Sunday, June 03, 2007

decisions.

Albert is in a dilemma. An almighty dilemma.
Well you see, he has a shirt. And the shirt has all its prints on the back. And the front is empty. Soo what does our poor protagonist do? Should he do the rightful thing and wear the shirt like he should, with the print on the back, and risk looking like an idiot wearing his shirt the wrong way?
Or, does he go against the very grains of morality and deliberately wear the shirt the wrong way, with the print on the front, so that it will seem to everyone that this bright chap here wore his shirt the right way? Although deep down inside he will know that he isn't wearing the shirt the right way, and although it may seem like he is, he REALLY ISN'T. Plus, the collar gets itchy when you wear the shirt the wrong way. Just thought YOU should take that into consideration. Oops, you've just been dragged into this mess. Sorry.
Don't you hate it when people want to include you in their life-altering decisions? One would think that they can wade through tons of moral issues and personal issues, and just lots of issues, to reach a decision, THEMSELVES. But no. In doing soo, they write to the newspapers, you know, those special advice columns, exaggerating their "big, big" problems. They call their best friends(too bad if you happen to be one), and make their day miserable. And, if they have a significant other, they drag them through this hell too.
But who cares? All that matters is that they tell everyone their problems, regardless how stupid it is, regardless if they really should just keep their big mouths shut, or regardless of the sanity other poor, poor souls. And like a super massive black hole(sorry Muse, just had to borrow it) every one and everything will get sucked in.
Here's the best part, sometimes, when you actually do help, rack your brains, pour forth your brilliant schemes, ideas, plans, after much deliberating (and at the expense of many, many brain cells), they stumble unto some other solution of their own. Then they pat themselves on their own back for their own ingenuity, and immediately put it to execution. If you tell them its not gonna work, you would only be extending your own personal hell. So you could count yourself lucky and just smile and go, "Brilliant!". But of course, if the solution doesn't work out, its your fault. Of course.
Well. Needless to say, there's a reason why your reading this. Its a very long story, but the bottom line is someone could not keep his mouth shut. And as a result, we have a very pissed off friend of Albert's. But he's not going to ask you how to resolve it. Nope. Its HIS problem, not yours. Sigh.
So, moral of the story, if you suspect someone wants you to help make a decision for him, or worse, HER, run, run and hide damn it! But if you are inadvertently sucked in, with no means of escape, be careful. BE VERY CAREFUL. After all, not all solutions are easy as just bloody wearing a different shirt.