Why do some people seem to feel the need to stir up trouble?

[progmom]

Sometimes it feels like there are people out there who aren't happy unless there is conflict. If there's nothing to argue about, they'll invent something.

I have a coworker like that. Drives me up the wall. :)

[WCGreen]

1. My dad use to say

those are the kind of guys who could get into a fight in a phone booth...

[progmom]

41. i love that

:)

[arcane1]

2. you got a problem with that????

:P

[Shell Beau]

3. So what are you trying to say?

You trying to get something started? Huh?



Just teasing. I know what you mean. Some people thrive on conflict. Don't know why, but that is the truth!:shrug: :hi:

[Misunderestimator]

4. WTF? Why would you say something like that!

:rofl:

[progmom]

33. shhhhhh

i'm stirring up trouble. ;)

[Misunderestimator]

34. And in such a brilliantly passive-aggressive manner too...

;)

[progmom]

42. oh.

but....i really hate passive-aggressiveness. x(

[Misunderestimator]

45. I'm just trying to stir up trouble...

:)

[progmom]

48. you're pushing my buttons

:grr:

[Misunderestimator]

49. It can't be helped...

they're there, they have to be pushed... O8)

[progmom]

51. I guess my first mistake

was revealing my buttons to you.

[Misunderestimator]

61. Yes, that was very naive of you...

:D

[Kathy in Cambridge]

58. I have concerns about your mental health

:hi:

[progmom]

59. you're mean and vindictive

:hi:

[Misunderestimator]

60. Ha!

I did a double-take on that one, before I :spray:

:rofl:

[Richardo]

5. "If they were happy they'd be miserable."

As I like to say.

[WeRQ4U]

6. I won't start arguments, but I can't step away from them either....

I'm sure that just perpetuates the problem too. But I can't help myself.

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. I know. It's sad.

We should all just relax...digest a wonderful lunch...and watch the panda baby...thus putting off housework for another day.

:hug: People are creeps sometimes.

[WCGreen]

10. Panda Baby............

[Misunderestimator]

11. I love the baby panda...

:loveya:

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. He just seems to make everything all right, doesn't he?

:hug: :loveya: Hey! I've got a niece AND a nephew to visit out in L.A. now. I'm begging and pleading and cajoling MrG to get out there and see them before they graduate...We could meet up and go to San Diego and see the baby panda there! :bounce: I am dying to meet you.

[Misunderestimator]

16. ABSOLUTELY!

We could definitely meet up in San Diego... It would be GREAT to meet you finally! Let us know when you're coming. :D

:bounce:

[progmom]

28. housework?

ugh. i know it's bad when i can't sit on the floor without coming up covered in dog hair. it's been a busy couple of weeks and my house is in dire need of some cleaning. :(

Thanks for driving out here on short notice, btw. I had a great time!! :D

[ScreamingMeemie]

35. For you? Anything!

I did too! :hi:

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Some folks

thrive on conflict. :shrug:

[motely36]

9. Ya wanne be startin' somethin'?

[progmom]

32. wow. you make a great michael!

[stellanoir]

12. This thread is an offense to all

all that is holy and is a total crime against god and nature.

I don't know how you sleep at night.

Really,

Hurrrummmphhhhh.

:hi:

Oh and how was lunch ?

[progmom]

39. you're right. should i ask to have it be deleted? stricken from the

official DU record?

Lunch was great. Mrs. Grumpy is the greatest, really.

[stellanoir]

54. too late for that honey

I'm sure it's permalinked somewhere in the bowels of the internet for all of eternity. Oh dear.

Glad you had a fun lunch and do I ever have something to tell you.

:loveya:

[progmom]

55. do you????

is it about psuedo?

[stellanoir]

62. yup totally

high drama. . .but oddly I don't necessarily buy it. Tres bizarre, I assure you. Glad you had a pleasant lunch with Mrs. Grumpy.

She's a love.

[SOteric]

14. Isn't that the truth!

I've had a few cow-orkers like that, as well. I think the majority of them have been adrenalin junkies with no athletic prowess, so that they're forever condemned to get their 'rush' by stirring the proverbial shitpot.

[MissB]

15. I have friends like that

Two friends, a couple. They generate conflict between various friends several times a year. We're on their list right now, and I really don't care. I'm too old for this crap, kwim?

[Susang]

17. One of the owners of my company is like that

He does an excellent job. It's the only thing he's good at. :eyes:

[genieroze]

18. My neighbor (she moved) was never happy unless she was starting

trouble. She is a rethug and a Christian. She would call up people just to F them up and down while having Christian music blasting in the background. She SUEs everyone and her name fits her. She would call the cops for everything. She stopped by on the fourth of July and asked if I missed her and I lied and said yes. My new neighbors are a young couple who keep to themselves only to say hello if you are outside when they are and keep their yard clean.

[Beware the Beast Man]

19. So stop it, then.

:P

:loveya:

[kick-ass-bob]

20. I heard Mrs Grumpy was talking shit about you after lunch.

:hide:

:yoiks:

[progmom]

31. yeah, well, you should have heard what she said about YOU

:eyes:

[kick-ass-bob]

37. what did that old fart have to say about me?

Tell me!!
:grr:

[Strawman]

21. You should be obnoxiously cheery to him/her

I could never pull it off personally, but maybe try whistling happily around him/her or saying nice things about everyone to him/her or something really annoying like that. Make a sport out of getting under his/her skin.

[progmom]

36. i used to be his cube neighbor

it was miserable. now that i don't have to hear him all day, i am much better at being relentlessly cheerful to him. :)

[StopTheMorans]

22. nice post freeper

:eyes:

[progmom]

43. takes one to know one

:eyes:

[JimmyJazz]

23. go pound sand, would ya?

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[leftofthedial]

24. I think you should just live and let live

and quit trying to cause trouble

[progmom]

25. me?

[Texasgal]

26. Who's causing trouble?

Where is there any trouble?

[JimmyJazz]

30. It's me. I just know it is. When I'm not filling my days being a

drama queen, I try desperately to be snarky and snide. IMHO, it keeps people on their toes. Ya know?

[Texasgal]

38. Ahhhhhhh.....

It figures..... :P

Anyone who dosen't like JOURNEY....well, you know... :P

[LisaM]

27. Is it my sister?

What did she do now?

[progmom]

29. ha ha ha ha ha ha

i am so sorry i missed you on friday. i was in the office the night before until 2am, and back in the office that morning at 7:30. it's been incredibly busy and stressful here (at my "real" job) lately. i promise i won't miss you next time you're here. :hug:

[LisaM]

44. Oh, no problem. I was half asleep anyway

A funny story though, we were talking about it over the weekend at my parents - we knew you had a meeting - and then I asked about the ten staples in your head and my parents (understandably) were shocked and thought you'd been injured on your way to meet us and must have thought that we were being really blase about it!

[progmom]

46. well...nothing can compare to what's happened to your sister's head

i can see how they thought you were being blase. that is hilarious!! :rofl:

[1gobluedem]

52. Yes but....

...when people say to me "what's your problem, do you only have half a brain?" I can honestly answer, "yes!" What's everyone else's excuse? :-)

[progmom]

53. good point

are you still at the station? or did you skip out early and go home?

[1gobluedem]

56. Still at the station...

...we went to the Detroit International Jazz Festival press conference today so I was gone most of the day. And came out as media sponsor of the Pyramid Stage!

[progmom]

57. You came out?

....as media sponsor of the Pyramid Stage?

I forgot that calls get rerouted to the studio after 5. Could we have a more antiquated phone system, btw?? I'll catch up with you another time. About to walk out the door to go home. :hi:

[NashVegas]

40. Sun in Libra, Moon in Aries

7th house. Can't help it.

[LoZoccolo]

47. Maybe it's a rush of adrenaline or endorphins or something.

They say that's a part of what goes on with people who are addicted to things like gambling (which I'm not so stop saying that)

[donheld]

50. You Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

said you wanna be startin' somethin'
You got to be startin' somethin'
I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
You got to be startin' somethin'
It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)
Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)
You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)
And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)
It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)
Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)
You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)
And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

I took my baby to the doctor
With a fever, but nothing he found
By the time this hit the street
They said she had a breakdown
Someone's always tryin' to start my baby cryin'
Talkin', squealin', lyin'
Sayin' you just wanna be startin' somethin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
You got to be startin' somethin'
I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
You got to be startin' somethin'
It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)
Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)
You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)
And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)
It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)
Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)
You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)
And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

You love to pretend that you're good
When you're always up to no good
You really can't make him hate her
So your tongue became a razor
Someone's always tryin' to keep my baby cryin'
Treacherous, cunnin', declinin'
You got my baby cryin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
You got to be startin' somethin'
I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
You got to be startin' somethin'
It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)
Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)
You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)
And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)
It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)
Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)
You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)
And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)
You're a vegetable, you're a vegetable
Still they hate you, you're a vegetable
You're just a buffet, you're a vegetable
They eat off of you, you're a vegetable

Billie Jean is always talkin'
When nobody else is talkin'
Tellin' lies and rubbin' shoulders
So they called her mouth a motor
Someone's always tryin' to start my baby cryin'
Talkin', squealin', spyin'
Sayin' you just wanna be startin' somethin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
You got to be startin' somethin'
I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
You got to be startin' somethin'
It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)
Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)
You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)
And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)
It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)
Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)
You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)
And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)
You're a vegetable, you're a vegetable
Still they hate you, you're a vegetable
You're just a buffet, you're a vegetable
They eat off of you, you're a vegetable

If you can't feed your baby (yeah, yeah)
Then don't have a baby (yeah, yeah)
And don't think maybe (yeah, yeah)
If you can't feed your baby (yeah, yeah)
You'll be always tryin'
To stop that child from cryin'
Hustlin', stealin', lyin'
Now baby's slowly dyin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
You got to be startin' somethin'
I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
You got to be startin' somethin'
It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)
Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)
You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)
And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)
It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)
Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)
You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)
And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

Lift your head up high
And scream out to the world
I know I am someone
And let the truth unfurl
No one can hurt you now
Because you know what's true
Yes, I believe in me
So you believe in you
Help me sing it, ma ma se,
Ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa
Ma ma se, ma ma sa,
Ma ma coo sa


thank you michael