"A" is for Apple

"A" is for Apple, "B" is for Boy, and AB is for, erh, Apple Boy?! (Haha!)

I was just chatting desultorily with a fellow colleague during a break today; we were talking about careers and personalities and other stuff which people converse about, and she made a very interesting statement.

She told me that I was a Type A person, and that I need to be careful. I had to be careful not to be too hard on myself.

Her statement totally pulled the rug out from under my feet because I had never ever once thought of myself as a Type A personality; and the funny thing is, when I asked my close friends about it, they actually agreed that I was too hard on myself. Or were they agreeing that I was indeed a Type A personality; I better ask them again.

Just for everybody's information, Type A behavioural characteristics include:-
- Time urgency and impatience
- Free-floating hostility or aggresiveness
- Competitiveness
- Strong achievement orientation

The physical characteristics acompanying a Type A-er are:-
- Facial tension (tight lips, clenched jaw)
- Tongue clicking or teeth grinding
- Dark circles under eyes
- Facial sweating (on forehead or upper lip)

So tell me, am I really really really a Type A-er? I would think I was the more relaxed and easy-going Type B, or perhaps the mixed-up Type AB.

This simple little conversation has left me all confused about what Type I am. Again. Sigh.

Well, at least this will explain my tongue clicking, oh, and my dark circles. Oh crap I'm 50% Type A already. Damn.