Do you sweat the small stuff? I do and just DID! ARGHHHHHHHHH!
By wotfpatty
@wotfpatty (2065)
United States
August 11, 2007 2:10am CST
I was typing on my fairly new laptop just now and was reclined. I decided to sit up and, when I did, my computer sort of tipped and I caught it. I looked at the keyboard when I was sitting up and two keys were missing! What??? What the heck? I had a meltdown. This is under warranty and chances are I could get a new keyboard easily. Chances are I will find the two keys but I went NUTS instead of calmly assessing the situation and dealing appropriately.
I threw a tantrum, tore the area apart looking for the keys, screamed, basically had a hissy fit. I found one key and not the other and I can't get the key back on anyway. It was the P and period key which are the two I use most because my name starts with a P and everyone uses the period key. I am typing just pressing the little holes. When my son came home, I screamed to him almost hysterically, "I need your help! My P fell out and I am missing my period!" He said he was going to disregard that and walked past me like I was NUTS. Haha.
But what I wanted to know is how you react to small stuff. We all get upset over the big things in life but what about the small stuff like losing two keys off your keyboards (weep) or dropping your sandwich right after you made it and you're really hungry or when you just finish typing a long post or whatever and the computer crashes or times out and you lose it all? Nothing earth shattering but annoying. Do you go nuts like I do or do you take things in stride? How would you have reacted to the missing key dilemma? I am still really upset about it inside but I now just gave up and am sinking into reality. I have to contact Dell, send the dumb thing back, and get new keys. SIGH!
Tell me your stories! (Or am I the only Spaz here?)
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8 responses
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
11 Aug 07
From my point of view, it is really hilarious, but the way I see it, if I were feeling the same thing as you did, I'm sure there wasn't anything funny about it at all.
I have done these things before too. And it has caused me more harm than good. One time, I was angry because of something so small I slammed the door and in effect had a nail broken ~ I was in pain and realized my stupidity.
Another time, due to my fits of anger, I say things that I didn't mean and in turn lost a friend.
Whew.
I have come to realize these things and understood that whenever I act upon nonsense, I lose something valuable or get hurt in the process.
That's why these days, I try to be careful. I try to think of past effects of such actions and just shut up for a while before reacting.
I could certainly say, it has made me happier and now I'm feeling more mature.
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
12 Aug 07
I think ranting is ok but it's no longer acceptable if there are kids around. It's not a good thing for children to see their mom doing fits of anger. They tend to imitate.
Just like ranting. Fighting with ones spouse shouldn't be seen by kids.
They're like sponge, and no matter how you think they're not listening, beware because they are.
You need to control yourself. If you must rant or do verbal talk, go out or go somewhere without your son having the chance to see you.
Good luck!
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@wotfpatty (2065)
• United States
12 Aug 07
Oh, my kids are 21 and nearly 17 and they aren't around much. I would never act out or get frazzled if they were little. That scares kids.
I also wouldn't get upset in public. Only home where I can act crazy and no one even thinks twice that I am all hysterical because my dog ate my Hot Pocket (The last one too!). My husband knows I get all upset and it is over in a minute so he waits and then says, "Are you done??" and I say, yeah. I am still a kid I think. lol.
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@wotfpatty (2065)
• United States
11 Aug 07
I used to be much worse. I remember I got mad because I left my food on a TV Table for a minute and when I came back, my dog had eaten it. I wasn't really mad at him, I was mad at myself and starving! I banged the wall with my hand in frustration and my shadow box filled with everything I love fell off and crashed to the ground THEN I was mad! Ugh. I don't toss things around anymore or bang the walls. I learned my lesson. But I do verbally rant!
I am still upset about my keys but life is short. I'll get the thing fixed.
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@craftcatcher (3699)
• United States
11 Aug 07
With normal average everyday type things, no I don't sweat the small stuff. If it can be fixed or replaced or cleaned up or taken care of I can be very calm and collected. Even if it's a little frustrating.
When it come to my computer however, totally different ball game. I can have a "throw things across the room", "make a sailor blush", "husband runs for his life" tantrum in a matter of a few minutes!
As far as your keyboard goes, the keys are made to be detachable for cleaning. I take my keys off about once a year to clean the keyboard out. They just snap back in place. You shouldn't have to have them replaced unless the key itself is actually broken.
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@craftcatcher (3699)
• United States
11 Aug 07
Thanks for the BR! I hope now that a few hours have gone by everything has calmed a bit and your P and period have all popped into place.
From your fellow "my computer can make me insane" tantrum thrower, :D
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@wotfpatty (2065)
• United States
12 Aug 07
Anyone who swears like a sailor and scares her husband over computer problems gets my nod. My husband cowers when my computer crashes. lol. I never did find my period and I can't get my P back on. Luckily this thing is under warranty until 2010 so I guess they will fix it. I hope anyway!
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@wotfpatty (2065)
• United States
11 Aug 07
I have those types of tantrums with my computer most of all. This thing has the ability to make a sane person crazy and make me crazier!
I found the P key but can't seem to get it back on. The period is still missing but I do have to say, I would rather miss this period than the other one at my age. Haha. I think I will find the key and then I can see if things are broken. I have removed keys before but, for some reason this one doesn't want to snap in right. Later, when there is light and less stress, it will probably pop right in.
Thanks for the reply (and the hope!)
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@mkirby624 (1598)
• United States
11 Aug 07
You sound just like my mom when I was younger. She freaked out about little things like that. She ended up having to get on Paxil to help her calm down and knock the anxiety down a notch or 12. It helped a LOT!
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@wotfpatty (2065)
• United States
12 Aug 07
Well, I have always been one for drama. Once my my father lightly smacked me on the head because I was stealing pieces of turkey from the Thanksgiving turkey he was carving and I collapsed and cried like he had hit me with a baseball bat. LOL. He didn't buy it though and just kept carving.
I am fine now. I am typing with two holes in my keyboard and dealing. I just hate to be bugged by this kind of stuff!
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@wotfpatty (2065)
• United States
11 Aug 07
It really isn't worth it. I have low blood pressure so I suppose my tantrums help make it normal.lol. But emotionally, it's silly to get so upset over something minor even if it does only last a short time.
Thanks for the reply!
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@michaeldadona (5684)
• Malaysia
11 Aug 07
I don't like to exacerbate the situation. I will look for feasible solutions in handling the case like such. I'm now 46 years old and I cannot take actions to resolve any problems just like when I were 30th.....where at that age easily take anger for every corners of my life because it will not help much.
Anyway it is OK after you mentioned that you have contacted DELL for the solutions. And I appreciates that way, I mean look for solution by getting helps. More better to have that way, I mean, the appropriate channel.
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@wotfpatty (2065)
• United States
11 Aug 07
Always better to stay calm and deal with things. I just wish I could do it! But I do stay cool and calm about the big things, thankfully.
Thanks for the reply.
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@wotfpatty (2065)
• United States
12 Aug 07
But you're 1 of a kind! lol. I am OK now. Just typing with holes in my keyboard. Sigh.
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@Gumbysoup2 (113)
• United States
12 Aug 07
I remember one day when my nephew was 4 years old (he's 17 now), his mom/my sister was getting on to him for something he had done. She was so stressed out already and whatever it was that he had done didn't help the stress any. I don't remember all of what was said, but I remember close to the end, she told him that he needed to grow up (LOL at 4 years old) and act his age, and that if he couldn't behave himself, that he could pack his bags and hit the road! As soon as she had said all that, she started laughing hysterically. She said later that she realized what she had said only after she said it. She was imagining a 4 year old boy with a hobo bag tied to a stick walking down the road. Needless to say, she was a little more careful after that to think first and speak later.
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@wotfpatty (2065)
• United States
12 Aug 07
Haha! That sounds like me. I told my 16 year old to act his age when he was asking if he could go to his friend's house and stay for dinner. I said to him, "You can't go there everyday! You need to act your age!" and he said, "Ma, I am 16. I AM acting my age." I ended up laughing and so did he because he really was. I don't often say things I regret (but have definitely done so) but I do go into a drama hissy fit for a few minutes over silly things. I am working on taking a deep breath and saying, "Ok, what can I do to fix this?"
It'll proably never happen but I AM working on it.
Thanks for the laugh.
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@zenmachado (1617)
• United States
11 Aug 07
The funny thing about frustration is that it hardly helps you solve problems. The better thing to do is calm down and then look at the situation subjectively. When you freak out, you cant figure out the sensible steps that you should rightfully take. Ive learned to just take a step back and understand the aspects that I just cannot change, and then look at the changeable things, and work with that.
Cause if I just freak, then usually I make my situation worse than it was to begin with.
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@wotfpatty (2065)
• United States
11 Aug 07
You got that right! I make things worse when I go crazy. The funny thing is, I handle the big stuff very calmly and efficiently. It is the smallest things that make me go wild. I gotta work on that!
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