The GREAT People of the World

We've all met them haven't we? I would love comments or emails. Come on we work with them, we are forced to socialize with them through friends of other friends or they are in our family. Here are a few:

The HYPOCONDRIAC - No matter what you have (or had), they have (or had) worse. AND...they are now suffering from about 3 or 4 things as they are speaking to you. It's always something...headache, allergies, they picked up a bug from someone at the office and it's ALWAYS worse than your illness. They've had surgeries that have gone bad, medicine reactions and the worst is that they know someone, that knows someone, that knew someone that almost DIED from something that you just talked about....love getting stuck talking to this person.

The MOOCHER - This is the person that always comes to the office or the family get-together and NEVER brings anything, but always manages to eat the entire day. They always have a reason; got up late, kids were sick or they had a "crazy night" and just couldn't get it together, but they are the first one at the table and they usually take the leftovers home (since nobody seems to want them anyway).

The CHEAPSKATE - This is the person that never wants to do what the entire group wants to do. You have an event set up and they say, "Well that is just too expensive" or "We can find a better deal" but they certainly won't volunteer to help you find the deal. They also nickel and dime over every commmittee they join when it comes to buying treats, snacks, paper products and any other damn thing you need to buy but again, they are the last one to actually BUY anything. They just want to complain about how much YOUR committee spent.

The NEGATIVE NELLY - Every day is gloomy, the world is over, the glass is half empty, the company is going to close, their spouse is horrible, their kids are bad, their house is falling down around them, no one helps them with their job, they are the ONLY one that helps with their parents, they are the only one that actively works at church, school, etc, they don't make enough money, they never get noticed at work, life is about to end, they are tired, they are sick.........ok, I think you get the point.

The UNAPPRECIATIVE - This is the one that no matter how much you do for them they just can't seem to say thank you or wow, that was very nice of you. This is more family or friend of a friend that you see and you think to yourself, "Wow, do these people really exist?" They tend to hang out with the Moochers or they are known as a.k.a. Moocher. ha ha. They tend to take, take, take and never seem to know when to give or say thank you. It amazes me. Just when you think they'll catch on - Nope, they just move on and don't look back.

The OBNOXIOUS - The joke teller, the person in the office or at the family party that you think "yes they are going to show up aren't they" person. You dread them, but what can you do except grin and bear it??? The loud, over bearing, "can't believe they just actually told that story outloud" person that you just wish would leave early!