What Grinds your Gears?

Tired_Old_Man · June 10, 2006

What burns me are the people (who have the most faults) who judge others on their faults.

Have you ever noticed that when you dislike someone instantly that his character trait the infuriates you the most is also yours (though you really hate to admit it to yourself)?

Looking in a mirror can be traumatic especially when you are seeing someone else.

Jachut · June 10, 2006

I have a terrible tendency to do exactly that - I take a real dislike to someone I see often but dont know based entirely on their looks. There's one lady I see at school when dropping the kids off. she really really gets up my nose. Anyway she was standing talking in the street and my son came out of school and went up and took her hand (she was facing away from him). Then he realised it was the wrong mum. He finally saw me and I said "what did you do that for" and he said "I thought it was you, she looks exactly like you" Bingo! the reason for my dislike suddenly became clear - she DOES look like me, all the things about me I happen not to like!