Why being grumpy is good for you

[mercurial]

If you're feeling like a sourpuss today, it may not be a reason to frown.

For, according to research, being grumpy makes us better at decision-making and less gullible.

In contrast, those annoying happy types who tell us to cheer up tend to make more mistakes because they'll believe anything they're told.

The revelations come from a psychology expert who has been studying the effects of positive and negative emotions.

Professor Joseph Forgas found those in a bad mood provide more accurate eyewitness accounts of events than those in a good mood.

A series of experiments also backed up his findings that the grumpier we are, the more likely we are to get problems sorted out and make less errors.

'Whereas positive mood seems to promote creativity, flexibility, co-operation and reliance on mental shortcuts, negative moods trigger more attentive, careful thinking, paying greater attention to the external world,' Professor Forgas writes in this month's Australian Science Journal.

A sad person can cope with more demanding situations than a happy one because of the way the brain 'promotes information processing strategies', he says.

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[Mars]

One thing is for sure... My staff are WAY more productive when I'm grumpy.
Been a productive month this far...

 

[BinaryJack]

The girls that work for me tend to be less frivolous and by fare more productive when I'm in a bad mood!

 

[chutzpah44]

I even have a Mr Grumpy T shirt

 

[KulRath]

Aye, sometimes I wake up grumpy,

but mostly I just let her sleep..

 

[Alan]

For, according to research, being grumpy makes us better at decision-making and less gullible.

I rest my case

 

[killadoob]

The girls that work for me tend to be less frivolous and by fare more productive when I'm in a bad mood!

Yea nothing like working girls really putting some effort into it for their pimp .

 

[chrissy]

Ok, so everyone with a backoffice personality feels better now

 

[Mars]

Yea nothing like working girls really putting some effort into it for their pimp .

don't piss him off, he's gonna charge you more...

 

[chutzpah44]

Did anyone ever see the 2 BBC series on Grumpy Old Men and Grumpy old women?

They were classics

 

[Johnsilver]

Come on. Cheer up every one!

 

[semiautomatix]

I even have a Mr Grumpy T shirt

Ooh! Where do you get Mr Men T-shirts from?

EDIT: hehehe, Mr Babalas.

 

[chutzpah44]

Ooh! Where do you get Mr Men T-shirts from?

EDIT: hehehe, Mr Babalas.

I think Mr Price has a selection..

 

[murraybiscuit]

i am a grumpaholic.
/breaks down in tears