In a word: no. I
get on with most people, and try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but
every so often I take agin’ someone and once I have taken said
agin there is no coming back.
Just as I really
really like some people from the first time I meet them, there are individuals I
take a pretty much instant dislike to. I try to fight this and not make snap
judgements. It doesn’t work. All it does is dampen the dislike so it festers, breeds maggots and becomes an altogether more virulent beast.
My hackles rise at
the very sight of them, my ears smart at the sound of their voice and my lips
purse violently in an attempt to avoid exclaiming 'oh do feck off / shut up!'
as they whinge on about something incredibly dull. I find whinging extremely annoying
and dull chat, well, very dull, so when the two combine it's like a perfect
storm of pet peevery (it’s a word…)
It’s particularly
unfortunate (for me) when I get stuck with one at work, where it is quite
inappropriate to exclaim 'oh do feck off / shut up!' when they’re whining on
about how hot/cold it is in the office for the 327th time. I manage
to avoid throwing things at these types through a mighty combination of
self-restraint and headphones. Thank you Nathaniel Baldwin, thank
you (for the headphones, you can keep the Mormon stuff).
Luckily (for me and
my co-workers) most of my aginsters are of the celebrity variety and I can
release the tension that builds up on sighting them by screaming at the TV. These
‘famous’ people I dislike intensely (hate is a strong word, but if the cap
fits…) include:
- · Jedward (Louis Walsh – I will never, ever, forgive you for THEM)
- · Bruce Forsyth (national treasure my arse)
- · Piers Morgan (I think we can all agree on that one…)
- · Amanda Holden (fake phony forgery of the highest order)
- · Alex Salmond (trout-faced moron)
Please note that
said intense dislike extends only to the aforementioned shouting at the TV. A
troll I am not (although I do tend to look like one after a night out). This is
merely my personal opinion and if you want to consider Brucie a national
feckin' treasure, you go right ahead. But you might want to consider
counselling of some sort at the same time. I find him incredibly annoying and
mildly creepy (in a Yewtree kinda way…)
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