1: Obilivious people (you know the kind…they stop to talk in middle of stairways as you’re trying to exit. They walk side by side and don’t budge when you try to pass on a sidewalk. They zone out on music, cell phones or shiny objects while driving. In general, these are people who do not realize that other people exist.)
2: Rude movie people (people who talk, laugh too loud, answer their cell phone, text, crunch too loudly or sit right in front or behind me when the theater is practically empty)
3: Cars with loud music (are these people deaf? If by just sitting next to, behind or in front of them, my car shakes like we’re experiencing an earthquake, their music might be turned up a tad too much)
4: Those channel identifiers in the corner of the TV (I know what channel I am on, or I wouldn’t be there)
5: People who balance their check book in the grocery checkout lane (do that at home, I’m in a hurry…or better yet, use a Debit card, it’s 2009! )
6: Loud talking cell phone people (these people like to walk and talk…and they talk loudly! They want everyone to hear what is going on in their life, and they just don’t understand how little we care. **This is made worse by those blue tooth earpieces which make it difficult to even tell that they are on the phone. At first you wonder if they are talking to you, then you think that they just might be crazy).
7: Smokers who complain about not being able to smoke in restaurants (a law in Tennessee)“what about my rights? I’m not hurting anyone? It ain’t right!” Yeah…all that research and data on “second hand smoke” and cancer…that’s just a conspiracy to make your life miserable!)
8: beets (ewwww)
9: Nancy Pelosi (She may be Speaker of the House, but she doesn’t Speak for me)
10: Rush Limbaugh (as the book title says, and who am I to disagree, “Rush Limbaugh is a big, fat idiot”)
11: Uber-Republicans
- “if you can’t take care of yourself, don’t expect us to help you!”
- “providing health care for children and the elderly…that’s socialism!”
- “I need my Uzi to hunt deer!”
12: Uber-Democrats
- “we’re like Robin Hood, we rob from the rich and give to the undeserving”
- “Don’t think of it as BIG government, it’s still got lots of room to grow!”
- “We are trying to be bi-partisan, but they won’t agree with us.”
13: chit chat (I can look out the window or watch the news to know about the weather. I won’t bore you with stories about my sore back, so please don’t bore me with stories about your ingrown toenail. Tell me something interesting or tell me what I need to know and then go.)
14: Bad servers in restaurants (don’t gripe when I leave you a 5% tip when my glass of tea sat empty for 95% of my meal)
15: People who don’t tip good servers (if you can’t afford to tip, you should go to McDonald’s)
16: Places that serve Hot Wings but don’t offer Bleu Cheese dressing, only Ranch. (There should be a law)
17 : People who spank their kids to get them to stop crying (often seen in Wal-Mart or grocery check-out lines, this style of parenting works like going on a Twinkie diet so you can lose weight)
18: People who bring their kids to inappropriate movies (Get a babysitter or wait for the DVD, but don’t bring little Betty or Bobby to see “Jason Slaughters 30 Semi-naked Coeds with an Ax!” The ratings are there for a reason, and just because you are a lousy parent, don’t ruin the movie for the rest of us because we are worried about the scarred psyche of your toddler)
19: Me: (I’m becoming grouchy in my advancing age. Did you get a load of this list of Pet Peeve’s? What’s my problem? Geez! Unbelievable! Worst of all…I’m a procrastinator. I was going to do a list of 25 “Pet Peeve’s” but I’m stopping here for now. I’ll do the rest later.)
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