Wellness

Last Straw Syndrome

August 11, 2010

I don't care what you do for work, or what you do at home (caring for family, children, etc.), there are time when the stress mounts to a point where the only path or rebalancing or regaining some assemblance or normality is to 'let off the steam'. The 'Last Straw Syndrome' isn't imaginary, and if you're honest, at one time or another in our lives we've all found ourselves loosing it. Loosing it, or releasing that 'steam buildup' can take on many forms. As far as I'm concerned, there are as many ways to let loose as there are people who get steamed up. If no one is hurt in the 'release process' I say, "Go for it!"
Recently, tabloids and newspapers are having a glory day reporting about the Jet Blue steward to argued with a passenger, ranted over the intercom and then, after grabbing a beer, exited the aircraft via the emergency shoot. The way I see it, it could have been a lot worse, and his 'going postal' could have resulted in serious injury to his passengers. If all he did was yell, grab a beer and deploy a rubber slide to get the hell out of his private hell, what's the big deal? Clearly he demonstrated an emotional breakdown.
Where's our compassion, or even better, our willingness to accept responsibility for often acting in ways toward those that serve us that only increase their stress.
People are rude, plain and simple, and treat others poorly, more often than not.
Think again, next time your ready to treat a clerk, or waiter, or stewardess badly.
My feeling is, it's about time someone had the courage to blast back at the outrageously rude public.

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