Those things that really get under your skin and make you want to scream.
We all have pet peeves or at least a few things that bring out our petulant side. Here are the top ten things that get under my skin.
People that have such diminutive vocabulary that they feel the need to say the “F” word or other profanity every other word.
Celebrities turned politicians.
People that are sooooo important they can not manage to mute their cell phone. Then, of course these are usually the people who think they are professional movie critics and can not resist critiquing every moment of the movie while chomping on popcorn like a wild boar.
Speakers that try to over pronounce every word. Nine out of ten people that I hear say the word “often” pronounces it o-f-t-e-n. What really gets me is how many speakers, actors, politicians, etc… make it a point to heavily pronounce the t, as if they are so refined. If you don't know grammar the last thing you should do is try and over pronounce words. I just want to scream that the “t” is silent. Just like it is in castle, ballet, listen.
Ordering fries and getting back to the office only to find there is no ketchup in the bag. It really irks me when I take the initiative to ask for it and still don't have it in the bag. Fast food windows in general irritate me. It isn't rocket science. Somehow, I have yet to place an order and get the right food, napkins, straw, and ketchup. One or all will be missing.
People who wear the Bluetooth in public places. I can not tell you how many times I have been walking beside someone and hear them saying something like “what have you been up to” or something similarly generic. Of course, I respond thinking the person was talking to me and I just didn't recognize them. They then look at you like you are crazy. Embarrassing!
The volume of music in stores like Old Navy, A&F, Hollister, etc.. The decibel level is deafening . Some teenybopper clerk comes bouncing up and screams “can I help you” mixed in with chanting the lyrics. My mom kills me. I am in my late twenties, but she is over fifty and less inhibited. She always responds “yeah go turn that music down.”
Customer service, or does that even exist anymore! First, you call a US number and get asked what language you would like the computer voice to speak. I bet if I called a South American number I wouldn't be asked that question. An annoying computer voice makes you repeat every other answer, directs you to the wrong place a few times, and gives you an advertising dissertation. Finally, you get a human being on the phone. However, then you have to sift through some Pakistan operators heavy dialect. I have dialed an American companies American number to discuss the American address I send my American Express bill and I get some irritated foreigner that I cant understand. Go figure!
Celebrities adopting kids from foreign nations. Don't get me wrong on this one. All kids need a home, but why adopt a kid from thousands of miles away when kids here in the United States are sitting in group homes and orphanages? Why bring more people here to become Americans when we obviously can not care for those already here? At least a third of the kids that are passed over to adopt foreign kids will run away from the system and become a victim of the street.
Magazines that have the nerve to print how horrible some anorexic celebrity looks. For instance, the gossip magazines blasted Nichole Riche for being too thin and exploited her eating disorder. Yet, in the very next issue they had a worst dressed list. The author scrutinized Scarlett Johansson for being too curvy to wear a particular dress. If you blast average sized people and essentially politely call anything above a size 2 overweight….what do you expect? The same with other magazines. They will have some stick thin half naked girl on the cover, but then have the gumption to advertise an unrelated eating disorder story underneath the stick figure model.
I mean, come on, unless you're a doctor or your wives expecting a baby, put it on vibrate please!