compile a list of pet peeves, then try to stop being bothered by them

I hate hate hate it when people spit. It annoys the crap out of me. I have a friend who always “forgets” that I hate when he spits. He does it every day and it bothers me. ALOT!!!

I dont know what it is, but I cant stand Rev. Jesse Jackson. He thinks he is the speaker of the black community. You know, with the Jena 6 controversy, the town already had people speaking for them, and they spoke for themselves. THEY demanded that things be set right, and I don’t think they needed him to be butting in. (again, a pet peeve.) But he went so far as demanded an apology that wasnt his to demand. The Jena 6 could have done this, and their town could have done this. Clearly, there was no need for this jerk of a Reverend. He needs to just exile himself. The people don’t like you Jesse. At least, the people who see through your bullshit.

Oh my gosh. I just cannot stress this enough. I don’t like it. Its weird to me! Like, if someone has a black dot on their face, I’ll want to get it off, and if I can’t, I’ll stare at it. Somehow staring hoping it will go away or I can grab it without them noticing. I don’t like odd hair either. Like, those people with giant moles on their chins that have jungles growing out of them. We live in the 21st century. Go get laser hair removal. I don’t know what it is….but its weird. (and yet I can keep my room a disaster area)

I don’t like casinos, first off. But secondly, I used to have to work really early in the morning. Every single morning there was this old hag sitting at the same machine, bitching about how the whole casino was rigged and how it should be called “Take your money with no remorse Casinos.” This appalled me. Here is this lady who looks old enough to be retired, sitting at this little poker machine, putting in amounts of $400 at a time (and I’m not kidding) and freaking out as loud as humanly possible. Somehow, this just is not right. ITS A CASINO. They SPECIALIZE in taking money. Just because you play does not mean you are guaranteed to win big. How about you take all that retirement money and go on a vacation. Seems like you need it..

I really despise it when people butt into conversations. “Uhm, hello, I don’t think I asked what you thought…” My dad does this crap all the time. I will be on the phone with someone, and you hear him in the background putting his 2 cents where the piggy bank is already full. Ever heard of MYOB. Mind your own business, dammit.

If you work in any business, you will notice these rude people who come up to you. They have been talking/arguing the entire time they were in line, and even as they come up to you, they’re still talking. I work at Subway, and I used to work at a movie theater. I get people all the time who want me to be patient with them as they go rambling on. No. NO! I have a job to do, I have customers who aren’t on their phones and are ready to get going. I’m not going to wait for you to end your precious phone call. At my university, UNLV, the library has a no phone zone. You cannot get anything unless your phone is hung up. Again, another reason why UNLV is amazing. Anyway, thats just how I feel.

I HATE it when I am trying to get across the street from a parking lot into a store and these idiots stop right in the middle. They either stop so far in front that you cant go around them in time, or they stop just enough to where you have to do a loop around the back fender and squeeze through MORE cars. Also those people who insist on stopping in the middle of the road to drop someone off. I mean, yeah, drop them off to find a parking spot, but do it AWAAAAY from the middle of the road. Thats why they invented those pickup and drop off areas (they’re not just for firemen.)

Why can’t I see one movie that doesn’t have the “F” word in it? Why do people feel it has to be used all the time? I find people that use it stupid. Maybe I’m just old fashioned. All the words in the english language and some people can’t say one sentence without using a cuss word. I tell my kids that people that use bad language arn’t very smart, because they have a very limited vocabulary. I hear or see bad language and I imediately feel that person lives in a trailer.

I grew up in an age where littering was regarded as bad. People were much more respectfull of the enviroment. They had comercials on television about littering. So here we are a lot of years later, and people care a lot less about littering. Trash everywhere. But if you ask a smoker if they litter, they would probably tell you they don’t. Yet daily I see smokers throwing lit cigarettes out of their car windows. At night I see them bounce of my car. When I work downtown I see smokers outside all the building and they throw the butts in the street. Does that make them go away? I like that bumper sticker that says “Keep your Butt in your car, the world is not your ashtray” Why are cigarette smokers such pigs?

Ever stand at the corner and look at the cars going by? At least half the people are on their cell phones! I know everyone thinks they can drive and hold a cellphone without being distracted, but honestly, would you really feel comfortable knowing that some tpt or person with an IQ in the single digits was behind you in a car driving 65 MPH? I was at a resturant yesterday and I was trying to get out the door while this guy was talking on his cellphone and blocking the door. I have been at the library with my kids reading and I had to tell a woman to please take her call outside because she couldn’t talk quietly. I have been at a supermarket and had some stranger behind me talking loud and I turn around to see what he was asking me, and he’s on his cellphone. People seem to talk louder than normal on a cell phone. I was having dinner with my daughter 1 1/2 weeks ago and some idiot was having an profane argument with someone on his cell phone. These people talk in the movie’s, and at church. Am I alone, or has rudeness become acceptable as long as you are talking to someone on a cell phone?