Cranky people.

So, I come into work today and listen to the messages, as is my routine.  It's a loathsome task but someone has to do it and since I'm the first one in, it falls to me.

Some guy left a very angry message. Normally I would listen to the whole thing to get to the point but this week has been my week of "hell" and I lacked the desire, so I just deleted it.  There are few things that annoy me; people who leave long winded and unnecessarily mean message are high on that list.

My question is, why?  Why do people get so nasty for no good reason? It has always baffled me.  I can't even tell you how many people who have called here cursing or yelling at me or lecturing me.  It's not just at my company. I've been working for a long time at different places and there are always miserable people harassing employees. I've witnessed other people getting yelled at too. 

How miserable are these people that they have to take out their frustrations on people who are only doing their job or who aren't the reason for their bad mood to begin with?

Does it make them feel better to yell?  Does it make them feel better to make someone else upset? Or to make them feel stupid?

Don't get me wrong, if a company has wronged you personally then by all means pitch a fit.  But don't get hostile if something is out of stock, isn't on sale when you thought it was,  something was in the wrong spot and you didn't bother to check the right price.   There are bigger things to be upset about in this world believe it or not.

I'm not a people person and even I have better manners than some of the degenerates out there.  Do I get frustrated when I'm being rung up by a 17 year old who's talking to a fellow employee about nonsense instead of focusing on getting me out of the store? Yes.  But I'm not going to be rude to her. I was 17 once...(I took my job a little more seriously.)  

I don't know.  I just feel like these nasty people need more hugs or something.  Don't sweat the small stuff, be the duck.  Always be the duck.

(Water rolls off of a duck's back.  I've gone and used a metaphor. ^_^.)

Anyway, if you're feeling a wee bit cranky today and find that the little things are annoying, hug a friend, family member or animal, you'll feel better.