Sort of O/T - What are your ingrained triggers?
I have some.
1. Infidelity. Probably amplified by the serial adulterous XW. This is an absolute deal breaker for me and also an absolute non starter. Like a red flag waiving in front of a bull kinda thing.
ETA. 2. Bullies. I was a bully target when I was a kid. It increased between 5th and 8th grade until I had reached my limit and started hurting the bully far more than the bully hurt me. My contempt for bullies is all inclusive and not limited to phsycical bullies. I follow the Dalton rule (Patric Swayze in Road House). " Be nice, until it is time to not be nice." Though with bullies it is instantly time to not be nice. IMHO. Ripping their face off instantly then telling them not to do it again is far more effective than telling them not to do it again then responding if they do.
3. Liars. It was such a major element of my parent's parenting that I cringe at the thought. I was a pleaser as a kid. So lying and fibbing was a stage that I went through. A stage that lasted much longer than in hind sight I wish it had. I understand that it is part of growing up for many kids. I think I passed this phobia on to my own kid. He is rabidly averse to liars. I think that may be part of why he finds it difficult to maintain close adult relationships in his personal life.
4. Usurpers of credit that they did not earn for themselves. Welcome to a career, right? Leading transformations and developing world class or best in class organizations has been my career for a very long time. I do not do it, the teams I lead do it. I give full credit to the team and to specific individual notable performers in the team. Inariably I then get the complete disappointment of someone else usurping the credit for the things I lead and that the team delivers. Locking and watermarking documents, PPTs, etc... has been something that has returned mixed results in this arena. More than once I have been in meetings when a presentation I created or my team created is presented in a way that the uninvolved presenter slants as their ideas. work product, and performance. Watermarking those is an eyeopening experience for those people. Particularly when highlighted by the asking of a few information seaking questions. Or, when an irritated call comes in that a boss wants to use something out of a locked document and can't get in.
The teams work product belongs to the company. However, I stand that the team gets the credit and should be clearly noted when the teams work product is referenced.
This has not always worked out well though invariably Karma does deliver when someone claiming credit later fails miserably because they do not understand the process that delivered the results.
5. Priveledges are earned. They are not granted. The media is filled with rants against those who perform. If I had a penny for every time my parents informed me that life is not fair and priveleges are earned not granted I would be a trust fund baby just on that income and would have been incredibly wealthy by the time I was 18. The trigger is when performance is demonized and those who earn and perform are alleged to have had success handed to them. Life is not fair. Everyone does not start at the same starting point. A person's starting point is in large part established by the work that their parents and extended families have done. However, the societal playing field is one big field. Anyone can get to any point on the field regardless of where they start. That journey is the crucible that builds the character to get the individual to their finshline. IMHO of course.
Many who bring CODs to a new marriage seem to have an ingrained trait where their kids are victims and performance requirements do not apply to their COD children. That, IMHO, is tragic for the kids, for the new mate, and for the new relationshop.
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Good List Rags..
Good List Rags..
I do think number 2 covers number 3.. people claiming credit for other's work are liars!!!!
Shoot... Infidelity.. is basicaly lying to your partner.. but there is a whole moralistic breakdown there..
I would say another one of my peeves is Meanness/Cruelty. I get that sometimes we are going to hurt someone's feelings.. even if we don't want to.. but when people behave in ways that are mean.. I don't like it period.
I would also say being SELFISH.. there is a point where it goes beyond our natural instincts to put our own preservation in high priority.. people that push to the front of a line.. people who cut in.. people who strip mine all the shrimp or meat out of the dish at the buffet... etc.. people intentionally taking more than what would be their fair share.
people who strip mine all the
slightly off topic but this gives me a chuckle (funny but not really funny) bc my sibling used to do this same stuff when we were kids (not sure if he does these annoying things as adults as I don't live with him) but he'd eat all the marshmallows out of the lucky charms cereal .... needless to say I had to tear his a$$ up since my parents coddled their "baby"
So.. my mom was one of "those
So.. my mom was one of "those moms" who did not believe in eating much processed food.. at least not for us kids. We had a family tradition.. we could pick out a box of whatever cereal we wanted for our birthday.. as a treat. My alltiime fave was Lucky Charms.. but.. I actually did what your brother did.. stripmine all the marshmallows out.. so then I was stuck with eating stale barely palatable oat cereal.. I did it to myself.. haha.
She was also a "milk with dinner" kind of mom.. even eating out.. (I don't even know if most restaurants would even have that now?)..once we were traveling to one of my dad's duty stations and were out eating.. my mom ordered us milks.. the waitress brought two cokes "by mistake".. bless her.
Good points on them being pretty much related.
Leave it to the ESMOD to see it.
Right now my biggest trigger
Right now my biggest trigger is seeing bullies be the ones who are protected and even rewarded for what they do. My other trigger is bystanders doing jack shit and standing back with their thumbs up their asses while someone is getting abused and their credibility is being destroyed.
DH knows he has to have my back first and foremost because that one is a deal-breaker for me.
People's actions not matching their words drive me insane. I can't stand when a person puts on a good bravado or makes promises but then caves and just doesn't follow through.
Females attention whoring has always been my trigger. I can't bloody stand it. There's a second trigger that goes along with this one. That is that these attention whores seemingly NEVER get called out for what they do.
My triggers are narcissistic
My triggers are narcissistic/psychopathic/sociopathic people AND the people who are their enablers / too far gone to see these people for what they are / do anything to prevent them from destroying other peoples lives
Trashy people who litter
Living in a classist, patriarchal society
And if it's step related triggers ... dealing with Disneyland dads who also have meddling trifling conniving jealous petty ex wives who raise their kids with zero home training; and/or their annoying hands-off yet nosy meddling relatives who ask the Disneyland dad (when he finally takes a rare break from his kids as he should) "where are your kids?"
Sycophant's...
Insinicerity, pretending to be someone to disguise their desire to steal what I have...especillay my beautiful wife. LOL. So I guess this covers the infidelity issue along with everyone else in Rag's List of Triggers
People who lack empathy
These are the people who get me "red hot" with anger that I have to consciously control.