Bossy Pants

Today's philosophy is brought to you by a controlling project partner. We've all had it, whether you're in school, college, or responsible for a teamwork project. At least once in your life we've suffered through dealing with the person who likes to control everything. Recently, I've had a project with a person I don't like very much (actually to put it in realistic terms- I despise this person). I've been the "good person" to work with and did my fair share of work. We've done research together and separately. We've puts bits and pieces together and got some hard core work done. When it was time to put it all together and present our work, she decided she didn't like the final work. Normally, I'm okay with this. Even though we did go through hours working together to create something we were both equally happy with, it's perfectly fine. Go ahead and change a few minor changes. She didn't just do that, she changed most of the parts I worked on. What am I supposed to do? It's the night before the presentation, and I thought we were all set. So, what did I do? I did what my title says. Idolize up the green bathtub with lukewarm water and jumped in. My normal self would be raging with anger, screaming and biting my head off. Then I thought, what would that do? How would that help anything? It would just annoy the people in the household. Call g her and screaming at her would further our not-so-pleasant relationship (something I truly didn't want in the workplace). We were destined to work together in the near future and doing anything compulsive now could just make everything more uncomfortable. So, just sat there and shut up. For someone with a big mouth, it's not everyday I have the restraint to shut it. I didn't say anything and I let it go. I did my part and it's not in my hands anymore. I didn't let my anger get the best of me (plus i had 2 more seasons of Weeds left to go and it would be a shame to watch it angry). Since this is my first post and I'm not sure how to end this, just send your comments, questions, or an article suggestion to THEbathtubphilosopher@gmail.com . Goodnight.