Better Cities:About Annoyance

Book Information About Annoyance
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About Annoyance

A lesson on empathy.

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The master said: "Yesterday we did not finish talking about being annoyed. What is your biggest annoyance?"

The students began to think, finally, one of them said: "I know, master. I am simply enraged by the situation when I make an appointment with someone, I come, but he is not there at all, or he makes me wait."

Another student said: "And it annoys me most of all when someone promises me something and then doesn't do it."

The third student complained: "I just hate it when a person does not give a specific answer. It doesn't matter if I'm offering him a drink or asking him how he's going to spend the weekend."

There were no more students that day. The master asked the first student:

"Tell me, have you ever been late somewhere?"

"I do not remember such cases, maybe only in childhood. I constantly check the position of the sun and hurry."

The master asked the second student: "Do you always keep your promises?"

"Yes," the student answered, "whatever the cost!"

The Teacher asked the third student a question: "Are you always specific in your statements?"

"Absolutely!" exclaimed the third student.

"And now imagine," said the Teacher, "that you don't need to rush anywhere, you don't have to be responsible for your words and you can speak in general terms, practically about nothing."

Each of the students thought about his own annoyance, and, seeing how all three thoughtfully bowed their heads, the master continued: "What annoys us most about others is what we ourselves cannot afford. We think these people are annoying, but more often it is our envy.