Customers call in yelling that their product is beginning to fail after 25 years of use. They are very upset because when they bought it, they were told it had a lifetime warranty. For those who are confused as I was, they seem to think this means that nothing would ever go wrong... not that the company promises to fix it when it does.
The other day my housemate showed me that my stainless steel utensils have a few blemishes after years of use and dishwasher abuse. I didn't know what he was getting at and was waiting for him to continue... He was waiting for me to be upset, and we both just kind of looked at each other, waiting.
I talked to someone a few weeks ago who was furious that the snow plow came by after they had shoveled their driveway. Face beet red furious.
For some reason people are, and expect me to be, angry/frustrated/upset about things I find so trivial... and yet they're suprised when I put my foot down against rude or unkind behaviour.
Somehow I just don't fit in this society.
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