Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Smile? Are you TRYING to annoy me?
I have one of those faces that, while relaxed, makes me look depressed or angry. I don’t know which, I guess it depends on who you talk to. I’m not sure what it is, maybe the corners of my mouth point down when I’m not actively smiling. Maybe I look droopy. I don’t know, it’s something. Whatever this something is, some people take it upon themselves to try to cheer me up. Now this is fine considering their intentions, but so many of them go about it completely the wrong way.
The worst of these are the ones who tell me to smile. “Smile!” they’ll tell me with an expectant Mary Poppins expression on their faces. Oh, is that an order? I was deep in thought about something until you decided to interrupt me with your “good deed for the day”. Did I somehow offend you with my expressionless face? Oh you thought I was sad? Well you read wrong! And even if I was sad, would you bossing me around telling me to smile make me feel any better? Or maybe you thought I was angry? Well maybe I am. Even if I wasn’t, I sure would be now. Why don’t you mind your own business? If I wanted to talk to you I would look you in the eye. And even if I looked you in the eye, that still doesn’t give you permission to annoy me with your misguided intentions.
I’m not naturally a bitter person, but an entire lifetime of people telling me to smile deserves at least one ranting blog post about it.
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