Alpha Quadra; My least favorite Quadra. My impression from each member of this Quadra goes from “complete torture” to “tolerable.” General comments that can apply to each type in the alpha Quadra: shallow, lazy, and “vibes.”
-ILE: “Hell on Earth.” Never like individuals of this typing. Every thing about them makes me stressed out and feel like gnashing my teeth together. Unlike other types, my experiences that come with age didn’t help my tolerance for this type. Luckily in college, I can choose my surroundings and gladly ignore them. If forced in proximity like a job or assigned project, it becomes an either “them or me” mindset very quickly.
-SEI: “Foolish.” ESI are known for their judgmental and condescending stare, and most of the time, I’m not perceiving others in a self-righteous and haughty way, except in the case of SEI. I tend to see them as foolish, and that’s me saying this politely. Comes off very self-pleasing and willfully ignorant, it’s worse when they try to portray themselves as innocent and selfless. Often find them repulsive and irritating.
-LII; “Bland.” Despite my critical impression of LII, I frequently tend to befriend individuals of these types. Their impression doesn’t change after befriending them, but their boring behavior isn’t a negative to me, rather it’s how the relationship feels to me. These friendships are usually empty friendships; only friendships of convenience like having the same class, new hire at the same time. Our friendship dwindles out quickly if not tended to. Their passivity and weak morals is infuriating to me, as I consider those who allow evil more destructive than the evil itself, so I usually break friendships with them rather roughly. Overall, I’m neutral to this type.
-ESE; “Tolerable.” This type is unnoticeable to me unless forced proximity. Our differences is rather amusing to me and it’s funny to hear us compare the way we perceived the same event. I had a coworker of this type and I was able to appreciate her FE because although she was FI ignoring, it wasn’t weak and she was able to recognize when to back off. Vice versa for her, I often recognized when I should play up my expression to ease the environment and her tension. But if there was a third party, we’ll often end up talking to the third party and ignoring each other again.
Beta Quadra; A favorable Quadra. Respect their work ethic and intensity, but can find the members exhausting to be around for long periods of time.
-SLE; “Volatile.” At first, individuals of these types are not noticeable to me, but after awhile, male individuals of this type are rather attractive and the female individuals I develop a great admiration to me. The intense environment that they enforce, I thrive in, and so I like working around them even if they have small rules that I can’t exactly comprehend. My attraction/admiration dwindles overtime when I realize that my presence makes them tense, which in turn makes me uncomfortable, so I’ll eventually place distance. Had a boss of this type and it was awkward watching him hesitate to express his authority in my presence, and I often tried to minimize myself Everyone described him as intimidating and strict, but a good boss, which I knew he was, but I personally never witnessed it. I did witness his shifting eyes, his uncertainty to greet me, and awkward attempt at jokes that never made me even crack a smile. His stern, un-negotiable statements became more of a suggestions to me as time passed by.
-IEI; “It’s complicated.” IEIs, like LIIs, tend to be my friends. Fortunately these friendships tend to be better than LIIs, but not by much. These individuals ALWAYS approach me first and I often question their motives, while keeping them at an arms-distance. I always feel “used” by these types, but never could pinpoint why. Notice their manipulation on people, but I tend to tolerate it as well as their laziness. I can respect their romanticism of the world and whimsical personality.
-EIE; “Don’t Know.” Never had any significant interactions with members of this type, but what I read about this type, I have a favorable opinion.
-LSI; “Burdening.” Have long-term friendships with this types. Love listening to their reasoning of things and respect their ability to stand behind it also. Conflict with this type are intense and can last for days, not just in Cold War, but actively disagreeing. It’s thrilling and exhaustive at the same time. Feels like a productive workout after long engagement with this type. Men of this type, I tend to be attracted to as well. Women tend to be close friends, if not best friends. If there isn’t a tense environment or conflict, this friendship can be straining to maintain at times, so petty arguments are often made to stir things up.