Run, Hide, Cry
@RichardMeister (5328)
Otis Orchards, Washington
September 11, 2016 3:15am CST
One night, back in the early 1970s when I worked at a gas station, I arrived at work a bit early as I always did. The dayshift attendant told me there was a teenager who came in with his parents. He wanted to cash a two party check. At the time we accepted checks as most businesses did in those days. But we did not accept two party checks.
When the attendant told this teenager he couldn’t cash the check the teenager ran out into the field behind the station crying. His parents had to go out, calm him down and bring him back.
“If I would have known he had that sort of problem, I would have been a bit kinder about it,” the attendant told me. “But I didn’t know he would react like that.”
When most people are confronted with a problem, such as not being able to get a check cashed, they move on and get the check cashed elsewhere. But I’ve wondered how many of us would run, hide and cry over something considered a minor thing if we felt it were acceptable for an adult to do so.
I believe many people feel like doing that at least once in their adult life. Something happens that clicks a switch and makes a person want to run, hide and cry. But most of us don’t because it’s not the adult thing to do. It’s only a minor thing, just let it go and forget it. It will pass.
Have you ever felt like running, hiding and crying over something you know is a minor thing?
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
11 Sep 16
I thought maybe someone who has been holding in many small things may feel that way.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Sep 16
If it's a minor thing, I know that a problem can most likely solved another way - there's no need to run, hide or cry. If anything that is an embarrassing thing to do to yourself! But something major might make me feel like doing that, though I wouldn't actually do it. It really takes a lot for me to cry in front of anyone.
The young neighbor next door seems to have some kind of mental issue - this is something he'd do. It's really strange how he often talks and cries to himself. I don't know if he will hide, but he will run back and forth to the front and back of the house (where his room is) during an argument with his crazy girlfriend. They are ALWAYS fighting (they are the ones we had to call the cops on). My husband almost called the cops on them earlier while the kids and I were out . . . he guy was screaming at the top of his lungs and sobbing while hitting the passenger door of the girlfriend's car. 
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
12 Sep 16
It does sound like your neighbor has mental issues. He girlfriend probably does, too. It's too bad you have to put up with that.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Sep 16
@RichardMeister Well we did complete that wall extension . . . and luckily it has been a lot quieter (maybe they got the hint?). But once and a while they "slip" - we can't see them anymore, but we can still hear it. She must have mental issues to stay with this guy - oh, she is a fake cryer.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
13 Sep 16
@much2say Hopefully they did get the hint.
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@noni1959 (13017)
• United States
13 Sep 16
I have had that happen to me. I was stressed all day once and then something very small triggered me to be a sopping mess. It was quite the ordeal for me and then embarrassing later. Normally I'm a very strong person. I know someone who will cry and go off over minor things all the time. One of my sisters will cry over spilled milk, literally.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
13 Sep 16
Yes, I think if there is a huge buildup of things it becomes easier to cry over a minor thing.
@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
11 Sep 16
It depends on the kind of day that you are having. Everybody reaches their breaking point and then they may have a complete meltdown over something that really isn't a big deal.
