A GREAT Read…

Today, I was browsing around Barnes and Noble.  I do that when I’m bored and think it would be useful to try and get some literature into my life.  Normally, I end up buying the most ridiculous book about stuff that in no way is going to improve my intelligence or personality, but I buy them because I think they are funny.  Today in some strange way I have written this book and everything about my personality is captured within the 176 pages.  Here is a link to this wonderful book (Hey, Look at My Striped Shirt: Confessions of the People You Love to Hate ).  Take a moment to view this book, and I’ll continue on….

Ok, so, I read this book and basically the premise to is to make fun of all the people in the world who annoy the living crap out of us. Well, at least these people annoy the authors of this book, but I find myself laughing and hating all of the people they are listing in this book.  I love this book. It’s hateful and funny…just like me.  And if you are thinking about saying I’m not funny, then you should be in this book. 

So, in the spirit of my new found literary delight, I’ve decided to at least write one blog per week about one type of person who annoys me.  I know this sort of goes against my 2008 resolution of not being “hateful”, but honestly these people need to be pointed out.  It’s for the good of humanity. Today’s person of interest: Mr or Miss I’m Never the Reason for the Problem.

I think we all know who I’m talking about here.  These are the people that regardless of how rude or dumb they end up being, they constantly blame someone else.  “What? It’s not my fault that I said something rude and hurt your feelings.  You started it!” or “I thought someone else would do it”.  Seriously, it’s like the idea of responsibility for your own words or actions was lost on them.  You can note these intriguing species by the use of words such as “I didn’t do it”, “It wasn’t my fault”, or “They told me it was ok”.  Do they really believe that if they immediately blame someone else when there is trouble they are seem innocent. 

There are even groups of these people who will deny wrong-doing in situations they have yet to be blamed for.  The problem with that logic is it completely outs them as the culprit of stupidity or poor manners without you even needing to investigate further.  You will also find the “I can not be blamed for my own actions, it was my ________ (insert parents, society, education, welfare, etc into space provided)” under this headline.  Oh, let’s not blame them, how could we?  They can not be the problem.  It MUST be someone else’s fault.  Do you know why? Because they said so.  The golden rule for this group of people is: As long as you deny it quickly and truly believe you have done nothing wrong, you must not have done anything wrong.  Ah…the logic of an irresponsible person.

~ by maxxpower on February 11, 2008.