We are They

I had a run-in with someone's wife yesterday, who can only be labeled as a complainer...a whiner as they say in the military....someone who I think actually relishes in complaining about others and how they do things. Now I'm not saying there aren't good enough reasons to carry on about something that bothers you. We all have been in that situation, haven't we. But when you start seeing a pattern of someone complaining about how "they" do this wrong and why do "they" do the things that might not be norm for them. I've finally come up with an answer to someone who persists along this line of thinking...and it at least gets them to shut up...and if I'm really lucky, it gets them to think about things.

I reply, "We are they?" and then smile. Huh? In other words, instead of sitting on your fat duff complaining about what everyone else is doing, why don't you be a bit proactive and do something about it yourself? Why not voice your opinion in a different light, giving your ideas and input of how it can be done differently and perhaps more efficiently and then lending a hand in the implementation? Maybe if you get yourself involved it'll give you a greater sense of worth, a newfound energy and little twinkle in your eye where it was just plain dull before.....and you wondered why no one wants to hang around you....just some thoughts to chew on...