The One that Makes you Scream

You know this person. Most people have at least one in their lives. It's the way they say that word or do that thing that just makes you fume. You try to be nice, before you see them you mentally prepare yourself to take a deep breath, relax and then respond. It never works. You want to dig your nails into your own skin, you want to throw sharp things at the annoying one, you want to scream bloody murder and hope that the vibrations this creates will set his brain in order and he will not be this annoying, he will not say and do stupid things.

Well, that doesn't happen. What happens is, you tell him he's stupid and annoying and should never speak and then you feel bad, not so much for hurting his feelings but for not being able to control yours. You get annoyed at yourself for letting him get to you like that. The truth is that he is a nice, intelligent, well meaning person...but he says the stupidest and the most aggravating things you can imagine. And you know that you should be able to deal with that without blowing up, but you just can't help it and that maybe even more annoying than he is.