Annoying people

Generally I like people, you know those that I meet on a day to day level I usually like until proved otherwise, and since most people I see are only fleetingly in my life I often don't get to find out of they are arseholes, so that's fine.

But on occasion I've had the misfortune to meet someone who really just rubs me up the wrong way, but who I actually have to spend time with.  It's really only happened twice, and thankfully one of the people I don't actually have to see anymore (although I do hear about her now and again).  However, the second is someone I currently have to interact with.

With both I'm sure they had/have no idea of my feelings, and I've made an effort (I think) not to let them know.  It's my problem after all.

The thing is, why I dislike these people.  They aren't bad people, and have done nothing to me personally (to my knowledge, although I've had suspicions), but they are successful (or at least make it appear that they are), and I know that some of this success is down to the fact that they will do anything to get what they want. 

The constant bragging about achievements is mind numbingly boring, and only serves to annoy others.  The constant telling people where they are going wrong, or how to do stuff that they are already doing fine is downright rude.

Maybe it's that sucking up to others to get what they want really annoys me, or with one of them the blatant flirting with those in power - or maybe it's my annoyance with myself that I won't (or can't) do either of these things just to get what I want.

I know that there are those who believe that I got a first in my degree because I was living with one of the lecturers, but actually I worked bloody hard for that degree (and Colin didn't mark a single thing of mine after we got together - that would have been unethical).  Sucking up to lecturers or those in authority might get you where you want to be, but I'd rather earn my achievements.

I need to try not to allow people like this to get to me so much, if I let them they have the potential to stop me from doing what I love. But of course it's easy to say, not so easy to do - but I'm trying.