anger management
me... age? ... late teens ~ in a discussion with the anger counselor:
management
amc:
so you don't think what you did was wrong?
me:
no!
amc:
how could you not?
Ted you smashed up a liquor store!
(background info: the liquor store employee refused
my state issued identification flinging it back at me and
hitting me in the lip
"hard enough to cause bleeding i might add")
me:
no sir i did not. i hit one rack of camels
with a bat.
amc: still this is wrong don't you think?
me:
no!
amc:
seriously?
me:
look dr. i was assaulted first. what i did was an eye for an eye.
amc:
tsk tsk Ted, do you know what they say about that bible quote?
me:
no, Dr. "what do they say"?
amc:
they say it leaves the whole world blind.
me:
sigh' technically Dr. not the whole world or not all the people would be blind
only the ones who did not learn their lesson with the first eye. isn't that more accurate Dr.?
amc:
are you getting angry Ted?
me:
angry? no just a little frustrated.
don't you ever get frustrated Dr.?
amc:
yes and that's OK.
now why don't you tell me about your family?
me:
no. i'd rather not.
amc:
why not?
me:
i wouldn't want to get them angry.
amc:
sigh' i won't tell them anything Ted just tell me about them.
me:
about who again?
amc:
sigh' why won't you tell me about your family Ted?
me:
why won't you tell "me" about "your" family Dr.?
amc:
sigh'
me:
i'm sorry, are you getting angry Dr?
amc:
yes i am! .. i mean.. sigh'
me:
oh i see. and why is it "I" am here again?
amc:
long pause,... 'funny look on his face'
amc:
you're being combative, we are through here.
me:
ok thanks Dr.
i feel much better now.
management
amc:
so you don't think what you did was wrong?
me:
no!
amc:
how could you not?
Ted you smashed up a liquor store!
(background info: the liquor store employee refused
my state issued identification flinging it back at me and
hitting me in the lip
"hard enough to cause bleeding i might add")
me:
no sir i did not. i hit one rack of camels
with a bat.
amc: still this is wrong don't you think?
me:
no!
amc:
seriously?
me:
look dr. i was assaulted first. what i did was an eye for an eye.
amc:
tsk tsk Ted, do you know what they say about that bible quote?
me:
no, Dr. "what do they say"?
amc:
they say it leaves the whole world blind.
me:
sigh' technically Dr. not the whole world or not all the people would be blind
only the ones who did not learn their lesson with the first eye. isn't that more accurate Dr.?
amc:
are you getting angry Ted?
me:
angry? no just a little frustrated.
don't you ever get frustrated Dr.?
amc:
yes and that's OK.
now why don't you tell me about your family?
me:
no. i'd rather not.
amc:
why not?
me:
i wouldn't want to get them angry.
amc:
sigh' i won't tell them anything Ted just tell me about them.
me:
about who again?
amc:
sigh' why won't you tell me about your family Ted?
me:
why won't you tell "me" about "your" family Dr.?
amc:
sigh'
me:
i'm sorry, are you getting angry Dr?
amc:
yes i am! .. i mean.. sigh'
me:
oh i see. and why is it "I" am here again?
amc:
long pause,... 'funny look on his face'
amc:
you're being combative, we are through here.
me:
ok thanks Dr.
i feel much better now.