why is everyone so angry!!?

Question

look around you at people going about there day. Moms on the school run, people in supermarkets. doctors waiting rooms at the gym, everywhere!! they are all so angry!! why??

Answer 1

I know it wasn't me who gave you a dirty look, or wasn't watching where I was going and didn't say excuse me. I know I didn't cut you off, and not have the common decency to use my turn signals. I wasn't the woman who used the treadmill so long, knowing it would piss you off because you were patiently waiting to get on it next. I also know those were not my children screaming so loud you couldn't hear the clerk about the cleanup on the aisle 12. Also, that wasn't my brother who sat in the doctor's office mumbling to himself, while looking around at others thinking no one will notice.

I promise I have not been out in public today. However, that did happen to me last week.

Calgon did take me away! Hope you feel better soon.

Answer 2

People have stress and do not let it out properly. We live in a capitalist society based on money and materialism. We work too much and do not take care of our health. The culture we live in is shallow and often meaningless. People do not feel well because they believe in being happay all the time or that they should be. This is really sad because life is difficult and often a struggle. If we can see that life is hard and a struggle it makes us able to accept life and be calm.

We essentially need to be quiet and bond with the nature around us more, eat healthy food and exercise. It is bad to look at a computer, tv and movie screen all the time. Life is more than what our cities and towns show us.

I mean look at all the advertising around us. It is all bull. We do not need most of the products we are told to buy. Many things are useless but we think we need them.

But inner peace can not be bought. To be calm and loving is difficult. It takes reflection. People are sad and one way to express sadness and anxiety or stress is through anger.

Don't be like them. It's cool that you see this. You are a sensitive person.

Answer 3

We're trying to live life at the speed of DSL and it's an impossible feat. The result is frustration, anxiety, anger, rage, and depression.

Think about it. How many people have gotten pissed off in a drive through because it was taking too long, or mad at an ATM because it took too long to give your money or return your card? Look at traffic on the highways and interstates. People are driving 80-95 MPH and are weaving in and out of traffic.

Deadlines! Places to be! Things to buy! To do lists up the wazoo! No time to rest, relax! We're working six days a week. We're fighting to keep our heads above water financially. We're stressed over all the wars and battles, threats, terrorists and clenching fists. We are sleep deprived. We're ODing on coffee to offset our sleep-deprived minds. We're constantly on the go. We're running late and need to hurry up. We can't do that now because priorities change and paradigms shift. We just can't be bothered. We can't control our children or monitor their every move. We're policing other people's children while we don't have any. We're horny and deprived. We're looking for deities and examining the sky for life. We can't agree on anything religious. We can't accept answers that don't agree with our own, even if we ask for advice. We're immoral, self-righteous, pious, and stubborn. We' won't budge. Yet we'll take the mile if you give us the inch. Our lives run at a frenetic, neck-breaking pace. We have no time to be still, to be ourselves, to dismiss the world around us.

Finally, we explode in anger and rage, then wonder why.

Answer 4

I see this too. But when you get to rural areas this seems to change. The Malibu commercials seem to understand it too. What is the cause? I think it is a combination of people living too close together, having too busy schedules, having a selfish attitude and bureaucracy in general. All this makes them feel incomplete. They feel they do not have time. They feel they do not have space. They feel jealous of others that have what they want . And they get frustrated and humiliated by having to go through a bureaucratic process to get what they want (for instance to get loans or a doctor).

Answer 5

I agree with you. I think people in general are trying to cram so much activity into their schedules and their family's schedule that they are forgetting to live a bit between activities. Days seem to be several hours shorter than they used to be. Kids have too many scheduled activities to keep them well rounded. Then there are a lot of people who are only happy when they are screaming at others. People used to take a "coffee" break, now they grab their caffiene at a drivethrough.

Answer 6

Everyone seems to be on a quest for more money, employers are making employees work 3 times harder for less money (multi-tasking), doing the work of 3 employees to save on their budgets, cost of living is higher and no one is given appropriate COLAs to keep up with it, because greed is the word of the day. The same salary today as 5 years ago gets you 80% less than it did then.

We are speeding passed flowers, lovely landscapes, children playing, rushing to work, rushing home, quickly preparing for the next day, fixing less than beneficial meals, less savoring and preparation, more instant and quick stops at fast food stores, less quality of life time with our loved ones.

We are unhealthy from the additional stress, pollution, second-hand smoke. We are dying from irrational people waving guns shooting 3 people to aim at 1. We are beseiged by unpleasant-ness on the news, in our communities, and the family unit has dispersed. People who would rather drive to work are having to use public transportation, taking more time than needed, so they are sitting with unintentional frowns, brows furrowed not knowing that the day is wearing down on them from 5:30am-6:30pm.

I hope I answered your question. Take four great, big, deep breaths, smile and have a great day.

Answer 7

Be careful about being all inclusive in your observations. This tendancy has morphed into some huge disasters in our worlds past. To be realistic, the "anger" seen is not necessarily anger but a general disregard for others, in other words, a lack of love.

Answer 8

People are in hurry now rather than back then because back then both parents weren't working rather than now. With both parents working who's going to take care of the kids is a constant worry. Our nation is always extending making roads more hectic. Technology has also gotten best of us because people are to busy worrying about text messaging a mindless messages to care about important things.

Answer 9

They're not, they're afraid. In bigger cities especially, everyone tries to create a safe circle around them, a bit like an aura. If you invade their space, or look like you might, people stare you down. In places where a personal space can't be had - elevators, shopping streets, subways - peopel shrink into themselves. Put your head down, look out the window, look mad if anyone looks at you or what you're looking at and be careful no one pops up from any angle.

It's not anger at all. In places where people can get used to having plenty of personal space, they're often more open - more sociable if you will. You see this in spacious clubs, restaurants, parks even with a bit of luck.. and rural communities, of course.

Answer 10

Because in the hussle and bussle of human life, everyone is seen as part of someone's productivity scale, not as a human being. In stores, employees are dehumanized as helpful drones, and they carry that on to the customers, and the customers carry that along with that anger of being employees and parents...Everyone should be seen as a human being, it's one human right that people deserve.

Answer 11

A life full of stress..where expectations are forever increasing and the resources to meet the expectations are scarce..and no time left for pure moments of joy and happiness.