They say when you mess up and get yourself trapped in a corner, like when I was painting the deck, the other 20 years ago, you have one of two responses on how to get out of the mess you got yourself into. As an expert in literally and figuratively painting myself into corners on a daily basis, I can tell you that yes, the two responses, flight and fight are legit responses.
Fight is for those weirdo people that wake up and do pushups as soon as the alarm goes off at 5 am, that only lay down so they can start their situps and have never used the couch properly to lay down, but to lift it so they can get a good burn. Fight is for those that use the punching bag for actually punching instead of as antique dust collector in the garage or basement and who use the treadmill incorrectly as something to run on instead of as a $3000 coat hanger. These are the people don’t like Kool-Aid but fruit punch with a kick, but only because it reminds them what they are going to do to you if put them in a corner.
Then there are the runners. They can’t make it through a day without running. Running errands, running their cars, running their mouths. They can’t doing anything without running marathons. Netflix and show marathons, work marathons, reading and writing marathons, everything they do is run in long stretches of time. Speaking of stretching, if they are running from place to place they are stretching. Stretching their legs or their arms, stretching conversations longer than they should, stretching meetings longer than they should go (like more than 5 minutes) even stretching their budget farther. They love shoes because they like to wear them out just so they can get more.
So which one of these exhausting people are you? Let me know in the comments.
But wait! A third previously undiscovered option until this very minute by yours truly has entered the fray! The ignorer. The one that gets trapped in a corner and just decides to ignore whatever is going on around them in the corner. Whether it is laziness, ignorance, boredom, or just plain obliviousness, these people just don’t care. You could threaten then with all kinds of harm, but nothing will get them out of the corner until they are good and ready, especially if they have a phone and wi-fi.
So, who win this epic rivalry? Is the fighter, the flighter or the ignorer?
ARRRRRRRRGGGGHHHH
Bitter Rivalry Ben
I am all three. I remember a time when I was about 7 or 8 months pregnant and going through a hard time mentally, I was in the shops holding a baguette trying not to have a panic attack and this little old lady came up to me and put her hand on my bump I saw so surprised I hit her on the head with this baguette and ran, my other half had to make my apologises for me. I was so embarressed, plus side I didn’t have the panic attack
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That is just rude for people to rub your bump regardless of how they think it is just being nice. I can’t imagine someone trying to rub my belly. Talk about a bitter reaction!
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I never realised how common it was. People seem to think its ok to just randomly touch your bump. I had another lady come up to me, and I said to her, how would you feel if I came up to you and started rubbing your mole
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It just started chuckling out loud at work when you asked if you could rub their mole. OMG!
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Best thing about being pregnant was I could blame the hormones for my usual behaviour. It was nice to have an excuse. You tell someone to f**k off they look around see your bump and smile and say hormones dear. I gave up saying nop you are just annoying me 😉 And I am glad I made you laugh
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Almost makes me want to be pregnant so I can totally be rude to people and have an excuse!
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I miss being pregnant now I am considered rude or in my eyes truthful
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Nothing wrong about being truthful. Weeds out the people that really need to be around you right?
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I find it stops people asking me stupid questions. Like Do I look fat in this? It doesn’t matter what I say, since whatever I say is wrong so yes you do (that is what I got the first time I asked my partner, damn him)
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I ask stupid questions all the time, but that is just me.
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I had a manager who would tell me its not a stupid question if you don’t know the answer
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Then most of the time I don’t ask them, but every once in a while I ask a question I already know the answer to.
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I lack subtly
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I appreciate when people lack subtlty.
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That would be me 🙂
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Awesome.
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I am all of them. I Run around, being efficient until someone gets in my way; then I punch them in the face (i.e. Fight) and continue my Running until life beats me down, and I become an Ignorer, sulking in my corner of bitterness.
But I am the brown bunny. Because it is the cutest. I want to hold it and cuddle it and love it forever.
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We have a little bunny that hangs out in our backyard a lot and last year he just so happened to be in the backyard on Easter Sunday. Kind of hilarious(at least to me).
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Bunnies!!!!!!!!!!! My favorite animal ❤
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Especially the Easter Bunny.
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Hey Ben!! I wanted to let you know that I nominated you for the versatile blogger award!! here are the details: http://mckinleysmilestones.com/2016/01/26/versatile-blogger-award/
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Cool, I’ll stop be to see what all the hub bub is all about.
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I ish happy being THE IGNORER.. easy peasy no fussy.
But which one ish you?
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I’m an ignorer for sure. I’m not strong enough for fight and and not fast enough for flight. So I just pretend I’m on the couch (which is where I always want to be) and just ignore whatever is going on around me.
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you don’t seem to ignore much though :p
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You should ask my wife or my boss. Whenever she asks me to do the garbage or my boss asks me to do something that interrupts my naps….Ignorage.
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hahaha Ignorage 😛 that’s something worth ignorage… but what about when your wife orders pizza and eats in the same room as you?
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Then all of a sudden I am motivated and inspired. Something about cheese that gets me off the couch temporarily.
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Ignorer!! I have learnt to be one after working under an abusive bully called Electrical Lord!! Thanks for the bitter lesson Bitter Ben 😀
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Is electric Lord the brother of Landlord?
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Hmm…if you have a Landlord as evil as my Electric Lord then possibly same DNA 😊
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That guy sounds like the worst. Perhaps he needs an electric shock since he is an Electric lord.
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Lol!! Love it!! 😉
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Jesus, I’m a combination of all three.
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I’m pretty much just the ignorage.
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Fight? Flight`? Ignore? I think I’d just rather laugh a lot.
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Well, I think that might be a little hard for me to arrange.
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LOL
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Well, I guess it happens accidentally sometimes.
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If I told you I was just going to ignore your blog, would that answer the question?
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I think you’ve been fighting it long enough so I know you are are a fighter.
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Hmm…a combination of the last two? I’m usually too busy being super-focused on my marathon sprint to pay attention to everything that people are saying or doing in the world outside my bubble.
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I wish I could say I was a fighter or a flighter but I’m neither. I’m just a guy lazing around on a couch.
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I will fight tooth and nail to flee the situation, then get in bed and pull up the covers. A trifecta.
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Congrats on a being a versatile corner getter out ofer.
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I’m the ignorer for sure!
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As am I!
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