I should console myself, knowing this asshole (not someone I work with or know personally, just someone I have to deal with as part of my job) is actually a miserable, pathetic person, and I should feel sorry for him. that would be "taking the higher road." I should remind myself that his patronizing, condescending, infuriating, prickish, belittling attitude shouldn't be taken personally. I should remember that he's really a sorry person inside. I should try to kill him with niceness. why do miserable people have to slash and burn everyone around them? why am I bothered so much by what this prick thinks?
