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May 22, 2005
Pet Peeves
Things I Hate:
1. When people are late. I cannot think of a more accepted way to show people that their time is less valuable than yours. It's incredibly disrespectful, and yet people just shrug it off like "oops, I'm sorry I've wasted 20 minutes of your time that you can NEVER GET BACK."
2. When people try to hurry me up when I still have 5 minutes left. While I hate people who are late, I'll be damned if I'm going to get all flustered so that we can walk out the door two minutes early. If you say "we have to leave at 9 a.m." then, jeez, don't be hassling me at 8:55 a.m. Just so you know, I carefully plan my morning to take advantage of every single minute. At 9:01 a.m., the bitching may commence, but until then, GET OFF MY BACK. (Dad, this one is specifically for you...)
3. People who throw their cigarette butts on the ground. I must have missed the memo which said "hey, it's wrong to litter, and we'll charge your $500 every time we catch you, but your nasty little cancer sticks really liven up the front lawn!" I'm particularly irritated (to put it mildly) when people throw their butts out the car window. I want to walk up and throw it back in the window--except I'm afraid they will have a gun in their car and shoot me. Or sue me. Still, it would almost be worth it.
4. When I run out of batteries/diet coke/tape/peanut butter after 6 p.m. and all the stores are closed. It's like living in a developing country. What does a girl have to do to get a diet coke around here? (Apparently, planning ahead for those midnight caffeine cravings helps.)
Comments
If you HATE it when people are late, then I must ask, "How the hell did you manage to work with Ronan over the last 5 months?!"
By the way, just stumbled across your blog yesterday while on Mandy's. I have to tell you, I'm really enjoying it. Your writing is so easy to read...and very funny at times!
Posted by: amy at May 22, 2005 06:50 PM
