What is your tolerance level?

[TwinkleStars]

How high is your tolerance in every day life? What do you have a high tolerance for? What do you have a low tolerance for?

The older I get, the less tolerant I am. I have a feeling I'm going to be a very crabby old lady the yells at little kids if I make it to 60.

 

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[trysail]

The older I get, the less tolerance I have for bureaucracy and bureaucrats. I've got a limited amount of time left and I get seriously pissed off with anybody who steals it from me.


I never have had any tolerance for salespeople, marketeers and other liars.


It has been said (accurately) that I do not suffer fools gladly.


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[TwinkleStars]

The older I get, the less tolerance I have for bureaucracy and bureaucrats. I've got a limited amount of time left and I get seriously pissed off with anybody who steals it from me.


I never have had any tolerance for salespeople, marketeers and other liars.


It has been said (accurately) that I do not suffer fools gladly.


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I certainly can understand that.

 

[someoneyouknow]

It's part of growing up. As you get older you've seen and experienced many more things than someone much younger. You learn when to get upset and when not to, when to let things bother and when not to.

For example, when you're younger you're probably impatient when there's a line of three people in front of you. You have things to do and places to go.

When you're 40, probably not so much because you understand you've been one of those people.

However, if someone in front of you takes their good 'ol time to pull out their card or wallet to pay for something, that may set you off because you know they should have known they would have to pay for their goods. They shouldn't act surprised when it happens or not be prepared.

Remember the line from Roadhouse? It's nothing personal.

 

[Emerson40]

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[TwinkleStars]

It's part of growing up. As you get older you've seen and experienced many more things than someone much younger. You learn when to get upset and when not to, when to let things bother and when not to.

For example, when you're younger you're probably impatient when there's a line of three people in front of you. You have things to do and places to go.

When you're 40, probably not so much because you understand you've been one of those people.

However, if someone in front of you takes their good 'ol time to pull out their card or wallet to pay for something, that may set you off because you know they should have known they would have to pay for their goods. They shouldn't act surprised when it happens or not be prepared.

Remember the line from Roadhouse? It's nothing personal.

That's possible. With me, it's when people have lack of common sense.

 

[Christobal]

A I have grown older I have become more patient. I have done enough jobs to know that the person in front of you had no input into the policy they have to follow. Mostly I find it tiring to be mad at something all the time. I'm mad and they don't give a fuck. It hurts me. It's kind as if I swallow a poison hoping someone else will die.

This doesn't mean I am a doormat. I just pick my battles wisely.

 

[TwinkleStars]

A I have grown older I have become more patient. I have done enough jobs to know that the person in front of you had no input into the policy they have to follow. Mostly I find it tiring to be mad at something all the time. I'm mad and they don't give a fuck. It hurts me. It's kind as if I swallow a poison hoping someone else will die.

This doesn't mean I am a doormat. I just pick my battles wisely.

Wish my father had followed your advise. Oh well.

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

Denny

I'm just the opposite as I grow older. $15 for 10 pieces of chicken does not begin to upset me. I'm used to hearing all sorts of shit and I can take a lot of shit. I spent 30 years working in a factory full of shithead supervisors and I saw shit many wouldn't believe.
It doesn't even bother me when the neighbor kids play on my lawn. If I'm behind some dumb shit at the grocery store that tries 17 different credit cards and has the line backed up to the rear of the store I just smile and enjoy watching others get pissed off.
I really don't care if others don't have common sense or even not a lick of sense. Ain't no sense in getting upset and getting a headache.
It don't bother me how many big assed charts and silly comments others make. Life should be for having fun and not for getting upset.

 

[jezzilee]

I think I am pretty tolerant and have remained that way so far. Pain tolerance is also super high.

I recently watched 3 kids for a week, ran a business, took care of 2 dogs, and found my tolerance pushed once when the middle child told me that he was not going to school. Preface that with me telling him he had to spend Friday night at his grandparents because I had to be on the road doing snow removal for his father's company in the wee hours of the morning. I was already stressed by the three call a day I was receiving g from his workaholic father from out of the country, taking care of everything that came in and topped with a snow event and overtime for everyone?

I had tears in my eyes when the little suckered acquiesced. I have never been happier that a week is in the past as I was that Monday night!

Maybe my tolerance for children has slightly decreased.

 

[TwinkleStars]

I think I am pretty tolerant and have remained that way so far. Pain tolerance is also super high.

I recently watched 3 kids for a week, ran a business, took care of 2 dogs, and found my tolerance pushed once when the middle child told me that he was not going to school. Preface that with me telling him he had to spend Friday night at his grandparents because I had to be on the road doing snow removal for his father's company in the wee hours of the morning. I was already stressed by the three call a day I was receiving g from his workaholic father from out of the country, taking care of everything that came in and topped with a snow event and overtime for everyone?

I had tears in my eyes when the little suckered acquiesced. I have never been happier that a week is in the past as I was that Monday night!

Maybe my tolerance for children has slightly decreased.

Wow, you're far more tolerant than I am.

 

[jezzilee]

Wow, you're far more tolerant than I am.

Perhaps I am just a doormat lol

 

[Christobal]

Some things are simple. If customer service is bad I find somewhere else where it's better. No I don't want to battle just trying to get what I want. Sometimes places like KFC just get to expensive and I just move on to other places. It's not like there are plenty of places to eat.

On the other hand there is a place in town that is alway more expensive than Home Depot. The difference is I can take in a broken part and simple say I need a new one of these. They know exactly what it is. The staff is well informed and help you understand what went wrong and have advice on how to install it. That is a service I am happy to pay extra for.

 

[ronmcc2448]

After owning my own business for 30 years and working with developmentally disabled adults. I have a very low tolerance for poor customer service and management.

Poor customer service is a sign of poor training and poor hiring practices.

 

[Typo Fu Master]

My tolerance for screen stretching is dipping to new lows. Dammit Emerson!

 

[TwinkleStars]

Perhaps I am just a doormat lol

No, you just have a higher tolerance than me.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

Low tolerance for sitting in bumper to bumper traffic. NO tolerance for telemarketers and robocalls.

High tolerance for outrageous price fluctuations. I'll wait for weeks to buy 2-liter Coke for 99-cents, but won't bat an eye to pay $1.79 for a 16-oz. drink at a gas station if I'm thirsty. Thirty bucks for an oil change I could do myself. Sure. No problem. I'm sufficiently lazy.

I'm pretty tolerant of bad waiters and rarely send poorly prepared food back to the kitchen. If the potatoes are cold, I'll eat 'em anyway.

 

[Christobal]

Low tolerance for sitting in bumper to bumper traffic. NO tolerance for telemarketers and robocalls.

High tolerance for outrageous price fluctuations. I'll wait for weeks to buy 2-liter Coke for 99-cents, but won't bat an eye to pay $1.79 for a 16-oz. drink at a gas station if I'm thirsty. Thirty bucks for an oil change I could do myself. Sure. No problem. I'm sufficiently lazy.

I'm pretty tolerant of bad waiters and rarely send poorly prepared food back to the kitchen. If the potatoes are cold, I'll eat 'em anyway.

Telemarketers and robocalls ended when I dumped my landline. I also added my cell number to the national do not call list. I just don't get those calls anymore.

Traffic? It's always out there and there is little I can do about it except change my schedule. Getting mad about it just gives me grief with no resolution.

As for bad restaurants I just move to a better place. I don't want to fight for good service or food.

 

[Comshaw]

The older I get, the less tolerance I have for bureaucracy and bureaucrats. I've got a limited amount of time left and I get seriously pissed off with anybody who steals it from me.


I never have had any tolerance for salespeople, marketeers and other liars.


It has been said (accurately) that I do not suffer fools gladly.


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I understand that. However it light of your revelation my question is: How do you live with yourself?

My tolerance level has gotten much deeper as I grow older. There are few things I get all spun up about. I have a finite amount of time left and I'll be damned if I'll spend it all pissed off at one thing or another. When I was young I tended to keep my mouth shut and stew. I still have a tendency to keep my mouth shut and listen, but now when I need to, I say what I want to say and move on. You like it, don't like it, it makes no never mind to me.


Comshaw

 

[Aphro]

I am super tolerant, because I have to be. I have a job dealing with the general public, teenagers at home, and a mother who gets her only life pleasure from goading me.

It takes a lot to make me crack!