By OpalCat

tags: peeves, personal, rant

We all have them. Things that just grate on us. Sometimes they are rational, other times they are a bit silly. Some of them bother us a lot, some of them only tickle a little at our irritation. Some make our blood boil, some make us roll our eyes. Whatever level, whatever reasons for existing, I also have mine. And here they are.

• People’s “driving” in the Boston area. They call it driving… but I’m not sure what it is in reality.
• Weather reporters on TV who constantly use judgement words like “bad” “terrible” “awful” etc to describe rainy or cloudy weather, and “good” “great” “wonderful” to describe sunny or hot weather. Ya know, some of us don’t particularly care for those hot, sunny days, and really love the rain.
• “Shorthand” style typing… ‘u r 2 cool’ etc. Gah! Drives me nuts. In my head it reads like a mentally challenged 5 year old drooling on themself and trying to speak.
• People who say, when they find out I have a child, “oh, so did you stay with the father?” or “did you marry the father?” as if it is impossible that I could have been marrie BEFORE I got pregnant (as I was, for 4 years)… grrr…
• People who consistently use the wrong version of your/you’re/yore and there/their/they’re.
• People who lick their fingers while they eat.
• People who spit.
• Tailgaters.
• People who wear enough perfume/cologne to choke a horse. If I can smell it after you’ve left the room, it’s way too much.
• People who address small children as “we” (… “and what are we playing with?”)
• Commercials that assume you have an IQ around the freezing point of water.
• People who blast music in their cars.
• People who don’t clean their ears.
• Restaurants that aren’t air conditioned (at all or enough).
• Stores where the employees are nowhere to be found. We spent 10 minutes trying to find someone to help us at a computer store about a week ago. And when we finally did, they were so blasé, indifferent and unhelpful it was maddening.
• Sailor Moon. The stupid cartoon. I know nothing of the plots, that isn’t my gripe. I hate the animation. Now, I’m not a big anime fan, but I can appreciate a lot of it. But Sailor Moon is just cheesy and stupid. I could deal with the eyes, maybe. I could probably even cope with her stupid hair. But that shit they do with their mouths just makes me seethe.
• That crackling sound you get in your ears every time you swallow when you are sick and congested. God! It makes me want to put a gun up to my head.

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