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Can you give me examples of the "highly practical, cynical and bitter" ISFP ?

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Can you give me examples of the "highly practical, cynical and bitter" ISFP ?

"Some ISFPs who are in the habit of not expressing their needs and feelings find themselves in situations throughout their life where they feel overshadowed, overlooked, or even "tread upon" by others. Highly practical and cynical by nature, these feelings may cause the ISFP to become bitter, and to either give up on their relationships, or to start using their relationships for their own personal gain. Although this problem is observed sometimes in the ISFP type, it does not seem to be present in those ISFPs who consistently express their feelings to those closest to them." (ISFP Relationships)

I have read this page over and over again and that bit doesn't make sense to me, and yet I imagine that if it's written on a website that is generally correct on most types, then it must be correct too. In that case, why have I never seen it? I have had an ISFP friend for 11 years, I have gone out and been friends with an ISFP for a year. I've never seen it. In fact, my biggest complain about the ISFPs in my life is that they sometimes have absent-minded opinions on things, but this goes hand in hand with their peaceful views on everything. How is that being cynical, bitter and practical?

Could you give me examples of ISFPs you know (or yourselves) who became all those things and why it happened?
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Imagine being at work, and you see a colleague doing something, a process or a procedural task, and they aren't doing it in a way which you feel is the most beneficial for YOU (important part). It's not work policy to do it your way, but because in your head, you have planned every step in the process of completing the task, which you have perfected and are extremely proud of, and for some reason you aren't being matched in competence by your colleague when you review the task they undertook at a later date, then imagine feeling anger. That is an example, of an extremely practical, and bitter ISFP getting lost in really pointless methods.

For relationships- Imagine spending time with someone who can benefit you in a way, then acting in a way which subconsciously pushes them away with no choice. The distance created between the relationship isn't confrontational, but it's emotional disconnect, so the ISFP leaves the situation unscathed. Without actually realising they were taking the necessary steps to end the relationship, they have already done it, and can feel the effect of that behavior in new encounters. Personally, I can sort of tell when relationships will stagnate and go bad now, just from looking at the past and having this 'feeling'. I always look at my failed relationships, and can pin point 10001 emotional reasons for its destruction.

This whole post is rather cynical, and fuck you?

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