| 1. | Even in the most trying of office meetings, I am able to keep a cool head. |
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| 2. | I never create a scene in public. |
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| 3. | I never raise my voice to make a point. |
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| 4. | I don't believe in using physical force and have never as much as slightly shoved someone to make a point. |
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| 5. | You have to report back to your office within fifteen minutes and the guy in front of you at an air ticket counter is taking forever to decide if he wants to go to Spain or France for his holidays. You politely ask if you can get your ticket to London while he makes up his mind. |
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| 6. | You make a bet with a friend as to which team would win the championship. Your friend wins and is laughing at the team you supported. Instead of pouting about it, you also join in the joke about the lousy tactics of the team you supported. |
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| 7. | A colleague of yours is constantly bragging about his great car, and everybody is sick of it. You would go up to him and politely tell him that he is getting in over his head. |
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| 8. | Your spouse made a ridiculously embarrassing comment in public. Instead of correcting him/her then, you ignore it, and talk about it privately with your spouse later. |
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| 9. | Your car dies down on a busy highway, miles before the nearest gas station. Rather than cursing your bad luck, or crying, you call for help on your cell phone or try hitch-hiking to the gas station and then back. |
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| 10. | Your niece is throwing a temper tantrum at a toy store. Instead of getting all hassled about it, you pick her up and tell her to behave nicely. |
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| 11. | An old lady is asking you for the way to a superstore, even though she is standing right in front of it. You smile, and politely guide her to the entrance of the store. |
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| 12. | Your roommate snores loudly and that disturbs your sleep. Instead of waking him up and telling him to get another room, you wait till morning, tell him about the problem, and suggest a good clinic where he can get some help. |
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| 13. | You desperately want to catch a movie tonight, but the queue at the ticket counter is endless. Instead of cursing your luck, you go to the person in front of the queue, and ask him to purchase an extra ticket for you, and then reimburse him. |
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| 14. | You are at a posh restaurant, where you have ordered chicken. Even after sending the dish back two times (because it was not as you wanted it), the waiter gets it wrong again. Instead of taking out your frustration on the waiter, you calmly ask him to take you to the kitchen, where you politely explain to the chef, how you want your chicken to be served. |
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| 15. | Your roommate has, despite several requests by you not to do so, left his/hers shoes in the living room again. Instead of picking up a fight with him/her, you pick them up and keep them in their proper place. |
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| 16. | The person driving in front of you is going 20 mph in a 50 mph zone, rather than shouting obscenities at the driver, you honk your horn and try to overtake the vehicle. |
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| 17. | You are on a subway, trying to give the finishing touches to your speech for the big office presentation. The person sitting next to you is listening to metal, at an obscenely loud volume, despite repeated requests by you to keep the volume down. Instead of picking a fight with him, you try to change your seat and find a much quieter spot. |
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| 18. | I love talking to children and love to answer their incessant questions, which I find to be rather amusing. |
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| 19. | I was always the quietest kid at school and never got involved in classroom bickering or fights in the corridors. |
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| 20. | You often play the role of "agony aunt" amongst the group of your friends as you never get hassled by their repetitive tales of despair. |
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| 21. | You never judge the other person and never end up saying "I told you so!". |
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| 22. | At work, you often have to play the mediator for all the petty office fights. |
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| 23. | Everybody who knows you would vouch for the fact that you are a patient person. |
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| 24. | Nobody has ever seen you lose your temper. |
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| 25. | Your friends and family tend to get frustrated at your level of tolerance and patience, and sometimes implore you to let your anger out. |
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