Personality: The Tornado Siren

Personality: The Tornado Siren

            Have you ever been with a group of people and you are all hanging out and having a good time, and then one of your friends invites one of their own friends, and that’s when things start to change. Suddenly the conversation goes from equal talking sharing from everyone, to mainly that friend…why? BECAUSE THEY ARE LOUD AS HELL AND WON’T SHUT UP!!! It’s not that we can’t keep talking to each other equally but because this new person is so loud it’s practically forced our attention upon them, which is exactly what they want.

            In this situation, the goal of the codename: Tornado Siren is to get everyone’s attention by being louder than everyone else. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but to everyone else it seems like a literal cry for attention. First it’s the Tornado Siren simply saying hi to everyone, in a louder tone than normal, but the minute someone asks them a question that’s when all hell breaks loose. That’s like their call sign to suddenly be louder than everyone else in the room and have you leaving the place with their voice ringing in your ears. My theory behind these people (because sure I have a louder voice than others but it’s nothing compared to this person) is that they have some issues with being heard at home. Now keep in mind I’m not trying to pry into any of their lives with hopes of understanding but from other experiences I’ve noticed that these people develop because no one at home likes to listen to them. So to get the attention that they deserve they MAKE SURE that everyone can hear them. Now not everyone is like this when they grow up that way but it happens a lot. In recent years my brother has in a way taken the role of main event in my own household whereas it used to be me. He gets my parents attention more and since I had already gotten enough attention it didn’t bother me to sit back and let him soak up the limelight. He used to be really shy but now he is loud and flamboyant and it’s definitely an attention-getter. My opinion about the Tornado Siren is this, yes I agree that you should get paid more attention to, but that doesn’t mean you have to yell, there are other ways to get peoples attentions such as subtle conversation that turns into a funny joke, which in turn gets more people to listen and join in. I guarantee you that the spotlight is always fun yes, but I think being a part of a group is so much more rewarding because you have people right next to you that are enjoying the fun just as much as you and it feels good. I always feel like I’m a part of something rather than an attention hog trying to make everyone laugh and like me.

            I’ll leave with this little note to Tornado Siren, you don’t have to be the life of the party every time you walk through the door. Nor do you have to be an invisible fly on the wall. Instead, I challenge you to find a happy medium with your friends, and tone it down a few decibels, just enough so that I can still hear by the end of the night.