My grandma had no patience for picky eaters, even if they weren’t picky by choice. If she were serving a meal and somebody said, “No, thank you, I can’t eat those cheese grits, I’m allergic to dairy.” She would say, “What? You don’t like grits? You haven’t even tried ‘em!” And the person would say, “No, it’s not that I don’t like them. I love them. I’m just allergic.” And again she would scoff at them. And forget being on a diet. That’s simply not allowed.
Sure, that’s ridiculous (on grandma’s part) but I find myself losing patience too. For me, it’s sick people, I—knock on this synthetic wood that my desk is made out of—rarely get sick. So when people give me the excuse that they’re under the weather, I get a little annoyed. Isn’t that awful? I get even more annoyed when they start describing their sickness: “I’ve had a cough for a few days and then last night, I woke up at 3am and my nose was stuffy and I had to put four pillows under my head and then the snot drained down—“
And that’s where I stop listening.
Can you just say “I’m sick” and leave it at that? I don’t wanna hear your belly aching. And if my grandma were here, you’d still have to eat a full plate of grits, no matter how sick you are!
4 comments:
YOU??? Impatient?! :)
I DO get tired of people and their whining though... especially on things nobody can do anything about. And that are nastily personal. I hear ya on that. I will not relay to you all my pregnancy ailments tomorrow. Don't worry. :D
In my fantasy world, whining would not be allowed; subject to a severe fine. As for resisting food at grandma's, I always started strong, but finished weak and ate whatever she was pushing before the vacation was over. Of course, you know how I felt about coworkers who called off sick and stuck others with their workload. When they returned, they expected you to be sympathetic as they described their illness in great detail.
Yeah, I was always one of those who sucked it up and went to work when I was sick. Not sure now it was the best idea,
I feel the exact same way! I have absolutely no sympathy for people when they are sick. I feel bad for my husband when he is, I mean I take great care of him when he isn't, I just can't handle the whining when he is. And don't get me started on people that whine all the time. I just want to say we all have issues, stop complaining....isn't that horrible!
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