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Coping Script
FOUND by Warren Schultheis
in California
I found this crumpled up and being blown by the wind on my street.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
Some of our fellow posters could benefit from this advice because I have sensed escalating anger over misspelled words. I would just like to affirm that I am nonviolent toward those who orthographical errors.
Apparently it didn't work......
7) Crumple paper and throw it in the street
I wish I could understand numbers 5 and 6..
I didn't see the hyphen at first, so I thought it said "Coping Script for de Escalating Anger."
I like my way better.
And I agree with calming down the anger towards the grammar and spelling mistakes...Oh no! I started a sentence with "and" and used ellipses points inappropriately!!!
I can just see him now, patting himself on the back and going "Atta-boy!". I love it!
thanks Lovers for catching the "atta-boy" comment.
does anyone else not realize how AMAZING that is?!
picture this: you see some crazy guy patting himself on the back and SCREAMING "ATTA-BOY". He's pissed but he still is congratulating himself. It's amazing! =]
I think the "taking responsibility" part is the biggest step...
"Atta-boy!" for even making the effort to make the list!
Can list-making change the world?
you can recieve adda-boys from someone or yourself all day long, but the first time you screw up it wipes your adda-boy slate clean. then one must start all over again.
Some people here don't seem to understand the fact that others of us ENJOY pointing out spelling errors and ungrammatical usages. It's one of the main reasons we come here.
On the other hand, I don't see the entertainment value of an endless string of whining comments regarding how mean the pedants are.
Stop being such judgemental bitches!
I think they kept it for a while, and once it worked let the wind take it to someone else.
Who knows how many people it went though?
I know so many people who could/would benefit from a "de-escalation" list for anger. Relationships would be better, work would be better. Everything would be better.
I admire this person for taking the time and thought to write this down. Somebody out there is doing some personal work.
God Bless 'em.
Christina:
5) "Give yourself 'atta-boys'" (I think to congratulate yourself for not hitting someone.)
6) "Affirmations"
I think it's prolly notes from an anger management class... Sounds just cheesy enough. No clue what 6 is though.
I really need to give myself more atta-boys.
Afterma Frans?
Ding! Affirmations! Just got it.
What's the difference between atta-boys and affirmations?
Lovers, Laurel, I noticed the "atta-boys" one right away and knew that I would be commenting on it! I am glad I am not the only one that found that so completely awesome.
I think #6 is supposed to be "affirmation," and so after he pats himself on the back, he's supposed to remind himself "I'm not an angry person. I'm NOT an angry person." But then he wadded up his list and threw it down the street, so maybe he wasn't too sure about it.
Pehaps it's a study guide for an Anger Management course? Or a script for teaching an Anger Managment course (would explain the atta-boys? "Atta Boy! You're doing a GREAT job teaching these angry people!") Aren't "atta-boys" already kind of affirmations?
THIS GOD**** LIST MAKES ME SO FU**ING ANGRY!!!!!!!!!!!
This violence management gets easier with time . It's really not funny , it takes a lot of hard work .
I love the "atta-boys" instruction. It seems like an item that would fit better on a self-esteem help list, though.
I hate when the clue in a crossword puzzle is "____ boy!" and the answer is four letters, because you never know if the correct answer is "atta" or "itsa."
Hey Wandering, it's actually spelled judgmental :) Just thought I'd lighten your day since you enjoy spelling corrections.
I think everyone could use a few more "atta-boys"
SNAP! That's the sound of "Bored" falling into "Wandering " 's trap .
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Scrub! Scrub! Scrub!
Chug! Chug! Chug!
Laurel, I was thinking the same thing! Like "serenity now" on Seinfeld.
Those things are pretty much what I tell all the kids in the anger mnagement classes I teach.
Bored:
It's actually judgenmental.
See http://www.foundmagazine.com/comments/901
So, i'm reading these backwards, and it's a great thing, cuz tomorrow's find is a really cute note written from a daughter to her mother and the comments are talking about how these expressions of feelings are so nice and the contrast, where this list is all about restraining/controlling your feelings and the next one is all about embracing expressing your feelings. It's a big ole double standard.
Just cuz anger is destructive and love makes people feel good is that reason to discriminate between the two like this? It's unfair. I say we start taking responsibility for our love and setting limits on our happiness.
Thank god I found this, I was just about to go take my anger out on some innocent person, but now that I gave myself a few "atta-boys", I've really calmed down.
"MY anger management class really PISSES ME OFF!" reads the t-shirt I got for Xmas last year.
Thanks a giant bunch to Running Joke for the link to the Find that started the whole "judgenmental" thing.. I've long wondered what link it was, specifically!!
I got your Atta Boy ... RIGHT HERE!