Juuuuuuuuuust go away...

I sometimes find myself annoyed by certain people. It is interesting how some people get annoyed by particular people and other people find those same individuals fun to be around.
Personally, I find people who talk to fill the silence somewhat annoying. To me, there is a time when the silence is needed to reflect on the conversation at hand and evaluate one's next words. Granted, some conversations do continue for hours with no respite, and that is fine if the words have some sort of meaning to those present and are not just there to make the air seem less empty.
Then there are the repeaters. These are the individuals who, for some reason, feel that they need to say something time and time again. Yes, emphasis is sometimes important or even powerful, but repeating things throughout a conversation when there is no need for emphasis of any kind can be slightly nerve-racking.
Ah, yes, the passionate. I will be the first to admit that I can have this very characteristic. The passionate find one topic that gets their heart pumping or their mind racing and could go on and on and on about it, to anyone and everyone who will listen - the lobbyists of the world, so to speak. As I said, if you can get me on a topic that I either have very strong opinions about or just have a passion for, you might be there a while, especially if you are equally or close to equally intrigued by that very subject. Yes, I know I'm annoying to some people when I get going, but it's easy to do, I suppose. It is ironic that the very thing I am prone to is the thing that I can be very annoyed with someone else about. It would depend on what in particular they are passionate about of course, but there are also times when a topic has been exhausted and no new information is being presented. Kind of the whole beating a dead horse concept, I guess, but I digress, it is sometimes annoying all the same.

As I was thinking about annoyances and the varying types, it occurred to me, especially when talking about the passionate, that I am probably just as annoying to my buds and those around me as some people are to me. This is, of course, why we all can relate to the feeling, for the most part. Most, if not all, of us have things or people that annoy us, and most, if not all, of us are annoying to others, whether it be all the time or just on occasion.
I suppose this is for this reason why we all need patience. Just as much as we desire to express ourselves and have others listen patiently while we rant on about nothing of importance or talk incessantly or just be plain exasperating, we too should be patient while those people who annoy the crap out of us are going at it. Why? Well, I don't know about you, but I'd rather be annoyed and patient, than a hypocrite.