There hasn’t been many experiences in my life where I regretted staying calm and assessing the situation before responding even though a more exuberant response would have been justified.
Another words, cooler heads generally prevail.
Why? We can always re-visit the situation and “add” to our initial response if we feel we weren’t appropriate with the way we reacted. But, once we respond – and whatever that response looks like – we can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube.
This is why I pretty sure more times than not, cooler heads prevail.
Besides, there have been more times than not, where I reacted in a large and blustery way without knowing all of the circumstances only to look like a “yahoo” after the fact.