The Complainer's Club

How often do you complain? What you may not have noticed is the people you're complaining to are walking away from you.

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Transcript

The Complainer’s Club

I have a major complaint: complainers.

We all have complaints, but these folks take “piss and moan” to new heights.

The gym where I swim has what I refer to as a “complainer’s club.” It’s a group of guys, anyone of whom will greet you with a complaint before they even say, “hello.”

“Did you see the sauna’s not working again?” “The pool’s really cold today.” “They should fire the locker room guy.”

They grumble and grouse about everything you can imagine: their wives, their kids, their girlfriends, their neighbors, the guy who cuts their lawn. It’s an endless list of culprits about whom they carp.

What they don’t notice is that most folks move away from them. The only ones who stick around are their fellow complainers, and they engage in round after round of drowning each other out with their dissatisfactions.

They often attempt to draw you into their drama, usually with a question. “What do you think about the high price they charge for bottled water here?” My stock answer, before I move away, is: “On my list of 500 things to get upset about, that checks in at about 498.” 

Their game is one I don’t like to play because there’s never a winner, and no solutions, just complaint after complaint dripping out of their mouths filling the locker room floor with doom and gloom.

Hey, I can complain with the best of them, but if I do, I’m held captive with confrontational glue.

If people are moving in the other direction when you appear, you’re either a bill collector or a chronic complainer. If you want more people in your circle of friends, know this: You’ll catch more flies with honey, rather than saying, “You know what’s wrong with this world, Sonny?”

All the best,

John