Did you kick someone's cat today?

It is the critical hour of the day; you are stuck in traffic. There is a lot of mad honking all around and your ears are buzzing. Your head is spinning; you have to get to office in another ten minutes but here you are; stuck in between the darned slow-pokes. The signal turns green and you welcome it with a sigh. In your hurry, you manoeuvre your car in the narrowest spaces available. And you speed up on the highway. Just as you are zooming past, and just as you can see your office building looming high, a traffic cop stops you and gives you a ticket for speeding. All the way up to your office cabin, you curse under your breath. You are a peaceful, law-abiding citizen, minding your own business when this stupid guy comes along giving you a ticket!! Don't they have any other better job to take care of? Shouldn't they be concentrating on finding criminals or exposing clandestine operations?? Just because you are going fast doesn't mean you aren't driving safe!! You are ridiculously angry.
When you get to office, you summon your sales manager and ask him if he has finished finalizing the Manchester sales. He puts up a frown and says "Miss, I dunno what happened, but something did, and we lost it". And that opens up the anger bubbling inside you, and you burst out "What the hell? It was a very important agreement and you just quash it due to your negligence? Just because you have been here for the past 15 years doesn't mean you have a lifetime contract! You better do something to replace that business deal or I am going to have to replace you!" Oh buoyy!! Was she upset or what?!!
The manager walks into his cubicle, red in face, mumbling "here I am, giving my best to the company, working overtime and that high-headed lady just fumes on me for no reason. What a grouch"!! He calls for his secretary and asks her if she has finished the letters he had asked her to finish. She goes "no, don't you remember? You told me to finish the Brands stock letter before anything else and I am working on that!" The manager explodes "Don't give me lousy reasons.I want those letters mailed today and if you can't do that, I will get someone else sincere enough" Oh buoyy!! Was he upset or what?!!
The secretary stomped out of the office mumbling to herself "How about that? I do work equal three people and i am not sincere enough?! I am not a robot to be able to do two things at a time. I can't believe he threatened to sack ME". She walks over to the switchboard operator and barks "I have some letters I want you to type. I know that ordinarily this isn't your job but you don't do anything much all day except sit here idly and answer the phone occasionally. This is an emergency and I want these letters mailed by tonight!" Oh buoyy!! Was she upset or what?!!
The switchboard operator could have hit the ceiling. As the got the letters out, she was fuming "Here I am, the hardest worker and the lowest paid member. I am the only one who has got any idea about what is really going on while the others drink coffee and gossip. If not for me, the company would have gone down the tube". When he got home, he was still fuming. He saw his little son stretched out on the sofa. He admonished the kid saying "How many times do I have to tell you to finish your homework before watching tv? Now go upstairs right away; you are grounded" Oh buoyy!! Was he upset or what?!!
The little boy runs upto his room saying "He didn't even give me a chance to explain. This is not fair". He sees his cat curled up on a rug. He kicks the poor dumb animal shouting "You lazy thing, get out of here!!" Oh buoyy!! Was he upset or what?!!
The poor cat scrambled out of the room.
You see how the chain goes? Frustration, anger,rejection, sarcasm,rudeness, they all travel and end on an innocent victim. If you feel you deserve a good treatment, then you have to treat the others the same way!!
You cannot tailor the situations of life, but you sure can tailor the attitude to fit them!!