I had to go to a pharmacy today to buy somewhat personal/embarassing items. I went to the closest pharmacy, but the shelf I needed was right beside the pharmacy counter with a long lineup of people and an elderly person had blocked the shelf by parking his motorized scooter in front. When I tried to get closer, another guy squeezed by me and hit me in the shoulder with a shopping basket. I got the hell out of that store and drove to another pharmacy. Is this a personality type behaviour, or would any frustrated person do the same?
I've not acted on that impulse but yes, I definitely understand it, it was on my mind at the time I posted the thread about people walking into me.
I believe that thinkers have a tendency to be very thoughtful, that is reflective about themselves, possess a higher than average degree of self awareness and even critical awareness, they can then be conscientious and there can be strong underpinning affects which because feeling is repressed or disowned as a governing function are not so well handled.
So when you encounter situations which are likely to be trying or testing and challenging because you're going to be dealing with other people who are not so thoughtful, not so conscientious, possibly totally and utterly failing to think beyond themselves or just to think per se, that bumbling, "pin ball" sort of this minute positive, that minute negative depending on the last two words said to them by someone else, possibly of the exact same nature to them, that's going to be trying all by itself, sometimes if you're already on a low ebb and this shit hits you well "fuck it" and evade the source of the stress becomes the way to deal with it.
I know there's people going to describe that as introversion, perhaps there's a correlation, but I'm not sure about that, I see it built into entire systems, whether or not a measure of comprehension, calculation and critical thinking is involved, assumed or not on the part of users and people at one, two or three removes from that user. Like motorists on badly signposted roads or bad urban planning resulting in crowding or rioting.