What are your weaknesses?

[The Yankee]

I just care too much. [/John Edwards]

Hmm...self-confidence is an issue, though I'd never say it to a recruiter. I'm also pretty uncomfortable getting on the phone with unfamiliar people. Which is odd since I've had two jobs that required I do that over 300 times a day.

I'm too punctual for my own good, leaving me to have to kill 40 minutes or more a lot of the time, though I blame that on being paranoid with the transit system sometimes.

Sometimes I can focus too much on the details, even if they're not substantial nor important to the overall effort.

I'm shy, which would be odd since I've had to do time approaching random people on the street to sign petitions to get a person on the ballot or giving out stuff.

And I'm a sucker for romance.

So I can safely say that I am one thoroughly messed up person.

 

[amadeus]

Japanese women, big boobs, glasses, and an appreciation for liberal arts graduates working menial jobs.

Wait...

(Actually, the first two are kind of correct.)

 

[Narz]

Self-discipline (I need more of it)

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Oh, a BIG weakness of mine is a failure to get those unsaid "signals" that women send, yet everyone else in the world seems to recieve.

EDIT: Also, I tend to forget things, but then remember them at strange times. For example, I will say "okay, I'm ready to go now," leave, and then a mile down the road remember something I left at home. Sometimes it happens as soon as I get out the door.

Also, I'm a combination of extremely suspicious, yet also too trusting. I always believe that people are telling me the truth (because I don't understand why people would lie - I don't do it), but at the same time I can be overly suspicious of everything, and extremely skeptical about things. They often fall into the worst situations possible, where I will be skeptical when I don't need to or shouldn't be, and will take things literally, at face value, or otherwise swallow hook, line, and sinker, when I shouldn't, and it screws me over every time. Oftentimes the skepticism will be in a situation where I was previously screwed over, probably for being too trusting.

 

[The Yankee]

That too. I don't have any idea when it comes to flirting. I am oblivious to all.

But I don't think it ranks as high as what I've already said.

 

[LightFang]

My weakness is that I have none, making all the people with weaknesses feel really bad.

Japanese women, big boobs

Those don't go hand-in-hand!

 

[West 36]

Beautiful/Cute women
Procrastination
Remembering important things!
Sleep
Saying I'm going to leave, then taking 30 mins to actually go
Bullets tend to affect me as well

 

[aneeshm]

Wine, women, and song.

 

[Tee Kay]

Sharp objects, spiders, sport and people in general.

 

[Peck of Arabia]

"I am the son, and the heir, of a shyness that is criminally vulgar"
... would be applicable to me, if indeed my father, or mother, or in fact anyone in my family tree also had such difficulty as I do talking to people- it would also be more applicable if I was Morrissey too...

Seriously I have real trouble not only talking to strangers, but also friends as well; I have a seriously hard time starting conversations, leading to those wonderful awkward silences when they knows it's time you contributed to the conversation, I know it's time I contributed to the conversation, and the person eavesdropping on the conversation knows it's time I contributed to the conversation...

and the feeling is always compounded when my parents regale me with stories of how I never shut up as a small child...

 

[aneeshm]

Those don't go hand-in-hand!

Ah, but you see, two boobs in the bush are worth much more than one in the hand.

 

[zxcvbnm]

Bad memory sometimes

Sensitivity to physical pain

Beautiful ladies

 

[sourboy]

I fall in love and get walked on too much.

 

[BasketCase]

I was at an interview, and they asked this question. Not expecting it, I was totally blown away.

Quick tip: don't get suckered into "just giving the honest answer". I flunked more than one job interview that way.

My personal weakness? I tend to axe murder people who ask me about my weaknesses.

<WHACK>

Sunuva......errrrr.....anybody got a sponge mop???

 

[Kozmos]

Oh, what cheezy said too about being trusting/skeptical and receiving signals from girls. I mean how should I known that sticking her tongue in my mouth meant she wanted to be with me? I just thought it was friendly exchange of bodily fluids. Then I got branded as evil and insensitive and I was like puzzled till my best friend explained to me what was expected of a normal person.

Also another weakness of mine. Heat sensitivity. I can bear with subzero temperatures just fine, even better then most if not all people I know but high temperatures are intolerable to me, I cant barely stand around to be in the kitchen when something is cooking. I wont even mention soups or summer.

 

[Jawz II]

Ass.

10 kaka

 

[downtown]

Ball handling skills, and shooting mid-range jumpers.

I make a lousy point guard. Put me at the 2 or 3.

 

[IglooDame]

I'm wondering if "I tend to be overly critical of myself and seeing failings and weaknesses that other people don't detect" would lead to the obvious follow-up of "okay, what failings and weaknesses do you think you have that people don't see?" at which point reciting a laundry list would either freak them out or convince them that the initial bit really was a weakness.

 

[Gilder]

Kittens.

Ten characters.

 

[Uncle Anton]

<notserious>

Chinese Food/Chinese Women, Civ 4, Warhammer40k, Talking Shop when meeting someone from the military, Historical Arguments that can't be won, Australian Rules Football...

</notserious>

<serious>

Intolerance/Impatience when it comes to people who I perceive don't try hard enough or don't assimilate information as fast as I'd like. Psychologically Diagnosed Under-Anxiousness (meaning I confront people or situations without due cause, pause or consideration as to potential consequences), previously a lack of self-confidence/self-awareness (Now a thing of the past).

So like most people, I have serious flaws. No, I'm not a complete @sshole, even though I'm quite certain that I can be one, or that I am one some of the time. But I try not to be. And I try HARD.

Gong Xi Fa Cai.