How mindful are you?

Most people aren't mindful, but some are.

 

I don't care for others having loud cell phone conversations in small spaces...like in elevators for instance. Last time a guy got on an elevator I was riding and continued his cell phone conversation at a volume that was obnoxious, I whipped out my cell phone and started speaking even louder than he was about some guy that just got on the elevator and was talking into his cell phone at a loud volume..I was speaking to no one ...but he got the message pretty fast. I'm about reaching a point where I'm just want to blurt out, "I'm not interested in having to listen to your phone conversation so please take it down a notch or catch the next elevator".

I always liked the scene in the movie "Crazy People" where Dudley Moore gets out of his car on the bridge going into Manhattan during stopped traffic, and grabs the car phone from the guy in the car next to him, rips it out of the guys car and throws it into the river...then says, "people who talk on car phones annoy other people!"

 

I tend to be pretty mindful, but there are occasions when I am unaware my actions are affecting someone else. Its a work in progress.

 

I'm very mindful, unless drunk.

Btw, there's a door slamming thread somewhere in OT.

 

when i'm mindful hardly anyone notices, but i like it that way!

 

same here

 

That tends to be one of the aforementioned occasions.

 

That door needs a couple rubber nipples , install them covertly , no one will notice.

You now owe me one frosty beverage.

 

I'm naturally sneaky, so I tend to be very mindful so no one notices me doing whatever it is I'm doing. It's not necessarily because I'm doing something devious (though on occasion I am ), but mostly because I hate having to stop and shoot the breeze and be personable with people when I'm doing something.

 

My mind is always full. But I couldn't possibly tell you what it's full of.

 

Where my mindfulness ends and others' hypersensitivity begins is still being debated by science.

 

I have an idea of what....

 

If what you mean is being aware of how your actions affect others, very. I have come to better terms with how I view others who seem not to be. I used to write them off as thoughtless and self centered. I have learned though, by careful observation, most are just not aware that there is anything wrong with their actions. This taught me that a big part of the cure for my annoyance was admitting I was too judgmental. Things are easier to overlook now.