When a person gets extremely angry, they are said to be “seeing red.” While etymologists, sociologists and conspiracy theorists ascribe the expression to your blood rising when you get agitated or even to the anger a bull supposedly experiences when it sees a toreador’s red cape, I have my own thoughts on the matter. I think it means the anger, stress, volatility and explosive vocabulary most of us experience when we see the endless red sea of brake lights as cars idle in traffic in front of us, impeding our ability to get where we’re going.
Frustrating, isn’t it? Your blood is probably rising right now, just thinking about it. Yet most of us subject ourselves to seeing red at least twice a day—our commute to work and our commute back home. This level of repeat, sustained anger is not good for you. It makes your blood pressure go up. It makes the veins in your forehead pop. It makes you look ridiculous to the people in the car next to you as they see you raise your fist in the air and cry out loud (or swear a blue streak, whatever works for you). And it makes you spend seemingly more time on the road than at work or at home. Seeing red sucks.
Here’s a solution to your crimson crisis—stay home. I know, you have to go to work, make a living, earn money to pay for your house and your kids’ braces, but you can still get all that done…from home. TelePacific’s 1Net IP VPN gives you remote access to your office network and files, allowing you to work from the luxury of your home, where the only idle car is the one parked in your garage. Throw in Conference Central and you don’t even have to leave the house to meet with clients or coworkers. It makes it simple and easy to reduce your levels of stress and anger. You may even be more productive, without people wandering over to your office to chat.
And those are good things. Really good things. Your boss will love you even more. Plus, as an added value, you’re not adding another car to traffic jams or smog to the environment. All things that will help you see blue…clear blue skies. Calm blue seas. Because blue is a calming color—and that’s good too.
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