I Irk People
Some people go through life as if invisible. I unfortunately irk people. I've known this for a long time.
At first, I was amazed at how I could unknowingly irk; now I am aware of my ability to irk and use it for good and for evil ;-)
Here's a current list of how I irk others:
I do not believe in any higher power. When asked about my beliefs, I say I don't believe in the supernatural - not ghosts, not Easter bunnies nor Santa Claus nor any form of a god or goddess.
I ask questions. I even ask doctors questions! I am the farthest thing from a true believer you will ever find. I question authority routinely and regularly and admire those people who do the same.
I am a problem solver. Lots of people don't want to have their problems solved or they don't accept the solution. What they want is to spread their hopeless and noxious state of mind on to me.
Some problems can only be accepted. Other problems have solutions that aren't exactly wonderful, but one must choose one of the solutions or just keep wallowing in the problem. I don't like wallowing or wallowers so those friends and relatives who enjoy that state are very irked by my serenity prayer-like response to them when they'd prefer to snivel and whine. Bah, it's just a waste of time.
I dye my blonde hair blonde. Never knew how much this could bug people. "Why do you do that, you already have blonde hair, why dye your hair a lighter blonde?" Because, you want to know why? because I want to - that's why and I can't see how in hell it matters to you what color my hair is.
I'm mostly happy. Very happy. I find joy in so many things and apparently a lot of people have a problem with this. They would prefer me to be less happy. They're jealous or angry that I can have a sip of wine and go to nirvana and back and they can have a double bottle and still not appreciate the taste. I like being alone; enjoy my private time and am never bored.
The biggest thing about me that irks others is that I don't care what other people think of me. It's not important. I only like people who like me so it just doesn't matter.
How in hell can you like someone if they don't like you? This can only work if if YOU don't like YOU, and I like me.
Do you irk people? If so how?
Some people go through life as if invisible. I unfortunately irk people. I've known this for a long time.
At first, I was amazed at how I could unknowingly irk; now I am aware of my ability to irk and use it for good and for evil ;-)
Here's a current list of how I irk others:
I do not believe in any higher power. When asked about my beliefs, I say I don't believe in the supernatural - not ghosts, not Easter bunnies nor Santa Claus nor any form of a god or goddess.
I ask questions. I even ask doctors questions! I am the farthest thing from a true believer you will ever find. I question authority routinely and regularly and admire those people who do the same.
I am a problem solver. Lots of people don't want to have their problems solved or they don't accept the solution. What they want is to spread their hopeless and noxious state of mind on to me.
Some problems can only be accepted. Other problems have solutions that aren't exactly wonderful, but one must choose one of the solutions or just keep wallowing in the problem. I don't like wallowing or wallowers so those friends and relatives who enjoy that state are very irked by my serenity prayer-like response to them when they'd prefer to snivel and whine. Bah, it's just a waste of time.
I dye my blonde hair blonde. Never knew how much this could bug people. "Why do you do that, you already have blonde hair, why dye your hair a lighter blonde?" Because, you want to know why? because I want to - that's why and I can't see how in hell it matters to you what color my hair is.
I'm mostly happy. Very happy. I find joy in so many things and apparently a lot of people have a problem with this. They would prefer me to be less happy. They're jealous or angry that I can have a sip of wine and go to nirvana and back and they can have a double bottle and still not appreciate the taste. I like being alone; enjoy my private time and am never bored.
The biggest thing about me that irks others is that I don't care what other people think of me. It's not important. I only like people who like me so it just doesn't matter.
How in hell can you like someone if they don't like you? This can only work if if YOU don't like YOU, and I like me.
Do you irk people? If so how?
posted by mary bishop | 10:59 AM
11 Comments:
I do. I think I'm one of the most annoying people I've met! ; )
1) I ask millions of questions (and no, not all of them are tangential)
2) If I'm confident in my position, I stand by it no matter how controversial it might be and no matter how many people tell me that I shouldn't be thinking that just because so many other people don't.
3) I refuse to pretend that I'm "unique just like everyone else". I'm just me, and I don't care whether I fit anyone's idealized vision of what I should be or not.
4) I do what I think is right, even if it seems a bit outlandish or unrealistic to others.
5) I make my dreams my goals, and I do what I really want to do with my life, not what others expect me to do.
6) I am very opinionated, and I refuse to keep my mouth shut. Of course, there are times when it's simply inappropriate to speak a certain way - but I always find an outlet to express my opinions.
We just cross-posted comments!
The characteristics you just wrote down are the very reasons I find you charming and special! ;-)
(Of course we share a lot of the same characteristics, and frankly I'm fond of me...hahahha)
Jinx! : )
I irk people because I am happy.
Well most of them time. The other part of the time I irk people because I am not happy.
I irk people because I talk about my daughter all the time.
I ask questions...not as many as you. But I have the same issue with authority... its a wonder why I ever joined the millitary.
I irk people because I am somewhat conservative in some of my views but very liberal in others.
I do believe in a higher power and supernatural beings. But my higher power is not christian or jewish - but people think im strange because of this.
Anyway I ramble - I make a story longer than it should be...and i get distracted easily...:)
Those are most of the reasons I irk people
Most of your "irkiness" is why i find you so entertaining. :)
Things I do that irk people? hmm...
1) WAYYYYY too chipper too early in the morning and I freak out my customers. All without coffee or caffeine of any kind. :)
2) I know everything. not literally, but I tend to research and find out about things, and so people don't get to sell me. Car salesmen either love me or hate me. They love me b/c i do their job for them, I know more about the car than they do and i've already sold it to myself, i'm just there to see if i'm comfy. They hate me b/c they can't con me if they are that type of salesman. (i've had at least 3 dealers offer me jobs after i've taken test drives.)
I do the same thing at physical therapy, doctor's offices, etc. My all time favorite though, is when i'm in a store like BestBUy, and the salesman is talking out his rear about something, then goes to check on an item and I correct all of his/her information to the people he was talking to. That irks them QUITE a bit. ;)
(final bathroom pics are up at mine btw :) )
Irina, we've done this cross posting for years now. How long have we been blog buddies? I think you were a sophomore.
Mini, I like how you irk people! Can a mom ever talk too much about their chld? I don't think so, it only shows how much you love her. I am extremely fond of question askers :-)
Ilanna, you and I could give a car dealer an ulcer with no problem. I do the same thing. When I'm ready to buy something, I have researched the death out of it and know exactly what I want and what price I want to pay. I hate car shopping because they won't tell you what the price of the car is...this is ludicrous.
Last car shopping event the guy said to me: what will it take me to do to get you driving this car off the lot?
I said: tell me the price.
hahahah
well this last car was a lease, and it was advertised so I knew going in the cost. But the whole "what do we have to do thing" happened with my last car. And they got the payment where I needed it and so I got the car. :) but i don't trust those sales too much. I took too much of a depreciation hit on that last one. :) thankfully my brother is friends with most of the salesmen in my town. :) LOL
Oh a brother who knows car dealers? That is way cool.
I have no insiders in car retail, so I just have to be a big pain in the ass to get what I want at a price that's reasonable to me. The internet is a huge help, especially when you've printed out info on 50 2000 Cabrio convertibles and show the dealer the prices. I got almost $2000 off my car because I had proof I could buy it elsewhere cheaper.
Some of those things are little like me as well.
I wont write a big reply however how I irk people is by being an empath. A person that senses what emotion is running through them. I have had this gift since I was a child, I dont question it and I certainly dont understand it. It is what it is and that is pretty incredible.
Marko, I'm not surprised to hear that you have this special gift. I've noticed it in your blog; how perceptive you are to other people's feelings.
I'm glad you know it's a gift, but why should it irk people that you have such goodness within you?
Hey MB: I irk people. I never realized this until a few years ago. I was just minding my own business and then whap! I got divorced. Ha, ha!
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