There is something so liberating about gaining wisdom and
insight with age, especially into your 40’s.
I by no means feel that I know everything about anything. I love to learn and relish the opportunity to
do so every single day. I consider all
possibilities.
I can’t help but notice those around me who seemingly thrive
on attempting to make others feel Foolish while at the same time attempting to
present themselves as superior in some way, shape or Form. I always think, “What if it wasn’t that at
all and was in fact X or X?”
This week while shopping, I believe I encountered one of
these Featherbrains.
As I shopped in the Freezer aisles, I was busy and on a
deadline trying to Fulfill an order paying great attention to detail when I
heard someone behind me shut a nearby Freezer door while loudly proclaiming
“Don’t *these people* know how to shut a door!?” I am assuming at this point this exclamation
may have been directed at me. I’m not
even sure it was. I walked away laughing
without ever Feeling the need to glance in said person’s direction. I mean, I heard her shut said door, so what
would be the point?
I know most everyone is Familiar with the Fact that most
grocery store Freezer aisle doors shut all on their own upon just letting go
and that every once in a while one can stay open.
When *I* see an open Freezer door, I don’t think “What idiot
Failed to shut this door!? gasp--put on huge display of disgust for
whomever I’m with as I save the world by shutting it. But apparently some people do just that,
which I Find a little sad and yet comical at the same time--sad for obvious
insightful reasons and comical when thinking of the situation from a more
seasoned level.
This is something an immature Freaking teenager would do because
Freaking teenagers lack Foresight. You
see, their brains are still underdeveloped.
But upon encountering an adult behaving in such a way, it is a bit
sad. I wonder how sad her life must
really be. I marvel at how her obnoxious
display and proclamation of such self importance (assuming someone else is lazy
or stupid) makes her Feel better or superior in ANY sort of way.
It’s sad because this person obviously suffers with some
sort of superiority/inferiority complex situation and a lack of insight as to
all the possible reasons that door may be open. She obviously goes from zero to sixty from
nothingness to assuming something horrible with no in between.
Hey, Featherbrain, I have some news for you. It is a Fact that some Freezer doors just get
stuck open when a person’s hands are Full and they have turned their back to it
to place items into their grocery carts.
Just because oh so important, considerate, life-saving,
Freezer-door-shutting you came along before they turned back around or before
they noticed they hadn’t heard the telltale sound of a Freezer door slamming
shut as they walked away, doesn’t mean you are actually saving the day or that
you have a right to speak to someone that way, even in an obvious secondhand
manner to the person accompanying lovely you. I hope the person you were with who laughed
at your awesomeness was super impressed and made you Feel Far superior to
everyone else in the store.
I wondered…had she ever helped a store employee stock some
empty shelves? Had she ever taken the
employees treats to say thanks for all of their hard work? Had she ever rearranged a shelf putting an
incorrectly placed item in it’s correct location? Had she ever helped anybody in the store at
all? I mean TRULY helped someone? Hey, but great job on that lone Freezer door she
caught there with accompanying criticism! Here is that loud round of
applause I Feel that she was seeking. I
wondered how many other people she may have tried something similar with
throughout her day, week, or month. Do
you think she had similar encounters at work, at a gas station, at the
movies? Everyone must be rude and
inconsiderate to people like her. There
are obviously no other possibilities to her.
Thanks for the chuckles and thanks for making me even more
grateful I am who I am…somebody who would have done one of two things, one being quietly walking up to an open
Freezer door and quietly closing it without having to prove to someone else what
a great person it made me, but most importantly having done so without
attempting to hurt, embarrass or belittle another while believing that another
person just didn’t realize the door was stuck open, and the second being an actual offer of assistance of "Hey, let me help you with that! I got it!" upon seeing someone with their hands Full.
Confidence that doesn’t allow others to make you feel ashamed,
embarrassed, or stupid Freaking rocks! And if it wasn’t directed at me and instead
at another, I hope that person had that confidence too! I can’t imagine living in Featherbrain’s
world.
Confidence versus ignorance, immaturity or a dysfunctional
personality complex…..what is the difference here with me referring to this
person as a Featherbrain you may be asking and is something I actually considered?
A Featherbrain is a Foolish scatterbrained person, with
scatterbrained meaning there is an inability to think clearly, so I chose to
refer to this person as a Featherbrain.
Firstly, because it gives me an F word for today, but secondly because
their obvious assumption that the ONLY reason that door was open was due to a
lack of consideration on the part of another person makes her Foolish in my
eyes with an underdeveloped ability to assess situations accurately at the very
least.
Is there a better F word for this situation? Let me know!
