ddustyrose's Top 10 Annoying Peeves
Feb 22 '09 (Updated Feb 28 '09)
The Bottom Line Hi Summer (lyoness913)! You seem to be the one who got this started. *GRIN*
It's Sunday afternoon, there's a skiff of snow on the ground and I'm bored. After reading a few other Epinion reviews on peeves and things hated, I thought I'd add my 10 weirdo personality peeves to the list.
1) Being born and raised in the south doesn't mean our intelligence was diminished at birth. We do have all our teeth, education is quite popular, our conversational skills are more than adequate, and surprise, surprise, we're not all bible thumpers.
It's not necessary to talk down to me. I understand where you're coming from (or where you're going).
Email "forwards" depicting southerners as ignorant hillbillies is insulting.
2) Truckers (and cars) on the Interstate who cut me off, tick me off. Driving through Nashville, Knoxville, and even Hotlanta in GA., severs all pulsating nerves. You have a trucker in front of you, behind you and on both sides. The trucker in front of you speeds up so the trucker on the right (or left) can get in your lane. Why? I'm in the middle lane (where I can follow the signs) so I'd appreciate it if you would turn your signal on so I could slow down. Dummy! That's what signals are for!
I'm the one who can't get around you truckers, so give me a break! Stomping on my brakes in all likelihood would cause the trucker behind me to flatten my car (and me) into a pancake. I love pancakes, but don't want to become one.
I'm aware of you truckers on the highway and would appreciate it if you were aware of me. I do go the speed limit and keep my radar detector on at all times. Too bad there's not a "detector" on the market to warn drivers of truckers who have a death wish, or are possibly, on a killing rampage.
3) Shoppers in Walmart gossiping in the middle of the aisle. If you're going to have a gab fest, please move your buggies to the side so I can get down the aisle. Believe it or not, but I'm in that aisle shopping, and I'd like to finish up as soon as possible.
And, while I'm at it, if your kid is fractious, leave it home. I don't want to see or hear a tantrum. If you're unable to control your child, don't bring it with you. Babies are exempt from my peeve.
4) Breathing second hand smoke. I don't smoke. You do. I don't force my politics or religion (or bad habits) on you so don't force your smoke on me. If you want to harm your body, that's your business -- just don't force me to be part of it.
My mother smokes and needs oxygen to breathe. She has a tank in the house and swears she goes outside to smoke. The woman is 80 years old, has multiple health problems, can hardly walk and she expects us to believe she walks outside to smoke. She doesn't even walk to the mailbox to get her mail. Get real, Mom, we're not fooled. It's not easy on us watching you slowly kill yourself.
5) Men who give directions kill me. I'll admit it -- I don't know my directions. If you tell me to go north in order to get to Oneida, I'm lost before my trip begins. On the other hand if you tell me to go through Sunbright and stay on the same road, I can get there.
If I'm on the Interstate and get lost, trying to get directions from a man in a gas station is like asking for a million dollars. I'm not going to get it (in my lingo). Example: On my first trip to Stones River in Murfreesboro many years ago, I found myself lost so I stopped to get directions. I'm told to pass through a number of red lights, turn left, go three miles, get back on the Interstate (which one, there are a number of them), drive blah, blah, blah number of miles, and then follow the sighs.
I bought a GPS and I've NEVER asked a man for directions again.
I love directions which tell me to turn right between the two white houses past the post office, stay on that road until it dead ends, turn left, stay on that road until it dead ends, make another left, go past the Co-op, the high school, and Food Lion, then make a right at McDonalds, turn right at the third red light and you're at Walmart. Now, those are directions!
6) People who don't keep their dogs on a leash (or somewhere safe). If you love your dog, you really need to protect it. I've lost count at the number of dogs (and one of them could have been yours) I've almost hit and how many times I've almost wrecked to prevent myself from killing your dog? There are times when I've not been able to avoid hitting it, so due to your negligence, you and your family lost a loved pet (I'm assuming you loved it and that‘s a huge assumption).
7) School children. Do you have any idea how unruly a child is, or can be, during school hours (not all children fall into this category -- there are a lot of good kids out there)? He/she may be the perfect angel at home but when he/she gets to school, that child turns into the devil's spawn!
What can the teacher do about it? In-school suspension? Students love it! Teachers no longer have the right to punish children who haven't been taught to respect their elders, their educator's, their parents, or anyone. Their child is perfect and every word that comes out of his/her mouth is the gospel.
When I was a child during the days of the dinosaur, "sassing" wasn't something remotely connected to our tongues. We were taught to behave without being spanked.
8) Stores (especially electronic stores) advertising a sale but when you make a special trip for this bargain, you find they're sold out. You're also informed they only had 12 of the items in stock. My blood boils thinking about this so enough said!
9) Telemarketers and door-to-door salesmen. I don't want you calling me nor do I want you showing up on my door with a product I don't want. I didn't give you my phone number and I didn't give you my address. If I want something, I'll get it myself.
10) Ball games on TV. I know men (and some women) love their sports and that's fine but why does that game have to run an HOUR over it's scheduled time? I've been looking forward to my show on TV but because of overtime (which shouldn't be allowed), I'm not going to see it. Most channels will skip that program and go to the next one in line. I've missed mine because of a ball game. (groan)
My TV show will run from (example) 7 until 8. It starts at 7 and ends at 8 (not exactly, but you know what I mean). If a ballgame starts at 2 and according to the TV Guide, ends at 4, it should be finished at 4. End of story. End of game. Terminate. Fini.
(10 stars for TiVo)
One more for the road -- people calling in the middle of the night and it's a wrong number.
Oh, and one more, people who park in handicapped parking spaces when they're not handicapped.
I'm sure I could write a pamphlet about annoying things people do but I'd be here all day, and wind up annoying you so I'll tuck my peeves away and read a book. One for Dummies!
Dusty, February 22, 2009
I hope I didn't leave anyone out, if so, holler and I'll update.
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