Negativity

[hyperD]

He's not a socialist, he just cannot overcome the guilt that life's not fair and that the end of days were started by Thatcher!

 

[benn0]

I'm pretty fed up at the moment, but when she pops it will no doubt cheer up.

Champagne still on ice.

 

[DimPrawn]

I've got a bottle of fine vintage champagne awaiting our Tones downfall.

Cheers.

 

[hyperD]

I've got a half of the Lancaster hotel hired out for a big "End of new liebour" party. Problem is, I can't get enough proud working class waiters as they are all on incapacity benefits. We might have to hire some Eastern Europeans that have an ingrained sense of working culture.

 

[expat]

they always look at the dark side of any situation, and their glass is always half empty

In that case the glass is twice as big as was needed. But it was probably ordered by EDS.

 

[Jabberwocky]

I really dislike miserable negative people, I have a couple on my present project, whatever anyone says whatever happens they are just not happy, they always look at the dark side of any situation, and their glass is always half empty - you know the people who can't see the doughnut just the whole -

Mmm are your knickers half way up or half way down ? And what if the doughnut is a jam doughnut, and there is no ring. You really need to think things through before spurting out on here. This is a place for reasoned logical debate and Christian worship, not a Krispy Kreme doughnut bar.

 

[wendigo100]

I'm pretty fed up at the moment, but when she pops it will no doubt cheer up.

She takes a long time to "get there" then, does she? Is your back aching yet?

 

[cojak]

I used to be negative. Then I discovered barely suppressed rage - much more enjoyable...

AA Gill's written a whole book about just this subject Mal.

He reckons that we need bus queues and things because if we got really angry and started punching we just wouldn't stop.....

 

[Fungus]

I really dislike miserable negative people, I have a couple on my present project, whatever anyone says whatever happens they are just not happy, they always look at the dark side of any situation, and their glass is always half empty - you know the people who can't see the doughnut just the whole -
every time I speak to these people I feel slightly drained and my positive energy slightly tarnished with their pessimism...

Every time a decision has to be made (usually by me - it seems my role now entails being a decision conduit for the higher management ) it just takes forever to convince them to accept the decision, even they are the ones who were screaming for that decision to be made and even if the decision is in their advantage, they just object and argue for the sake of it...

They sound like a typical group of IT engineers to me. Maybe a bit more upbeat and extrovert than the average dysfunctional depressed IT professional. Enjoy it while it lasts. The next group won't be so much fun.

Fungus

 

[Fungus]

I used to be negative. Then I discovered barely suppressed rage - much more enjoyable...

You could always turn the rage inwards to create self loathing. Much more enjoyable. Fungus