Comments on: How to Test-Drive Friends and Irritate People http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/11/15/how-to-test-drive-friends-and-irritate-people/ Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:05:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Cat http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/11/15/how-to-test-drive-friends-and-irritate-people/comment-page-1/#comment-41062 Cat Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:18:26 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/11/15/how-to-test-drive-friends-and-irritate-people/#comment-41062 @Tim :in reponse to Tim's last comment "From a recent email from a friend: I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles four things: a rainy day, the elderly, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights." I would up the ante on this one: a SNOWY day, (rain shmain! lol), ditto on the luggage and elderly...Christmas tree lights though? How about losing your keys or something? I think if one is getting just as bent out of shape as their tree lights...that's a sure fire sign of insanity. Hell just waiting in line at the DMV is a test of character and emotional fortitude. @Tim
:in reponse to Tim’s last comment
“From a recent email from a friend:

I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles four things:

a rainy day, the elderly, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.”

I would up the ante on this one: a SNOWY day, (rain shmain! lol), ditto on the luggage and elderly…Christmas tree lights though? How about losing your keys or something?

I think if one is getting just as bent out of shape as their tree lights…that’s a sure fire sign of insanity.

Hell just waiting in line at the DMV is a test of character and emotional fortitude.

]]> By: kees http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/11/15/how-to-test-drive-friends-and-irritate-people/comment-page-1/#comment-39578 kees Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:38:45 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/11/15/how-to-test-drive-friends-and-irritate-people/#comment-39578 Hi tim, “Leid een rijk leven zonder veel te doen” and “Geweldig! Dit boek zal je leven veranderen. -New York Times” the dutch to english translation is: Lead a rich life without doing much and GReat! This book will change your life NYT. Thanks for the post greetings kees. Hi tim,

“Leid een rijk leven zonder veel te doen” and “Geweldig! Dit boek zal je leven veranderen. -New York Times”

the dutch to english translation is: Lead a rich life without doing much and GReat! This book will change your life NYT.

Thanks for the post
greetings kees.

]]> By: Melissa http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/11/15/how-to-test-drive-friends-and-irritate-people/comment-page-1/#comment-39383 Melissa Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:54:34 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/11/15/how-to-test-drive-friends-and-irritate-people/#comment-39383 I don't actually understand how people found these tips so intensely "cruel" and awful and deceiving. It's not like you're actually screwing someone over, you're nicely taking them out to dinner, happened to realize that it was 30 minutes later, will probably find something else fun and romantic to do to kill the time and then go to dinner. Calm down! You're not screwing them of money and seeing how they react. It's just a simple little scenario to see whether the date would freak out and act blatantly annoyed about the extra 30 minutes you'll godforbid have to waste before eating. It's a completely acceptable tiny problem, just so that you don't go falling in love with a personality that turns out to not be real. I completely understand, because I dated a guy who was the most charming adorable thing for the first month or two during that happy honeymoon stage, and all of a sudden after 3 months little raging fits would pop out the second things went wrong. Objects flying and all. Turned out he was a complete brat who was good at hiding it in the beginning, and he would have been the perfect person to test these sort of scenarios on and I wouldn't have had to waste 4 months on Mr. Anger Management. We actually got kicked out of Victoria's Secret because he had a fit in the store about not being allowed in the dressing rooms. Thank you for the tips, it appears I need to tweak my psycho radar a bit and these will definitely help. I don’t actually understand how people found these tips so intensely “cruel” and awful and deceiving. It’s not like you’re actually screwing someone over, you’re nicely taking them out to dinner, happened to realize that it was 30 minutes later, will probably find something else fun and romantic to do to kill the time and then go to dinner. Calm down! You’re not screwing them of money and seeing how they react. It’s just a simple little scenario to see whether the date would freak out and act blatantly annoyed about the extra 30 minutes you’ll godforbid have to waste before eating. It’s a completely acceptable tiny problem, just so that you don’t go falling in love with a personality that turns out to not be real.

I completely understand, because I dated a guy who was the most charming adorable thing for the first month or two during that happy honeymoon stage, and all of a sudden after 3 months little raging fits would pop out the second things went wrong. Objects flying and all. Turned out he was a complete brat who was good at hiding it in the beginning, and he would have been the perfect person to test these sort of scenarios on and I wouldn’t have had to waste 4 months on Mr. Anger Management. We actually got kicked out of Victoria’s Secret because he had a fit in the store about not being allowed in the dressing rooms. Thank you for the tips, it appears I need to tweak my psycho radar a bit and these will definitely help.

]]> By: Win http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/11/15/how-to-test-drive-friends-and-irritate-people/comment-page-1/#comment-36972 Win Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:45:47 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/11/15/how-to-test-drive-friends-and-irritate-people/#comment-36972 Is it sad that I agree with thisarticle, basically my philosophy is to never coddle people. If you disagree say so, you dont have to be a complete asshole, just be honest and dont try to cover up your own character. If you want a long term relationship to work out you also have to know where you are going to rub the other person. then again on the other end you have to jump in at some point and go for it, even if you arent sure if it will work out. Also mundane observations are helpful, I can sometimes tell how a person is just by how they stand in a certain place. Is it sad that I agree with thisarticle, basically my philosophy is to never coddle people. If you disagree say so, you dont have to be a complete asshole, just be honest and dont try to cover up your own character. If you want a long term relationship to work out you also have to know where you are going to rub the other person. then again on the other end you have to jump in at some point and go for it, even if you arent sure if it will work out.

Also mundane observations are helpful, I can sometimes tell how a person is just by how they stand in a certain place.

]]> By: King http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/11/15/how-to-test-drive-friends-and-irritate-people/comment-page-1/#comment-32635 King Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:52:01 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/11/15/how-to-test-drive-friends-and-irritate-people/#comment-32635 Tim!! I loved this article, and am thoroughly amused by some of the less than savory responses. I thought of a parallel to meeting people in nightclubs and bars. The people I meet in nightclubs are usually not dateworthy, but they run these tests too! Women will always throw something out there like "buy me a drink" and its the same principle. Attractive women have soo many guys coming up to them, these lines screen the submissive, unconfident, validation seeking and slow witted ones instantly. Its a bit more cruel and unrefined than the situations you stated haha. happy travels! King Tim!!

I loved this article, and am thoroughly amused by some of the less than savory responses. I thought of a parallel to meeting people in nightclubs and bars.

The people I meet in nightclubs are usually not dateworthy, but they run these tests too! Women will always throw something out there like “buy me a drink” and its the same principle. Attractive women have soo many guys coming up to them, these lines screen the submissive, unconfident, validation seeking and slow witted ones instantly. Its a bit more cruel and unrefined than the situations you stated haha.

happy travels!

King

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