"Annoyance is an unpleasant mental state that is characterized by such effects as irritation and distraction from one's conscious thinking. It can lead to emotions such as frustration and anger. The property of being easily annoyed is called petulance, and something which annoys is called a nuisance."
People, don't panic. Nothing s gotten onto me... Am never that serious writer!!The above statement has been ctrl+c-ed ctrl+v-ed from wikipedia.
So, back to the topic, how often do we get annoyed?
I have a very minimum immunity against annoyance and nuisances. While those close to me can take my trips (they know the threshold) as much as they want -others, please do not cross the border line. (!!!)
I am not the kind who would lash out in anger, I am the kind who would lock you out- keep you in a zone, wherein you’d be tabooed- a pest. I’d swear to keep myself away from such pests. Here are some instances that happened yesterday, and I got infested by couple of pests
Over to the pests……
“Sree…. You look like an aunty”
Ouch!!! A tight slap, a whip lash an electric shock- would have been nothing compared to this verbal stab!!!
I looked at my tormentor, she stood there, flashing all her 32 and smiling at me as though she made a statement on national television. She managed to bring upon pin drop silence to the bay that was bustling with noise prior to the ‘statement’. I managed to snap back,” well, this is how I look everyday”.
She: Well, then may be it’s the attire, I’ve seen you on casuals on Fridays and u look bindaas on them.
Me: Then, this is my Monday to Thursday look (with a shrug to show my annoyance)
Couple of minutes later Miss. G comes running to my desk. Here is the conversation that followed:-
G: “How dare she say such things to you? If it were me, I would have taken her trips” (well, I have produced a polished version of her dialogue in here)
Me: “She was just trying to pull my leg. Its ok, leave it”
G: “Arrey… look at herself, doesn’t she have a mirror at home” (again, her words have been refined)
M: No more dialogues, I just chose to smile this time.
Communicator buzzed. Couple more friends who thought I was deeply offended by the dialogue pinged me and checked if I were alright. Oh hell yeah, she just made my day (&many more days to come)
If I thought I’d experienced enough of annoyance for the day, I was deeply mistaken.Here comes bug #2
To celebrate birthdays at work, we order a cake and later, when the money amounts to a certain figure; we collect the share from the team. As I announced that its time to collect the money, a co-worker asks me this: - “why don’t you accept sudexo coupons instead of money?”
I was just at a loss of words again. Why waste my energy and shoot up my BP with a conversation. I ended the conversation with a simple “No”, as he sat there- glaring at me for having deeply offended his suggestion.
These things happen every single day. If I were to list all these, am sure that would make a good reading for a later stage of my life. Do I want that? Hmm… I’ll think about it and write down, if am sure that I would laugh at it some day. For now, the purpose has been served…. i.e., you may have a laugh. And promise me, you won’t be a pest in ma life…. (wink)
