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Old Nov 07, 2015, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Row Jimmy View Post
Behavior always a touchy subject on these boards - I suppose it is what drives us all to be here. At some point in my life, I may have acted the same way especially in my thirties. I noted how he was so up and down in such a short period of time - going from angry to extremely angry to calmly talking about stamps and his glasses to being philosophical about Bill Clinton and the economy.

Furthermore, I sometimes forget how my behavior affects others, especially people in my family.
I honestly wonder about several customers per shift that I work. I've had my fair share of both BP and BPD behaviors/attitude issues, so my first thought when running into certain behaviors/attitudes in others is, "I wonder what you have?" I can't help it after my own journey and all of the people I've known who also went through mental illness/disorder journeys.

Had a customer two days ago who was in a very sarcastic rage over everything. I was just ringing up his items and didn't even say anything the whole time because I felt like he wanted to fight someone. At one point he was half-yelling that the music in the store was too loud and that it sucked, and then he started loudly pretend-singing along in a very mocking way. He just seemed severely agitated and couldn't stop talking. I couldn't help but find it more curious than anything else, wondering what his would-be diagnosis was.