Who scares me the most?

Jackie B's winning question was Of all the people in all the world living or dead who scares you the most? Why?

This is a great question and I've had to think long and hard about it. I've decided that extremist personalities scare me the most. Now, when I say that term, I know that there is a group that get an image of Arabs strapping bombs to their chests, and other group who will picture Westboro Baptist church members.

Yes, both of these represent extremist personalities, but I'm also talking the everyday extremists. They're in every office that has more than 20 employees. They are the folks who lock up the office supplies, who have meetings to discuss if the fabric of your skirt matches the dress code, who insist that there is only one way to make apple pie, etc.

See, bullies don't bother me. I'm such a bigger bully and I have no trouble stepping on the necks of anyone who tried to stand in my way, tries to oppress me, or stomps on those I love. But the extremists? I have no idea what to do. I just usually stand there, staring, unable to speak. How do I argue with someone who makes us sign up pencils and pens to ensure that I'm not stealing office supplies? (Which, really, had consistently made me steal office supplies off that person's desk out of spite…don't worry, this happened many years ago – not at my current workplace!).

I find it so difficult to get answer this kind of personality trait. I know that I'll just get into an argument and will end up getting very frustrated and declare that the person is the reason the human race is doomed to fail…this never ends well. So, I just stand there. Staring slack jawed at the person.

Yup. Extremists. They scare the hell out of me, especially when they are in control of the office supply cupboard.