On 2004-12-23 08:33:43 -0500, "Ahernwill" said:

Every morning a group of us have coffee in a local restaurant and there is
one guy who constantly complains about everything- weather, taxes, price of
gas, politicians, lawyers, schools, traffic, foreigners of any kind,etc. and
on and on. It has gotten to the point where the whole table dreads his
arrival. The irony is that he lives in a nice neighborhood, has a new truck
and his wife has a newer car- he also has a camper , a boat, a quad and a
housefull of nice furniture, TV's, appliances, a garage stuffed with all
kinds of tools and gadgets etc. Having travelled all over the world in my
career, I can say with authority that 95% of the world's population could
live comfortably on what he spends on his boat and camper. I sometimes want
to grab him by the shirt and say " What the F**K is your problem man? " But
instead I said it here- anyone else know a guy like this?

Many. I look at the situation as a bit more humorous, however.
I cheerfully like to ask such folk if they've stopped to consider that
99.999% of the world's people would love to have their problems.
Sometimes, you can download BBC clips about some poor family in
wherever and when the guy starts to complain, you can pull them out and
say, "You know, I read this recently and thought of you...."
But the best thing to do is probably to get all your friends
together and when the guy starts to complain, have everyone ball up
their napkins and throw them at him with a collective groan. What the
heck, there's probably no great solution.

Chas Morrill