Pet Peeves: Stop Finding FAULT in Everything!

As human beings, most of us tend to just go about our lives.

We have a number of things we "do" in the course of our typical day, and not many people notice or comment on that.

Now and again, we might do something exceptional, and we get paid a compliment. On the other hand, maybe we do something kinda dumb, and people might shrug, or say "dumbass!" or something like that.

My point here is that it's mostly just not a very big deal.

And then there are those among us who seem determined to find fault with absolutely everything. Their entire focus seems to be on establishing what is "wrong" with any given situation... and then pointing it out in a loud — and sometimes strident — tone of voice. They don't typically offer a better solution of their own, they just point out what's WRONG with the current situation. Sometimes they allude to the person with the original idea as being an "idiot" for having such an idea.

They are sort of related to the personality time we have come to think of as a "Karen" in modern pop culture, except minus the many demands.

Earlier today, I found myself thinking back on various people in my life who have fit this description, trying to understand the underlying psychology... it almost seems like they get some kind of "superiority kick" out of engaging in this kind of behavior.

What's more, they typically ignore the fact that 99% of the rest of the experience was pretty damn close to perfect and just hone in on the tiny speck that they find worthy of being "picked apart."

Personally? I have always preferred the idea of building things (and people) up, rather than tearing them down. I'm not saying we should stand idly by if something is horribly wrong, however... but dedicating so much energy to what feels like an eternal "fault finding mission" just comes across as rather grating, to me.

As I wrote in yesterday's post, it has been a rough week around here... and this post was "inspired" by someone who had asked me a question about something I have via one of my eBay accounts, who then proceeded to hint that I was a "lazy seller" who "didn't seem to care" about customer service because it had taken me about 5-6 hours to get back to her about a non-time critical question.

I guess everybody just has their own way of doing things... who knows, maybe she was having a bad day, too?

Thanks for reading, and have a great rest of your week... the weekend is almost here!

How about YOU? Do you have any particularly "picky" individuals in your life? How do you handle their constant fault-finding? As always, comments, feedback and other interaction is invited and welcomed! Because — after all — SOCIAL content is about interacting, right? Leave a comment — share your experiences — be part of the conversation!

(All text and images by the author, unless otherwise credited. This is ORIGINAL CONTENT, created expressly for this platform — NOT A CROSSPOST!!!)
Created at 20210114 22:52 PST
x086