Hi Everyone,
There is a fine line between first world problems and drama. This is what I mean.
Toronto is always under construction and I am constantly learning new routes for old destinations. One morning on my way to work, I got a very unfriendly TTC driver. If the guy wasn’t such a jerk, he’d be an alright person. But he was a jerk. Every time I asked him a question, he had a sarcastic remark. His behaviour turned my one first world problem into two. Did I mention this guy was a jerk? Anyway….
Since I really wanted to get to where I was going before I had to technically be there, I stood beside this guy and very patiently asked him questions as I checked the map on my cell phone, even though it didn’t appear like he cared about helping me help myself. As one kilometre became the next, I, for the lack of a better term, broke him down. It wasn’t easy getting him to behave like a humane human being yet I (somehow) did it. The only way I could think of how I did it was remaining calm as this guy tried to get me to freak out, due to sheer frustration, or at the very least sigh and sit down because he broke me down. And I could have done one of those things or a variation. But I didn’t. You see, I wasn’t going to add one or more sentences, raise my voice, alter my body language or do anything to allow my first world problem to escalate into drama.
Since the TTC driver was already in a foul mood, that’s all it would have taken to push him over the edge for him to treat me worse than he already was. Then my first world problem of how am I going to get to work, would have been drama to the seventh degree consisting of 1) this guy is a jerk, 2) why isn’t he helping me? 3) how am I going to get there? 4) am I going to get there on time? 5) where the $%#& am I? 6) how am I going to get a cab when I don’t know where I am? and of course, 7) why me?
Now I don’t know about anyone reading this blog, but not only do I not have time for that, I just don’t have the energy. Drama is, in my humble opinion, exhausting and pretty stupid. A lot of first world problems are easily solvable and in the whole scheme of things ridiculous. I could go on, yet I won’t.
Thank you for reading, A. Rebel’s Rant! ;D
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