>>My father would call this "little s**t"
>>
>>He drove the concept into me:
>>If you can solve the "big s**t" then don't worry about the "little s**t"
>
>One of my maxims of parenting is "choose your battles." Seems to have worked.
>
>Tamar

Guy here at work uses a variation of that: "You've got to ask yourself - is this the hill you want to die on?"