Becoming a good complainer

Many of us think that its so easy to complain. Find something small that bothers you and infatuate it as a terrible breach on humanity or your own personal life, and a bonafide complaint is born. Sure that's simple. But to complain and have others reap tremendous enjoyment out of it, now that takes talent.

Allow me to enlighten you with the incident of the true complainer, one who's complaints know no bounds, who's gripes will attempt to pierce through the happiest moments. Alas, this complainer didn't realize that he was creating a world of happiness to those listening in.

A few men in their 70's were studying the Talmud together. After a rather humorous dispute as to whether they should take a break for a few minutes, a conversation began. "My grandson is staying by us" started Larry.
"Whada ya mean staying, I thought he was visiting for a day!" piped Sid.
"What are you talking about?! I told you he was coming to us two days ago"
"Yeah, but you never said he was staying!"

And now the Larry the complainer:
"Anyway, so my son buys me this picture frame, you know the ones where the picture changes. You plug it in to the computer and it brings up a new picture."
(Gee, that sounds nice)

"Well, you know he paid $90 for it, a fortune!"
(Sounds like he really wanted to get you something nice)

"You know, I'm gonna have to give him the money back one way or another, I always give him money for things, so I'm gonna have to pay him back somehow for this!"

Sid jumps in, "Well is it nice?"

Larry's response "You know, the screen is too small, you can barely see anything. He should have spent $130 for the larger model. Instead he gets the cheaper one!"
(You're killing me Larry)

What we have here is an excellent example of proper complaining. Larry has covered all bases to ensure that the short end of the stick is all his own.

The key here is when you prepare a complaint, make sure you have a follow up complaint in case someone attempts to find something positive in the scenario. A good complainer always has a two handed approach.