thinkkank
Experienced
- Oct 16, 2019
- 264
My landlord just finished yelling at me. She came into the house and yelled out "get down here and talk to me!". I knew I was in for a rough ride.
The rent is late again and she wants her money badly. I told her I'm trying everything I can to get it but she wasn't hearing any of it.
She had a full meltdown. There were some small strips of fly paper on the wall. She ripped them off and yelled "get this out of my face!".
I had some cans of food in a cupboard which she literally threw down. She took one can and threw it down, another can and threw it down.
She yelled and even shrieked about getting her money. I had to calmly assure her that I was trying to get the money.
I told her that I have a brother that can help with the rent and that I'm trying to get in touch with him. She said my brother was a piece of shit (her exact words). I calmly and firmly told her not to mention my family in that way. I told her that our issues were between me and her. She backed down and apologized, then left.
I'm sort of proud of myself. I stood up for myself and my family. I didn't lose my cool.
The reason why I was able to remain level-headed was because of all the bad situations I had been through in the past. They trained me and made me stronger. This situation made me stronger as well. I refined my ability to remain calm. It was like a Dojo. My landlord came in with her negativity, swinging left and right, but I countered her attacks with my own techniques of calmness. All of this made me stronger.
This won't be the last negative situation I find myself in, but I know that I'll be able to handle the next one because this one made me stronger.
The rent is late again and she wants her money badly. I told her I'm trying everything I can to get it but she wasn't hearing any of it.
She had a full meltdown. There were some small strips of fly paper on the wall. She ripped them off and yelled "get this out of my face!".
I had some cans of food in a cupboard which she literally threw down. She took one can and threw it down, another can and threw it down.
She yelled and even shrieked about getting her money. I had to calmly assure her that I was trying to get the money.
I told her that I have a brother that can help with the rent and that I'm trying to get in touch with him. She said my brother was a piece of shit (her exact words). I calmly and firmly told her not to mention my family in that way. I told her that our issues were between me and her. She backed down and apologized, then left.
I'm sort of proud of myself. I stood up for myself and my family. I didn't lose my cool.
The reason why I was able to remain level-headed was because of all the bad situations I had been through in the past. They trained me and made me stronger. This situation made me stronger as well. I refined my ability to remain calm. It was like a Dojo. My landlord came in with her negativity, swinging left and right, but I countered her attacks with my own techniques of calmness. All of this made me stronger.
This won't be the last negative situation I find myself in, but I know that I'll be able to handle the next one because this one made me stronger.
