February 8, 2007
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PRESSURE!!!Don’t ask for help
You’re all alone
Pressure
You’ll have to answer
To your own
Pressure
I’m sure you’ll have some cosmic rationale
But here you are in the ninth
Two men out and three men on
Nowhere to look but inside
Where we all respond to
Pressure
Pressure
My personality flaws are too numerous to mention but one glaring idiosyncrasy I have is that when I get really stressed I become a…let’s see…what’s the word?…oh yeah…
Asshole
Just ask my wife, my coworkers, my friends, my neighbors, the clerk at the local easy mart, the guy that delivers our newspaper, the bank teller, the meter reader, or anyone living in an adjoining state…they all know.
Work has been incredibly stressful over the last couple of months. I’m usually very easy going and overly gregarious, but once my stress level reaches a certain point I can do a Jeckyll and Hyde transformation that leaves people speechless, grown men cower, and small animals run for cover.
I am not proud of this.
I asked another salesman here at work to honestly describe me when I make this transformation. With a smile he said – and I quote: “you become a pompous, condescending, arrogant, abusive butthead with a severe Napoleon Complex.” I’m so glad I can always count on my coworkers to be straight with me.
I’ve tried several things to help with the stress: meditation, deep breathing, counting to ten, decapitating bunny rabbits, and heroin, but nothing really seems to help.
I keep trying to remind myself that what I do is Audio/Video design-build work, it’s not brain surgery. If something doesn’t happen when it’s supposed to happen, no one is going to die, unless of course it’s the fellow employee that screwed up and I can find them.
I’m not sure what the answer is but I think I need a nice long vacation at a resort with a beautiful beach. Just heaven help the resort staff if the pina colada I order isn’t just right.
Comments (24)
(Quietly tiptoeing away)
I can’t imagine you transforming quite this gruesomely, but I think everyone is feeling kind of “loony” because of the long winter. It’s making everyone feel that they are coming across kind of nutty, but I think you have described it the best! :-O
Kathi
At least you are past the denial stage……..
Stress generates all kinds of bad chemicals in the body such as adrenalin which is probably what sets you off. I am a hothead like you that way. I find if I go spend it somewhere in the form of a physical pursuit like exercise, abusing a ball, or something like that it seems to diffuse the fury. I think that need to be aggressive is what inspires us to hurt other people during times of stress. Forget the feel good fluff of meditation. Go kick the shit out of a racquetball!!!!
You’re problem is the heroin. Everyone knows you should use opium for stress.
And that, of course, is the allure of blogging… we can be assholes in “real” life (trust me, I know) and yet our “virtual” friends tell us how nice we are. And my guess is, you really are, a nice guy,l that is. (On the other hand, I’m an asshole).
I agree with all of the above.
Hope things get better soon at work!
gah!!
you just described me to a T.
the Transformation hit me unexpected in a meeting w/my manager two days ago…and as i heard myself *lose it*, saw the tears squirt out my eyes, and her *visibly flinch* in response, my mind was screaming: “who the HELL is this Crazy Woman…and what is she doing wearing my shoes??!”
i was mortified.
*blushes shamefully*
i had some serious apologizing to do the next morning…….
Sounds like you need a Bahamavention!
Yep, it’s just your job, not rocket surgery!
I don’t really let loose at work because I like buying groceries on a regular basis and stuff, but I do tend to turn into a bit of a raging bitch at home when I’m stressed. Are you sure we’re not related ?
WOW! I’m a pompous, condescending, arrogant, abusive butthead with a severe Napoleon Complex on my GOOD days. Heh heh heh. I don’t lose it at work, it could cost money (and it’s just not done in whinerless corporate america, you know) Thanks for making me chortle. No, I almost guffawed. Not quite.
OMG I am the same way! When it came to meeting quotas, or in some competition/contest with people at work I became a total ass! The doctors diagnosed me with type 2 bi-polar which basically means, “We really don’t know whats wrong with ya but take these pills cause we get a kick back”. I never have any “episodes” though unless I’m highly stressed, so I stopped takin the meds ages ago! Now if I get in that mood I just have about 10 good shots of rum, and I’m feeling good! I am like a lovable teddy bear when I get drunk!
ryc: Thanks.
Sounds like cookie therapy to me. But just a warning….it’s expensive!
Were we married?
How about some retail therapy, or is that only a woman thing?
More sex? Just a thought!
Think back to that vacation you had last year. Were’nt you off in Mexico taking tequila shots and doing the pub crawl or something like that? Maybe you need to post those pics to remind yourself that you really do know how to cut loose when given the opportunity. The picture I remember seeing was priceless.
RYC:
WHEW! What a comback! YOU GOT ME!!! Everybody, go see what Mark did to my blog. Battle of wits: I lose.
Admitting you’re an asshole is the first step. So many of us never even get that far.
Thank God for genetics!
Oh my gosh, I can relate to Toots10′s comment!!! ROFL I heard someone say something the other day that you might find helpful. She said that when stressed a person can think through the 10-10-10…..Will this really matter in 10 days, 10 months, 10 years? I guess sometimes in 10 days, but most of the things that stress people out could not be recalled 10 months or 10 years later……Also have you heard that stressed spelled backwards is “DESSERTS?” Also, you may give yourself a self imposed time out until you can collect yourself!!! LOL I LOVE reading your posts. You are definetly in good company…I bet most of us can relate to having these moments…
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