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This week we are talking about our pet peeves. I thought this would be
an easy topic for me considering how often I’m irritated (just about every day
it seems), but I had to think long and hard to come up with some specific pet
peeves.
First and foremost are people who don’t use their turn signals. I know
that’s probably a common one, but I get so road ragey anyway, when I come up
against someone who is turning (and taking their sweet ever-loving time about
it) without a turn signal on, what comes out of my mouth would make a sailor
blush. It’s not healthy.
Bending the covers or pages of books. It makes me want to stab someone
with an ice pick. Most of my books like they’ve never been read, even though many
have been read more than once. I refuse to let my husband read any of “my”
books because he rips covers or dust covers, he cracks the spines. He has
learned not to dog-ear pages because that means instant death.
I don’t know if this qualifies as a pet peeve, but it’s something I
deal with regularly. I’m not quite sure how to word this succinctly… People who
behave one way part of the time and then change their behavior 180 degrees the
rest of the time. I’m not talking about anything as serious as bi-polar. I’m
talking about someone who is a witch to you most of the time and then every
once in a while will be super nice so that you are constantly on your guard
waiting for the other shoe to drop. It’s exhausting to be constantly vigilant.
It sounds dramatic, but those “nice” periods make me think something is being
plotted behind my back.
Okay, this one tends to be mostly work related for me, but people who
don’t read past the first line of an email. I mean, I went through the trouble
of typing it for a reason and if I type a longer email it’s on purpose. It’s
because whatever I’m trying to convey is easier to get across in writing than
on the phone or in a voicemail. Read it! Don’t then come back and ask me a
question answered in the third line of the email!
Deep breaths, deep breaths.
One more and then I’m going to stop, both for the sake of my blood
pressure and for the fact that if I don’t cut myself off I might go on forever.
Once I opened the dam it doesn’t seem to want to close.
This one I get a lot from one particular person. I’ll get a text
message that says, “Call me as soon as you can.” The person never tried to call
me. Just sent a text. And then, I call and the reason for the request was
either something totally not important or can’t be remembered by the person who
wanted me to call. Those always give me the urge to chuck my phone across the
room.
Those are some of my pet peeves, just a taste. How about you? Everybody
has them. What are some of your pet peeves?
Oh, I think the Jekyll/Hyde behavior definitely counts as a pet peeve. There's just no stable footing with people like that. :(
ReplyDeleteOR what about those folks (you know the ones... the older folks with those big freaking hats) that leave the damn signal on... for miles and miles past fifty damn turns. I never trust anyone with a turn signal on if I'm turning left in front of them.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, the email!! I've even taken to numbering my specific points/ questions. It works about 50% of the time.
ReplyDeleteOh the emails!!! That makes me so mad! Just read it! I read everything so when people don't read stuff I go crazy.
ReplyDeleteThe email thing...It drives me insane when asked something and I *want* to answer, if you'd take the 2 minutes to actually read my email, you'd have your answer. Now, to be fair, I usually end up asking because my brain is a sieve that cannot contain information, but I read my emails and people know this about me .
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