The positioning of corn and potatos doth not a life shattering trama make!

[WDWHound]

Beleive it not, the title of this thread does make sense. Heres the story.

I have a friend who sees a problem in every situation. No matter what, she will find something to complain or worry about in literally everything she encounters. Becuase of this, she is never happy and is always upset about something.

Well, today was the limit. We went to Boston Market for lunch. She sat down at the table, looked at her food and announced "I cant beleive they did this!". I looked at her plate of perfectly good food, and then asked her what was wrong. She replied "They put my fruit salad between my corn and my mashed potatos".

Ok, now I was confused. I pointed out that her plate had dividers, so the food would not mix together, To which she replied "Thats not it, I like to mix my corn and my mashed potatos together, but I cant do that if there is fruit between them. You'd think they would know that nobody mixes fruit and mashed potatos together!".

Well, I knew I had to resolve this earth shaking crisis right away , so I recomended she get a spoon and move the corn over to the potatos. She let out a sigh that could easily replace the fans in a wind tunnel, then grumbled her way over to the condement bar to get a plastic spoon.

My point here is not just to complain about my friend's humorous behavior, but rather to remind everyone to stop sweating the small stuff (and its nearly all small stuff). My friend sees the world as a place that constantly works to annoy her. Little does she know that she lives in world that constantly works to delight her, if she would only look for it.

We need to stop worrying about the postion of the corn and potatos and just enjoy the meal. (OK, so its a sappy fast food metaphore, but its true).

 

[debster812]

Great Post WDWHound!

Thanks for the reminder. I'm needing it today at work!! :sheesh: what a day.

 

[peg2001]

Omigod! You had lunch with my sister. She, too, is very negative and blames every little inconvenience on someone else. They are all against her, you understand.

Your friend is lucky to have friends like you! My sister has essentially alienated everyone to the point where they do not want to share time with her.

Good reminder to us all though.
Peggy

 

[Buckalew]

ahh! It is threads and posts like this that are why I admire you. Thanks, Hound! That was great. She needs to read it for herself though! LOL

 

[lilboo]

...THAT...IS...A...SCREAM!!!!!

Thanks for sharing that!

 

[Saffron]

That is so funny! ............. and your thoughts about what occured are so true. Thanks for sharing a great story with us.

 

[Rajah]

ROFL!!! I admit I sweat some of the small stuff, but not to that extent!

 

[nativetxn]

It's a great metaphor and I agree with you 100%.

 

[fireplug]

BUT....................
if we don't worry about the small stuff that means wewill have to worry about

BIG STUFF




Steve

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

<font color=navy>Great post, Hound

 

[binny]

great post Hound Thanks!

 

[Laurabearz]

When I read the title I thougth about my 3 year old...... something like that...... could make for a very long meal......... When I read it was your friend...... well...... wow........

 

[helenabear]

Great thoughts there WDWHound

 

[NHAnn]

Originally posted by peg2001
Omigod! You had lunch with my sister.

LOL...that was MY thought too...maybe we're related peg!

Thanks for sharing the story WDWHound

 

[SonjaB]

LOL!!!! I think I used to work with her, too.....

 

[Kitty 34]

What a great thread!!!! Thanks!

 

[Boots]

Thank you for sharing! You are so right about worrying about things that don't matter.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

Just have to add to this (because I AM a thread killer).

Years ago I worked in a nursing home. When I went in to see one of my patients, she was complaining about something, no one visiting or being there, I don't remember what. It was Christmas time and I said to her. "Look at all the presents you have. Peolpe are thinking of you." She responded, "And where am I going to put all of them."

Just goes to show that some people can't be happy. I hope I don't get to be one of them.