a quarter of a cent interest somehow? In a universe of outrages, that's what makes your blood pressure spike to Krakatoa levels?

I still treasure the memory of coming back from the New Orleans F2F. At the airport, I was checking my bag and this woman comes up with a large-ish handtruck of luggage and starts to push in front of me ... and the nice man told her he'd get to her when he had my one bag taken care of. Later, standing in the interminable security line, airport staff were going through to pull out the people whose flights were leaving early so they didn't miss it ... and the same woman goes up ... and shortly thereafter is sent back (complaining loudly) because her flight didn't leave for a while.

Sometimes there is some justice.

The outrage of "Someone's getting away with something!" over petty things exhausts me.

Right? It's not "I'm not getting what I need" it's "Somebody is getting something they don't deserve". Tiresome.

Eh, that's basically the same sentiment behind annoyance with someone trying to cut line, etc. I'll certainly admit to having called out a loud-enough-for-public-embarrassment "The line ends behind me back there" to people who were trying to slip in.

Seeing driving behavior in Boston, I've discovered there's a definite difference between aggressive and assertive. Assertive means that you want to claim your share of the road, aggressive means that you're actively trying to steal it from other people.

Some of Boston's worst drivers are people who say please and thank you, hold the door for you, would never dream of cutting in line at the grocery store. Yet get them behind the wheel. SIGH.

The outrage of "Someone's getting away with something!" over petty things exhausts me.

This.

Timelies all!

I'm kind of glad we're driving to CT in a couple weeks, rather than flying. It is a long drive with a toddler, but flying with him would be more of a pain. Our next flight is in August (flying to Worldcon in San Jose) and is a much longer flight than he's ever taken, but we'll deal.

I'll certainly admit to having called out a loud-enough-for-public-embarrassment "The line ends behind me back there" to people who were trying to slip in.

But that's actually causing you measurable harm. Pretty minor, maybe, but something.

With the rage overload over the big important stuff happening on a daily basis I'm not really left with the spoons to get ragy about the petty stuff. Have to admit though that sometimes it is the little stuff that hits at the wrong moment.

Judging whether someone needs early boarding or parking in handicap, not so much. Although I might give a side eye to some 'service' pets in the grocery store.

Although I might give a side eye to some 'service' pets in the grocery store.

I will own my crotchetiness and say I'd rather have most of those pets rather than most of the kids in the grocery store.