Comments on: What I Wish I Would Have Said

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:12:15 +0000

Thanks DaCosta, I will sure try :)

By: DaCosta

DaCosta — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:01:54 +0000

Good for you Jason!

Unless they change, these ladies are going to be the people who will one day on their deathbeds lamenting over the things they “could have” done . In fact, they’ve already “aged” themselve with their pessimism (oops! I should say “realism”).

I like the above quote, “Be Adultitis Ridden”! Have a non-adult day!

By: Walt

Walt — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:10:17 +0000

Well said son. We are the only ones that can control our lives and how we adjust to the changes that have taken place in our lives, especially the massive, radical changes these days. In retail lumber sales, and real estate transactions I deal with many, many different people. I have had many disappointments in not getting that project sale or didn’t get the listing I thought I deserved. But I learned a long time ago you can’t control what other people do and say and how they act and treat you. You can only control yourself. And it’s funny how things work out. That order you just had to have or the client you felt you should have had, in the end the best thing that could happen to you was not to get the order or have the client.
Today at the lumberyard we had a heated discussion, (actually argument) about a really, really small problem that got blown way out of proportion(we’ve all been there).
Things got put right back into perspective when I was driving home for lunch and I noticed a life line helicopter over head landing at our hospital.
When I come upon hopeless people that you chatted with Jason the other day, the good that came of that event is this thought: I’m glad I’m me and not you!

By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:41:57 +0000

I’ve been to a few Halloween events (for work) in the past couple weeks. Those were some FUN interviews to do! Kids & parents in costumes enjoying life and other people who did a great job to make the events fun and/or scary. Fun stuff! :)

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:12:45 +0000

Thanks, Lisa. Vampires is a very good metaphor for them. And timely, as well!

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:11:36 +0000

Sounds like a most excellent motto, Judy. Much better than “Be Adultitis Ridden.”

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:10:24 +0000

They’d probably assume I was referring to someone else :)

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:09:47 +0000

Thanks Lynn. Yes, I need to go to the nerf sword store pronto.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:09:04 +0000

Ghost pirates under water!!! Holy cow, how cool is that? My daughter isn’t quite a toddler yet, but I’m certain she wouldn’t appreciate something like that as much as I would.

Don’t you just want to give people like that an Atomic Wedgie???

P.S. You seem like a much funner interviewer.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:06:22 +0000

Nice bed analogy, Eric. I really like my bed.

By: freshairjudy

freshairjudy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:08:08 +0000

Bravo!!! Simply Bravo!! Isn’t it amazing when an individual isn’t receptive, receptive to ANYTHING, their door closes to help, life, happiness and HOPE. Not a chance exists for a positive change in their attitude because energy is focused (wasted) on whining instead of shifting attitude 180 degrees UP. Jason, thanks for reminding us that the difference in our lives is not what happens in our lives, it is how we RESPOND to what happens and what we make happen. My motto: BE JOY!!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:27:11 +0000

Amazing. It’d be great to print out what you Wish You’d Said, pack it in a box with play-do and chocolate and bubbles and send it anonymously. Let me know when you do this. You are right on. Wonder why they invited you ? Even vampires have to be invited in, so deep down they were begging for help. One day the gals might admit this. Keep on keeping on !!!! Lisa

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:01:54 +0000

Great rant! I’d like to e-mail it to the women, but it sounds like they wouldn’t have time to read it :P

By: Lynn

Lynn — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:21:36 +0000

Fabulous rant. I could almost see you waving a nerf sword and parrying an invisible enemy while you were doing it :) Sometimes I wished I carried one myself, so I could bonk people on the head.

By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:29:58 +0000

I like it! But you *are* right that some people are hopeless, so better to wait and share your thoughts post-interview instead of trying too hard to change them!
I have a co-worker with some serious Adultitis issues. I was him how excited I was to go to the aquarium..because they are doing a special thing for Halloween. It involved ghost pirates sword fighting underwater! How much “amazing” can you pack into one sentence? He said it was silly, and he couldn’t seem to fathom how anyone older than a toddler would enjoy it. (I didn’t let him get me down, though. My husband and I went, saw it, and had a thoroughly fun time!)
Thanks for transcribing your thoughts, too–Definitely some great quotes in there!
Ps. If you wanna be interviewed by someone awesome (or at least not infected with Adultitis) request me if you’re ever in Cincinnati! =^)

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:21:40 +0000

Nice rant. Perhaps they followed their brainwashing and lack the creativity to push beyond. They made their bed and are now bound to it, not realizing they could make another bed that suited their current life better.

You have reached some of us, and we thank you for your creative expression of your ideas.