This was funny but sad.  Anger is funny to me.  I don’t know, it’s just one of those weird automatic reactions that you can’t help.  When I see somebody get angry at something that could otherwise be handled calmly, I just laugh.  Other people might get sad or embarrassed about lame behavior like that and that’s probably more appropriate but I can’t help my reaction.

Last night my wife and I went to the movies (a cheap date when you find movie passes that you forgot you had) and we witnessed this silliness.  We walked into the theatre and it was about 3/4 full.  We sat down a couple rows up where we found a couple open seats.  Separated by one seat, we sat next to a bigger girl in her 20’s and her date.  The seats in front us were all empty.  We put our feet up on the seats in front of us—which happens to be seat-choosing criteria for us—and the couple next to us was doing the same.  We were totally comfy!

The previews were rolling and in strolled the antagonist: a group of 3 that moved into our comfortable foot chairs.  It was sad for me but it was not the proverbial end of the world.  The girl next to us, however, flipped out!  I began to smile.  Luckily she didn’t see me or she may have tried to beat me up—angry people don’t like it when you smile.  Over the noise of the theatre she started cussing and saying stuff that I can neither repeat or remember and the person in front of her totally ignored her—another thing that angry people totally hate.

As the tirade went on so did the smiling and ignoring.  The smiling turned into small chuckles that had to be held in and finally her totally embarrassed date ended it by offering his seat since it was still empty.  She declined and that was the end of it.  See, angry people don’t really want what they are trying to get that bad, they simply can’t handle having things taken from them, a little something that lingers from when they were 2.  At any rate.  It is my own vice that I am amused by such behavior.  I apologize.  Does anybody have any counsel or empathy… perhaps a similar story?  Care to share?  You’re not “that guy” are you?