V is for...Very Annoying

Day 22. Your Pet Peeves

There are a lot of things that annoy me. But, within that long list, there are things that mildly annoy me and things that make my eye twitch. Things that are mildly annoying, I usually get over the annoyance in a hot sec.

For example...

1. Duke making old man wet mouth noises....in the middle of the night. Dude, really...STOP LICKING YOUR LIPS.

2. People talking on their cell phones in public restrooms.

3. My dogs nails going clickty-clackety on the hard wood floors....in the middle of the damn night.

4. Harley meowing forlornly from under the guest bedroom when what she really wants is attention. If you want to be petted you are going to have to come out and be around the rest of the family, Wednesday Addams Jr.

5. The cats tossing their food outside of their dishes. Seriously, my cats are the messiest eaters ever.

6. Stepping barefoot in water slobber spots around the water bowl.

7. My mom and sister calling my cell phone and then my house phone and then sending a text...and then sending out a 911 search party.

8. The dogs having to get up and follow us around..even if we are coming right back to the same room.

9. People who post thinks on social media just for attention {ggguuuiilllttyyyy}

10. People who call me and when I try to call them right back they don't answer.

11. Screaming children in public places (I love kids and I'm very sympathetic to parents..but its still annoying)

But there are only a few things that I would consider true pet peeves. Things that annoy me so bad that I may or may not fantasize about murder.

1. People who do not pay attention to me when I am talking to them. Now, if we are together and there is a lull in the conversation then by all means...check your phone. I'm ok with that. But if I am actively in the middle of speaking to your face you better be making some serious eye contact with me. And if, while I am speaking, you interrupt our conversation I expect you to give me a signal that you are ready for me to get back to my unfinished thought.

Honestly, nothing annoys me more than to be stopped in the middle of a sentence and then that person doesn't bother to even come back around to what I was saying. It makes me feel very under-valued and ignored...like I was wasting my time (and as an introvert, that shit sucks).

2. People who make mouth noises when they eat. I didn't even realize this was a pet peeve until I sat next to someone at work who always ate lunch at their desk. The noises they would make had me clinching my teeth. I tried to covertly record it once, because I wanted the husband to hear what was making me so crazy, but you couldn't hear anything over the normal office noises. It was actually very similar to Duke's wet mouth noises. I guess I can forgive him quicker because A: He's a freakin' DOG and B: I love him.

Things That Annoy Me

Overly edited photos.

Everyone knows you aren't really that smooth and glowy in person.

Things That Annoy Me

"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me." ~ Fred A. Allen

~ The fact that I can't seem to wash the dishes without getting myself all wet. What IS my problem? It's not bathtime with Mr. Ducky! Keep the water in the sink.

~ Dogs that 'potty' in the house. I'm not naming any names, but it starts with 'Lo' and ends with 'la'.

~ People that pretent to not know how to do the work. Pu-leeze, you aren't fooling anyone. And, honestly, it makes everyone else REALLY irritated and makes you look like a dip-stick. I guess if you don't have a problem with people thinking you are one enchilada short of a combo platter, well alrighty then.

Things That Annoy Me

“We're the phone company. We don't care. We don't have to.” ~ Lily Tomlin

It annoys me when someone calls to ask me for my help and while I am researching their problem they are carrying on a non-work relation coversation with the person sitting next to them....loudly...right into my ear.

Caller:'OOOhhh!! Look how cute she is. She's gotten so big. Uh-huh. Let me see the other one. Oh my goodness. They are both beautiful. Right, I know. HAH AHAH AHHAHAAAA'

Me: *rolling me eyes, trying to decide if I should interrupt or not*

She didn't even move her mouth away from the reciever to talk to this person. She could have been talking to me she was so loud and clear.

And I know that the interrupting shouldn't have been a debate in my head, but I'm just that type of person.

I should have just interrupted her and told her 'Hey, I don't got all day, princess..you talking to me? or you talken' to your friend over there?'

Things That Annoy Me

Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. ~Doug Larson

~ 10 hour work days.

Public Restrooms

“Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door.” ~ Marlo Thomas

Public restrooms seem to be a necessary evil. Sometimes dirty, always smelly. They are like the drive-thrus of the potty world. You get in and get out, hopefully washing your hands sometime in between. As simple as that concept seems to be there are those that don't seem to quite understand.

Example #1 : The stall-to-stall talker

It's bad enough that you have to use a public restroom, you don't want everyone else knowing that its you in that stall. However, you run into that person that happens to be going to the restroom at the same time and they want to chat. Never satisfied with a quick 'hello' they continue the conversation even once y'all are both in your stalls. They want to ask 'how are you doing' or 'how is your Mother' while you are trying to do your business. Or you fall victim to TWO stall-to-stall talkers and you get to listen to their conversation as all three of you are in the stalls.

I don't know about anyone else, but I like to pee in peace. I don't want to talk to you while I am doing it and I don't need to hear about your weekend as you discuss it with your friend in the next stall.

Example #2 : The cell phone talker

I suppose this falls in line with example #1 except I can't hear who they are talking to and they aren't talking to me. It baffles me how anyone would be comfortable talking on their cell phone WHILE using the restroom. In today's society of cell phones growing out of people's ears I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but please..it's the bathroom...THE BATHROOM.

Example #3 : The comfort pisser

The comfort pisser is unlike us normal restroom users in that they don't have the same dislike of public restrooms. No, the comfort pisser has no problem making any and all bodily noises as if they were in their own bathroom at home. They have no problem hanging out in their stall for 5 or 10 minutes, possibly even longer. The comfort pisser likes to stretch out, with their feet so far apart that they have their toes hanging into your stall space. And they don't seem to have a problem with their pants/skirts/ shorts being pushed completely to the restroom floor...yuck. I don't know what they are doing in there, I probably don't want to know, but they don't seem to view public restrooms as an in-and-out type place like the rest of us.

I know people that refuse to use public restrooms and others who will use them only if they have to. I don't necessarily have a huge aversion to them, BUT nothing beats the comfort of your own bathroom at home.

I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe. ~Author Unknown


I'm sorry that the picture is so grainy. It was taken out my front door when it was just too dark to get a good shot. This lovely person was visiting my neighbor for two hours and thought that the best parking spot on our entire street was right in front of our driveway. The neighbors always have many vehicles parked in front of their house so I can understand if there wasn't room, but there were no cars parked in front of our yard and we wouldn't have minded a bit if they had parked there. But, I guess that thought didn't cross their mind.

We missed seeing my sister sing in the annual Halloween concernt (perhaps her last since she will done with college soon) because we were being held hostage in our own home.

Rude people. Bleck.