Time is perhaps the most consistent thing ever. The way each person experiences time, however, and how they view it is completely different for each person you ask.
This is fine, but I wish people would be more committed to getting things done when they say they are going to be done. If you say "I will have this done for you by Saturday evening," it should be fucking done by Saturday evening. Not the next Saturday. Not the Tuesday after that. Things come up that can't be ignored, of course, and that can delay everything. It is understandable when things like that happen. In this case, you should tell the person what has happened, and tell them it won't be done in time. When unexpected things don't happen and there is still a delay, I want to punch someone in the face and yell "Why did you lie to me? If you couldn't do it in that time, you shouldn't have told me that!" What comes after that is often just as bad. They give you a NEW time to expect the outcome. And they don't finish it by then either.
And then! You dare to be irritated with me when I ask after it? It's YOUR fault it isn't done. It's YOUR fault I HAVE to ask about it, because if I don't, it will be too late, or I will just never get it from you. There are so many things I can't talk to you about anymore.
Is it so much to expect people to do as they say they will do? Must I always distrust people? It seems I must.
I am a distrusting person because of you. You always disappoint me.
Monday, April 2, 2012
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