Pet Peeves

For the most part, I’m a pretty upbeat “glass is half full” kind of guy. In spite of the circumstances, I try to see things for the better. But some stuff is just crap. Here’s a list of things that sort of bug me that probably don’t bother too many people nor are they going to cause a socio-economic catastrophe should they not be rectified, but I figured I’d share them with the web-world.

People who leave the microwave on with a few seconds left - I often encounter, particularly at places of business, that people will be heating up their goods and don’t wait for the full eleven seconds to finish out, they remove their food/liquids and then don’t even bother to press “clear” or reset. I guess the time it takes to do that will impact their life significantly…I mean, they can’t even wait for a MICROWAVE to finish cooking their crap! “I don’t HAVE all MINUTE!!!”. Listen, if you’re life is that fast-paced where you need to take out your food that quickly AND you can’t even take the nanosecond it takes to press reset, you need to re-organize your lifestyle a bit.

People who spell “weird” wrong - I see it spelled “wierd” more often than not. Fortunately in Word there’s a spell check feature which actually corrected me from doing so, however, often on the web or e-mails I see it spelled wrong. And yeah I know there is a rule “I before E, except after C…” blah blah blah. But this is English…we break the rules perpetually. I would chalk it up to a typo but it isn’t…it’s just people thinking that’s how you spell it. I actually saw a website with that embedded in the URL. I’m not a big fan of sloppy spelling anyway, but when that word is misspelled it bugs me more than usual. Picky? Yes. But at least I’m not wierd.

People who say, “sorry I was just talking out loud” - Really…talking out loud huh? I think that’s the definition of talking, otherwise you’d be THINKING or you’d be a pantomime. Regardless I think the phrase is “thinking out loud”.

Chihuahuas – I dunno I gave them a shot. I love animals…I even like little toy dogs like Pomeranians. But every Chihuahua I’ve ever met has a mental problem. All those years of down breeding causes them to be skittish, shaky and wacko. Think of all the Chihuahuas you know that don’t belong to you. Are they friendly? Yeah some of them will come and lick you. And then lick you until you start showing bone through your skin! They don’t stop! Then they get all pissy for no reason; often growling when you’re like 5 minutes into petting them. I can’t get comfortable around those type of dogs…they don’t have much warmth except maybe to their owners. They’re like the dog equivalent of a temperamental feral cat. And if I were a cat, I’d kick a Chihuahuas arse on sheer principle.

One more - People who take forever at the drive thru - Ok, first off it's called Fast Food for a reason. I like the idea of having it "your way" but people really abuse that privilege. "Yeah can I have a hamburger but hold the onions, add 2 fluid ounces of mustard, slice 1 tomato but put it on the side, grate the cheese vertically, and instead of beef I need ground up wolf knuckles....etc." Then you get the others...they're not that picky but they forget what's on the menu. Bugs me especially at McDonald's..."listen lady that menu hasn't changed THAT drastically in eleventy years..." Sure take a bit of time but if it's a major life decision, go the F home and think about it so I can get my number 3 combo!

That's it for now. I'm sure there will be a sequel to this in the near future because the world is full of things that bug me. Lot of things make me happy too so I feel I've achieved a healthy balance. ;-)