I’ve mentioned in the past that I have a dislike of bureaucracy and forms that borders on a full-blown phobia. The past couple of weeks have been an absolute onslaught of those very things, and I won’t lie: it’s been stressful.*
The stress makes me highly susceptible to a phenomenon that cartoonist Allie Brosh has described as The Sneaky Hate Spiral. If you haven’t read the comic yet, click on the link. I’ll wait.
See, isn’t that brilliant? It perfectly describes what happens when a bunch of completely minor annoyances gang up on you one after another, culminating in you losing your shit at something you can neither control nor rationally be angry at (like the icy gusts of wind that used to shoot into my face during winters at GSU). And the past couple weeks have been filled with those minor annoyances, the ones that can easily lead into a full Sneaky Hate Spiral blow-up.
But here’s the good news: thanks to that comic, I’ve found a way to halt, or at least slow, the onset of the Sneaky Hate Spiral. My solution? Singing “La Bamba.” Out loud. Preferably with accompanying dance moves.
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* At this point, I’m convinced the DriveTest centre/center is some sort of high-level government psychology experiment.
You are so good. My sneaky hate spiral usually ends in me shouting at some customer service manager over the phone, “SO WHAT EXACTLY IS THE POINT OF YOUR COMPANY!?!?!” and throwing it across the room. For real.
If it helps, G. has been going through similar frustration with our provincial drivers license people, and his just got sorted out last week. They are sadistic, those people. Bon courage.
Mother Hen is reminded of one of her favorite picture books, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst. (The chicks like it too, and not just the hatchlings!)
All of us have days like that, and Mother H has found that if she finds something she can chuckle about, she feels a bit better.
Now if you will excuse her, Mother Hen is in a dancing mood, so it is time to shake those tailfeathers and get her groove on!
La la la la Bamba…
Movin’ and Groovin’
Mother Hen
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That was indeed a hilarious cartoon. Sorry all the little things keep happening and won’t let you just be. This is why I’m delaying making things official here. I know I need a license, change my car insurance, etc. but all the forms might send me over the edge. Procrastination, that’s my rage reduction tool.