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:: Today's soundtrack: Mindless Self Indulgence "Shut Me Up" ::
It should be no secret by now that one of my pet peeves is people who whine (bear in mind that there IS a difference between whining and complaining). Okay, so every once in a great while there will be someone with a genuine beef who is entitled to whine about it, but my motto is "are you gonna whine, or DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT?" You can have a problem and choose to continue to live with it, that's fine by me, so long as you realize that this removes your whining entitlement. You can't consciously choose to not do something to fix your problem and carry on whining about it. That's not how it works.
You know what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the kind of person at work who always says stuff like, "It's not fair that Pete always gets the good projects to work on! The boss gives him preferential treatment for no reason!" But you should know right away that anyone who would whine like this never gets the good projects for a reason. They sit and take it and would rather whine about it that look into why the situation is like it is. Maybe Pete there has consistently put in more hours and effort on projects than the whiner. Maybe all it would take is for the whiner to assert themselves and request a project from the boss. But, alas it is a whiner's prerogative to be all whine and no shine (ooh hey, I just made that up! And it rhymes and everything! I am so awesome).
There are always those people (women mostly, sorry but it's the truth) who are more willing to hide themselves somewhere and cry about a problem than stand up and confront their issues head on. "Sniff, sniff, my boyfriend is always so mean to me and looking at other girls!" Are you gonna cry or are you gonna go slap him in the face and say you won't stand for it any more (or better yet, dump his punk ass)? Which is more likely to get results?
The fact of the matter is, if someone is whining about something, they are more than likely allowing it to happen in some way. They have all the power to make a change but they choose not to do so. The next time you are faced with a whiner, grab them squarely by the shoulders and confront them with my motto "are you gonna whine, or do something about it?!" If the next thing out of their mouth is a series of excuses (keeping in mind the difference between excuses and valid reasons), then you have my permission to slap them to their senses.
William (cheese with my whine)
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