Tomorrow I will do a talk on the topic of winning over your
anger. It has gotten out of control in my life and I suspect
others have had to manage their anger too. Times for me and
my anger emotion have been better than others. Sure I have lost it.
I have regrets from the past.
I will offer some tips on being successful in dealing with this beast.
Take a moment to read this startling story regarding
uncontrolled anger. It will make you wonder. Let me know
what your take is on this whole anger thing. Thanks
Crazy things happen to our sense of judgment when we get angry.
In February 2009, a 27-year-old woman from Fort Pierce, Florida, walked into a McDonald's restaurant and ordered a 10-piece McNuggets meal. You know how it is when you're hungry and you have a taste for something particular. Your imagination starts working and you can almost taste those McNuggets now.
Well, that's when things got really tough for this hungry woman. The person behind the counter took the order and received payment. The McDonald's employee then discovered that they were out of those bite-sized, warm, tasty McNuggets. The employee told the customer that the restaurant had run out of McNuggets, and she would have to get something else from the menu. The customer asked for her money back. The employee said all sales are final, and she could have a larger priced item from the menu if she wanted.
The customer got angry. She wanted McNuggets—not a Big Mac, not a McRib, not a Quarter Pounder. She was angry, this was clearly an emergency, and she knew what to do in an emergency: she took out her cell phone and called 911 to complain. Apparently the 911 workers didn't take her seriously, because the McNuggets-loving woman called 911 three times to get help!
She never got her McNuggets that night, but she did later get a ticket from police for misusing 911.
Anger twists our perspective. It skews our judgment. Anger makes small things big and big things small. When we're angry, having to eat a burger instead of McNuggets is a disaster, and calling 911 is not a big deal.
