Rachel Walden

That's awesome. :) - Rachel Walden

i vote for the leaf canopy. that would be very cool in your office - Christina Pikas

I had bulbs removed in my office because it was too bright. The light can bother eyes. And a leaf canopy would be awesome. Even better, can we all work in tree houses?! :) - Jyl BlueBott

It takes a lot to get me there, and it's almost always something sudden rather than a slow build, but once something makes me that mad it's almost impossible for me to control. I tried really hard yesterday, and failed. It's like once the mad hits a certain level, fluids just come out instantly. - Rachel Walden

Me too. I get into a heated discussion and next thing I know..sobbing - Hedgehog from Android

i hate when i do that. blargh. - jambina

I'm a frustrated-crier.Generally, I don't get that angry about things. Ridiculous part, the crying make me even more frustrated, which leads to more tears. Ugh. - Jyl BlueBott

me too - for me it's a slow-build, but there is always clearly a final event that sets it off. And then to calm myself is wicked hard. - ellbeecee

Me too. I have a very hard time controlling it professionally too, but I'm getting a bit better at it. My mom assures me that it gets better as I get older. - ~Courtney F.

ditto! I'm almost famous for crying in public. once a girl asked me if I had really bad allergies. No, I'm just a crybaby. - t. The Lethargic Honeybee

The stupidest things make me cry. Do you guys know the Maxwell House commercial where the big brother gets home from Africa and the teenage sister is waiting up for him? Every.Time. Also, before I was a librarian (21, 22 yrs old) I had a semi-tyrant boss and he used to make me cry and the other ladies of the office would quietly slip me out of the office and send me home before he noticed. - LibrarianOnTheLoose

Courtney, I think I've gotten worse as I've aged. :/ - Jyl BlueBott

I think crying should be more acceptable if it is the alternative to beating the shit out of someone. - Andy

I love the scene in the movie where Meg Ryan plays a helicopter medic pilot that gets shot down and winds up the superior officer among soldiers coming under fire and she's crying while she's shooting off her sidearm. The guys give her a hard time b/c she's bawling her eyes out while giving them orders and saying "it's just a stress response." Total bad-ass-ness. - t. The Lethargic Honeybee

i remember being on the bridge of the ship and something just set me off - frustrated, tired, mad, all combined and i was crying so hard i couldn't breathe and all the male officers around me just stepped back like whoa...pretty embarrassing - Christina Pikas

"it's just a stress response" - I need to remember that line. And I appreciate more than I can say hearing how many of you this also happens to. - Rachel Walden

Not when angry (my head goes kind of buzzy-clear instead; once I actually got tunnel vision) but when under stress, heck yes, my eyes will leak all over the place. (Hm, though under actual trauma-stress, it was weeks before I could cry.) - Deborah Fitchett

Me too. I hate it, especially at work. So unprofessional, etc. , etc. - marthalib from fftogo

I have a high threshold too because i can be not much fun myself at times but if it seems to be an always thing or targets people I consider vulnerable yeah - WarLord

When I don't have much of a choice in service providers, I'm more likely to report issues. - Eric

I report issues all the time. If I don't report them, they won't be fixed. - Alan

What Eric said. And, additionally, when it's something that I think the average consumer might not be able to cope with but which I'm not afraid to report... sort of a litmus test about "will anyone ever complain about this if I don't?" I also am sort of psychotically consistent about calling the cops on people parked illegally in disabled spaces -- we all have our buttons. :) - Jenica

I have no problem complaining at that moment and maybe after, either. On the flip, if I get excellent help, I make sure they know that and I always write a letter of thanks after. - Anika