Choosing not to be annoyed

One area that I (and I am guessing most people) can improve upon is how quickly I choose to be annoyed.
Writing this from a Starbucks (love the free refills) when this person sat down next to me.

He started talking on his cell phone LOUDLY. Normally this would cause me to select from annoyed on the pull down menu of reactions.
I would think about wanting a cell phone blocker and how cell phone conversations in public is the cigarette smoking of the 21st century.
But I had a small experiment. I would choose not to be annoyed. Radical idea. These were not vital conversations, but rather, calling back unknown numbers.
He was trying to figure out how to get somewhere and mid-conversation I tapped him on the shoulder and showed him a Google Map of where he needed to go. This turned the interaction from a bumbling adversary resulting in my grouchiness to a friendly interaction.

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