I need to vent. Rant, really. I'm not annoyed by anything in particular, yet I'm annoyed by everything right now. Sometimes I think I must be the only person in the world to be bothered by some of these things. We all have our things that annoy / irritate / perplex us. Here are a few of mine:
* I get annoyed when the congregation at my church breaks into applause. Seriously. I attend a formal, conservative church. We had a lovely guest soloist this morning, and when she finished her song, I was thinking about how serene I felt, and how there was an atmosphere of holiness surrounding me. Then everyone started clapping. It's CHURCH, people...not a talent show. I'm there to worship - not feel like I'm witnessing American Idol.
* Kids who speak with poor grammar grate on my nerves. Recently, I was in a situation where there were lots of kids - ages 3-10 - running around everywhere. One asked another where the juice could be found. "We ain't got none" was the reply from the mouth of a 5 year old. :::shiver:::
* General passive-aggressiveness. I know, I know - I have been guilty of this myself. To quote Addison Montgomery on Grey's, "There is a land called Passive Aggressivia, and I am their queen." Still. It annoys me to witness it, especially amongst people who are well past the age of 38. If you have something to say to someone, man-up, grow a set, and SAY IT!!! Don't rely on social networking sites and/or other people to be your indirect messenger. Nothing gets resolved that way......and now that I'm pissed, it probably never will. (Okay, so this is more a situation-specific rant rather than a generality.......)
* Political campaign ads on television. Need I say more?
* Temps in the 90s, with 85% humidity. Also known as summer in East Tennessee.
* Why is it that, no matter how much money I spend buying all of the same products my stylist uses, I can NEVER get my hair to look as fabulous as she can? I feel strongly that this is directly related to the previous bullet point, but still.......
* There will never be a day that I am okay with seeing people misuse words like "your" and "you're", "to" and "too", "there" and "their". Cringe-worthy.
Okay. I feel better. It was good to get that off my chest.
What weird stuff bugs you? Tell me. We're in the trust tree, I promise.
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Well I hope you're tollerent too a point with us Rednecks cause them their's some confusin words sumtimes. :)
People that do not know how to drive their (not there or they're) buggies.
If we have to be tested with vehicles, then there should be shopping cart tests too. Whether people realize it or not, there (not their or they're) are rules on the roads of shopping ailes.
For instance - right of ways....if I'm going down a straight aisle, do not pull out in front of me as if you have the right of way. It should be like on the road - if you are entering in to another lane in a different direction then you should yield to oncoming traffic.
Another one - stopping in the middle of an aisle and blocking traffic both ways while you scan the 1400 different types of spaghetti sauce! Get the hell outta my way!
Ok, now I'm riled up!
White Rabbit - you crack me up, silly girl.
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When people do 50 mph in the FAST lane.
Grammar has become a huge pet peeve of mine but more that then men I keep meeting online apparently never learned proper grammar. I can't stand trying to talk to someone who can't spell or use proper punctuation or capitalization. On the same vein, I can't stand with people who will email you or IM you like they are text messaging using nothing but abbreviations.
Ahhh, I knew I loved you after your first post I read...now I REALLY love you!!
I've been dubbed the grammar police by one of my best guy friends...and because of that I've gotten to where I actually try not to correct people anymore, but when they do it on PURPOSE because they know it bugs me, that's when I want to beat someone with a stick!
I hate it when people ask me if I'm still getting divorced or if I've changed my mind!! Yeah, um, whatever!
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