Facial Anger
Category: Society

Every morning I go the gym and nearly every morning I see this one particular person. I have never met this guy, and yet I don't like him.

There is no good reason for me to dislike him; heck, there isn't even a bad reason. He has never done anything to raise my ire. I have never heard him say anything nasty to anyone. In fact, I have never even heard his voice.

Still -- I have this unnatural hatred of him. I take that back; hatred isn't the right word, but he does bug me.

I waste energy on this. When I see him, I invent thoughts and place them in his head. "These people are all below me," he thinks as he surveys the room. "How dare he," my mind retaliates, "Who does he think he is?"

I pondered my odd reaction to this person. What I finally decided is that his face, while in repose, sits with a negative expression. I don't think there is anything that he can do about it. Sure, he could probably make an effort to smile all the time, but that is hardly fair. Some people just have those types of faces.

It got me to thinking; is this a chicken-egg sort of thing? Do people just assume that these people are nasty because of their faces? In turn, do they just become nasty? Or are some people just so nasty that their faces are forced to adjust to their inner being?

I have given this guy a raw deal. I should walk up to him and introduce myself tomorrow. Watch -- he decks me and says "piss off."

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