COPING fine generally? It’s just that the kitchen lightbulb blowing has caused you to clench your fists and scream ‘f**k the world’? Follow this guide:
Turn up the volume
You can’t be too loud when alerting the rest of the household to the oven door only partially shutting. To make sure even the neighbours know, continue losing your shit for at least ten minutes. You can only feel big by complaining about small things.
Add it to the rest
Make it clear that the latest outrage only has you overreacting because it’s the culmination of a series. Previously to this there was the dishwasher not letting you fit that last plate in, the internet router needing a reset, and that time you stubbed your toe in April. So it’s hardly surprising.
Get other people involved
A problem shared is a problem magnified out of all proportion, so the more the merrier. Hold a house meeting to discuss what to do about the miniscule problem, allowing everyone to bring in their own petty grievances, and before you know it it’s lunchtime. Live alone? FaceTime everyone you know.
Try to fix it yourself and end up breaking it
Once you’re at a peak of blind rage, take direct action. Open whatever it is up, with a screwdriver or a hammer if you’re not a pussy, and see what’s going on. Don’t Google around and for God’s sake don’t read the instruction manual. Once you’ve broken it, cry.
Write the rest of the day off
There’s no way you can work, clean or take all the other broken crap to the tip after what you’ve been through. Resign yourself to a day on the sofa eating toffees, and then absolutely blow your f**king stack when you lose a filling.
