I can tell when I'm about to be yelled at. Whether it's being yelled at by my parents, my friends, or my superiors. Everyone seems to show real anger with the same body language, fists clenched, eyes narrowed, teeth grinding, and a general appearance of looking like they are about to explode. I know when they actually explode I don't want to be around, but it's often unavoidable.

So they come up and start their rant, you're just kind of standing there as they yell and say things that generally sound messy and unintelligent. Normally, you're either about to explode yourself, or rapidly losing respect for the person yelling like a four-year-old with a colorful vocabulary. Hopefully for the you, it's the latter. Once the other person is done, all they've accomplished is making themselves look foolish in front of, more than likely, quite a few people. However, if you got really worked up too, you may even end up making a huge scene in front of a bunch of people and that's where it gets really messy.

These types of situations are so unnecessary. When people have a disagreement it is so much more professional, and sometimes humane, to talk one on one with the person you're having a problem with. Otherwise you waste time. Nobody wants to hear you yell, and most of the time people will respect you a lot more if you're straight with them. Plus, you won't do something you regret. You will never regret being polite, even if at that moment it would be really satisfying to be rude. Kill them with kindness and all that lame cliche stuff really works, and people waste a lot less time with stuff like that.