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Title: Does your PWBPD get angry at things? Post by: mssalty on July 22, 2026, 08:04:09 AM I’m curious if anyone has the experience of a person who is endlessly frustrated when things (physical objects, electronics, software, etc.) don’t work exactly as they expect. They get incredibly angry, and then get mad at any suggestion of workarounds or fixes because they are not the way they wanted to do things.
Title: Re: Does your PWBPD get angry at things? Post by: Pook075 on July 22, 2026, 08:23:44 AM That summaries me sometimes, especially when it's due to bad development. For example, I'm using a government site to make an appointment that my wife and her son has to attend at the same time. If I try to schedule them one at a time, I get a different error message saying I have to schedule them together. But when I do that, I get an error message saying to schedule them one at a time.
I don't get mad because there's an error, I get mad because someone really dumb made a lot of money designing a system that is literally impossible for people to use. That's what you're describing, but I'm guessing the person you're talking about reacts differently than I do. I'll eventually walk away and cool off, and I'll try my best not to get into a discussion for a minute or two because I know my attitude isn't correct at that moment. I clearly know what I'm frustrated at (the software) and who I'm frustrated at (the guy who made the software), and I can usually check my temper before anyone else sees it. But I'm not perfect and if my wife comes at me sideways over something at that exact moment, I'll likely say something that I instantly regret. Then I'll apologize and talk out how some software developer I've never met is the one truly at fault! =) |