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“Rule 6: Stop whining. If you’re cold and wet, it’s a good bet that everyone else in your party is too. Why should they listen to you talk about what they already know? Travel is boring enough as it is. * Rule 6, corollary 1: This can’t be stressed enough: No one wants to hear about your last bowel movement.”
–Tim Cahill, Hold the Enlightenment (2002)
May 14th, 2003 at 10:08 am
Amen. This is good advice that I’ll have to try my best to remember. When I hear other people bitching unnecessarily my first thought is, “would you like some cheese with that whine?” But it’s even harder to self monitor the moans.
May 14th, 2003 at 7:29 pm
Whining can be contagious as well. Even if you’re trying to avoid complaining, it can be easy to fall into a bitch session with other travelers. Whenever I find myself doing this, I just go for a walk. Usually I can find something — a sight or a person or a moment — that’s more worthwhile than whatever I was griping about.
May 16th, 2003 at 10:04 am
Keep that advice for your next book or quoteable quotes from Rolf Potts. That is, if you haven’t already. I like it. Good attitudes and firm handshakes are proven to take people farther than they could have ever imagined.