Grumpiness Test

Read the following statements and check "yes" or "no" for your response.

Yes No

1. Do you wake up in the morning complaining about how you feel, the little sleep you got, that you don't know how you're going to get through the day?
2. Do you look in your closet and complain that you have nothing to wear?
3. Do you look in the refrigerator and say. There's nothing to eat?"
4. Do you drive down the highway commenting, either in your head or aloud, about all the dumb drivers on the road?
5. When standing in line, do you fidget and hop from foot to foot, asking yourself why this line is so slow?
6. When you are in a restaurant, do you frequently complain about the slow service or poor quality of the food?
7. Do you obsess about how things never seem to go right?
8. When you play cards, do you become annoyed because others take too long to execute play?
9. When talking to friends, do you always have a story about someone's bad or outrageous behavior?
10.When around others, do you purposely keep your head down or have a scowl on your face?
11. When you can't find something at home or at the office, do you show by your body language or comment about how irritated you are?
12. Is the weather often too cold, too hot, or too rainy?
13. Do you complain about repetitious tasks, such as reconciling your bank statement, paying bills, emptying the trash or cutting the grass?
14. Do you think about how often you're not being compensated enough for your work?
15. Do you often say there is nothing worth watching on TV but continue to sit and watch it?
16. Do you crab about the unfairness of life and complain about your problems to others?
17. Do you check your wristwatch frequently during church or attempt to sing extra fast to hurry others up?
18. Are you often unhappy with your neighbors, coworkers, friends, or children?
19. Does your mood rapidly change from positive to negative when someone crosses or challenges you?
20. Do you often rant about how everything costs too much, how rude people are or how nobody gives a darn.

If you have three of fewer yes answers, you are typically a happy, pleasant, beautiful and lovely person that everyone enjoys being with. If you have four to eight yeses, you are sometimes grumpy and out-of-sorts, but you can also be pleasant and sweet. If you have nine or more yes answers, you are definitely a grumpy, crabby, out-of-sorts person who rains on everyone's parade and is hard to live with.
From Dorris Wild Helmering, "Being Ok Just Isn't Enough?", National Seminars Group

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