Monday, October 13, 2008
Grrrrrrr
A secretary admonished me for using a microwave I wasn't allowed to use. And while I violated the letter of the rule she was quoting, I don't think I was violating the spirit of the rule. I wish I wasn't so prone to feeling guilty about things like this. In real life, it took me two hours to quit feeling bad about the encounter. In my ideal life, I'd just let this slide off my back. How do you just let stuff go?
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Uncle Mike suggested that I ask you for recipes using yellow spaghetti squash. I'd have emailed you this question but I don't think I have it. Anyways, any highly favored ideas?
Hrmmm... if it's genuinely something I knew was wrong & is a legitimate rule I tend to also feel guilty.
It strikes me as highly suspicious however, that there needs to be regulation of the use of the microwave. There are good rules and there are rules that are silly. Good rule: do not kill people. Bad rule: random restrictions on kitchen appliances? When encountering someone stubbornly enforcing a frivolous rule I typically respond by making it clear how I feel about the rule and their petty protection of it.
I eat ice cream. Chocolate is my all time favorite, but I've recently discovered 'caramelized pear and pecan'. Yum.
I don't feel so bad, but it totally ruins my diet.
I tend to just feel bad - but I try not to get attached to those feelings. They are sort of like little thunder storms that just need to blow themselves out. The more I attention I give to the incident, the longer it takes for it to blow over.
Or I mentally eviscerate the person I'm upset with.
One or the other.
OM, I haven't made spaghetti squash very often, but the recipe I used last prepared it with a tomato sauce: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/SPAGHETTI-SQUASH-WITH-POMODORO-SAUCE-230297
I thought it was decent, but my mouth kept expecting it to be real noodles, so it was perpetually disappointing. On the other hand, Andrew loved it, especially with a little cheese.
I don't think there is value in feeling guilt over something trivial, but even at the age of 64 haven't figured out how to let it go quickly.
It could be that the secretary feels the need to exert her 'authority'. Maybe it is her only outlet to show that she is a person who has been entrusted with the wellbeing of the microwave. Feel sorry that she does not have more interesting things to do in life than enforce such regulations - then you won't feel so bad. In fact you probably won't feel bad at all.
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