Nice People
We are not exceptionally nice. We may be kind to some people, but they are few, and never strangers.
So why do we find nice people so annoying?
We grew up in the suburbs where the small town feel was suppose to make us sweeter and more gentle than our distant cousins in the hard streets of New York. But we're not.
Maybe its just us, but nice people are more than a little irritating. And they're everywhere.
The people I'm talking about go out of their way to make our lives easier, better, or otherwise less annoying. But in that same way, they only add to our frustation.
Have we just failed at socializing? Are we the exception rather than the rule?
We don't mean that warm southern hospitality [though we are certain that, along with midwestern charm, our satisfaction with this form of kindness, would for us ware thin in about three hours before we took advantage of lax red state gun laws]. We're talking genuine kindness that has inundated our work place, the retail establishments we frequent, and the occasional random guy.
Can't people just be cold and angry? Stop talking to us. Stop trying to take the edge off our day. Stop trying to make our lives better. Please. We beg you.
So why do we find nice people so annoying?
We grew up in the suburbs where the small town feel was suppose to make us sweeter and more gentle than our distant cousins in the hard streets of New York. But we're not.
Maybe its just us, but nice people are more than a little irritating. And they're everywhere.
The people I'm talking about go out of their way to make our lives easier, better, or otherwise less annoying. But in that same way, they only add to our frustation.
Have we just failed at socializing? Are we the exception rather than the rule?
We don't mean that warm southern hospitality [though we are certain that, along with midwestern charm, our satisfaction with this form of kindness, would for us ware thin in about three hours before we took advantage of lax red state gun laws]. We're talking genuine kindness that has inundated our work place, the retail establishments we frequent, and the occasional random guy.
Can't people just be cold and angry? Stop talking to us. Stop trying to take the edge off our day. Stop trying to make our lives better. Please. We beg you.
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