I'm easily irritated.
It's true.
For the most part I'm relatively easy-going and it doesn't last long, but it's amazing how often I feel a little spark of annoyance or petty anger over silly things.
Things like...
Wet counters - seriously, how hard is it to wipe up the water you just spilled? Whether it's sticky or just plain wet, damp counters just drive me up the wall.
Misleading recipes - I'm willing to accept that because I'm doubling most recipes I'll have to increase cooking time (sauce for 4 people will reduce a lot faster than sauce for 8 people). However, I hate recipes that say they only have 15 minutes of cooking time, but when you add up the directed times it's more like 25 - that's a huge increase when you're talking about twice as much food/time. Either get it right, or simply don't list an estimated time.
Lack of chocolate - I think this one is pretty self-explanatory.
Medical professionals who think they know it all - I understand that the extra years of schooling probably mean that they know more than I do in general, but that doesn't mean they know my body better than I do. As a big, fat for instance: the delivery room nurse who refused to believe I needed to push because they'd checked me 20 minutes ago and I was only dilated to six. This wasn't my first rodeo, it was my fourth delivery and all of them were very quick once they got started. I knew exactly what I needed (there's no mistaking that feeling), but she was convinced that I just needed to relax, I was getting ahead of myself and it was all in my head. If I hadn't been so angry, I probably would have laughed at the look on her face as she ran out into the hallway and grabbed, literally, the first doctor she saw.
Rosalie's eyebrows - In the first two Twilight movies, Rosalie Hale (played by Nikki Reed), had obviously lightened hair. She had that darker roots, lighter tips look that is so popular and it looked reasonably good on her. She was pretty.
In the third Twilight movie, Eclipse, her hair is completely bleach blonde, but her eyebrows are reminiscent of Eugene Levy! Why, David Slade, why??
If you've read the books, you know that Rosalie is supposed to be this amazingly gorgeous woman, absolutely perfect, physically. And in the first two movies, she was quite pretty.
But when I watch Eclipse, all I can see are her eyebrows.
Misspelled product signs - I actually find it completely unacceptable to have a handwritten sign in a grocery store misspelled. If you have the product right in front of you, there is no excuse for spelling it wrong. When I worked at Walmart, an assistant manager was putting out a display of cereal and had misspelled "Honeycomb" to "Honeycome." I pointed it out and he said, "Oh well, no one cares how it's spelled." It took every bit of willpower I had not to scream at him that people did care, he was just an idiot. When he went to lunch, I took his sign down and replaced it with one of my own, correctly spelled.
So there's a brief list of things that have irritated me lately. What's bugging you?
TBS's tagline: "More movies, less commercials." It's fewer, people!!!
ReplyDeleteRachel,
ReplyDeleteI, too, am irritated by misspelled words, particularly in professional settings. On a similar note, I am irritated by excessive quotation marks. When I worked at Subway (which is inside of an Amoco gas station), there was a sign on the soda fountain that read ““Amoco” lids do not fit “Subway” cups.” Okay, but they really are Amoco lids and Subway cups.
Recently I’ve found myself irritated by WGRD’s afternoon playlist because it is the exact same. Every. Day. There is NO reason anyone needs to hear “Cult of Personality” every single day of their life. Or any single day of their life, in my opinion. I just want to go down there and slap every last one of them!
Also, since you’ve given me this forum in which to vent my irritation, I am irritated by cell phone service providers, insurance companies, Starbucks, and people who just don’t know when to quit. Barking dogs, crying babies, slow drivers, fast drivers, people who talk too dang much, people who don’t talk at all, people who are too negative, people who are too peppy, zits, scabs, ear wax, my birth control, stretch marks, grey hairs, gas prices, dirty socks on the floor, messy counters, open shower curtains, when the ground swells and I can’t get my gate open, when my locks freeze and I can’t get my car doors open, when I lose my keys and I can’t open anything, liars, doctors, dentists, salespeople, pot-stirrers, drama queens, and narcissists. :)
Reva, I'm really concerned about you. It's not good to bottle up your emotions like this - you need to let it out! Don't hold back, tell me how you really feel!
ReplyDeleteI know, I know...I just have a hard time opening up sometimes...
ReplyDeleteWell, Rachel, I think you've covered a lot of things that bother me as well...starting with the kitchen counter. If you spill on it, wipe it up! Finding clumps of food (especially ice cream that has started to dry) is totally unacceptable! Apparently it's VERY difficult to wipe things off the counter.
ReplyDeleteHow about the internet. I like it fast! When it decides to slow down after working just fine for the longest time...that's irritating! Yes, I survive anyway. ;)
I'm a bit picky when it comes to spelling too. If you're sending me a text it's not a big deal...you want to keep it short. But anywhere else spell it correctly. If you don't know how to spell it, Google it...or do it the old fashioned way...get a dictionary. I do it all the time. I'm never too old to learn, and neither should anyone else be for that matter. Life would be pretty boring if you didn't want to learn.
One last thing...kids that misbehave in public, and parents that let them do it by pretty much ignoring it. I understand every child will do that every now and then, some worse than others...I know mine did. But throwing screaming fits, flopping on the floor or slapping a parent in the face in public...not acceptable!
That sums up a few things that irritate me...guess I will have to deal with them though. I don't think any of the situations will change, but I can choose how I respond to each one. :)
Oh, Sara, I hadn't even gotten to the kids/lousy parents thing yet! I completely agree!
ReplyDeleteJust a few pet peeves:
ReplyDeleteWhen people call whole milk "vitamin D milk". (And this is the proper use of quotation marks, Reva. lol!) That drives me insane! All milk has vitamin D in it!
People who ask me for advice and then have every excuse under the sun why my advice won't work for them. Why ask?
People tailgating me when I'm already driving 5-10 over the speed limit.
People driving 5-10 below the speed limit in front of me. (Dude?! Seriously? They changed the speed limits on 4 Mile Rd months ago!)
L33T Sp3ak. I pwned u. C U L8ter. Nuff said.
I have a bazillion others... it would probably read something like what Reva's list if I could get all my thoughts together that coherently. But the last one I'll list here is when I tell a certain child I babysit for to do something, and she just ignores me outright. My kids at least whine or argue or guffaw, they don't just pretend I didn't say anything. Acknowledge me!
First of all...you forgot to list cereal boxes being all mixed up.
ReplyDeleteSecond of all...what bugs the shit out of me? (Er, can I say 'shit' here?) - How about I save that list, 'cuz it's going to take some serious collating.