I posted about people claiming ridiculous facts and how it makes me kind of mad, and I began to wonder if maybe I’m just antisocial. I don’t think I am…my friends tell me I’m a fun dude to be around…but maybe I let things wind me up too much. So here are just a few of my personal pet peeves, perhaps you can tell me if I’m too easily annoyed.
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People that drive around with the stereo set at “sonic boom”. That makes me wish I could smash their stereos. Its especially grating to me when I’m stuck in traffic next to them. (happened in a tunnel once, I think I almost went deaf since it was summer and the top was off of my jeep). Honestly, whats the point of that? In order for me to hear your music from two blocks away it must be deafening and distorted in the actual vehicle. The bass alone would shatter your fillings.
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My wife and I don’t have any children, but its not because we don’t like children. I prefer however not to be around them. So I get a bit annoyed when the neighborhood kids decide to play in my back yard when theres a playground right down the street. Hey, they’re kids, I get it. But then why do the parents look at me like I’m evil incarnate when I ask them to please not let their kids run through my yard screaming when we’re sitting outside enjoying a quiet evening?
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Maybe I do have an issue with kids, because I swear the next time one of them rams into me with a shopping cart while I’m in the supermarket I may go nuclear. I just don’t like it when parents let their small children run rampant in public. I wasn’t allowed to do stuff like that when I was a child…
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I give money to charity. I sometimes give money to people living on the street. But I absolutely hate it when an otherwise healthy and able to find some form of employment type of guy says this line “Hey, can I talk to you when you come out of that store/7-11/shop?”…its shorthand for “I want you to give me your change.”. That goes for any other stupid line that people give when begging like “I just need a dollar for bus fare” etc.
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It seems minor, but it drives mew bonkers when someone purposely gets in the “10 items or less” line with more than 10 items. I reserve a special place in Hell for people that get in the “cash only” line, let the cashier ring their stuff up and then pull out a checkbook. (its happened to me more times than I care to count.) Last time it happened the lady that did it said “Oh, I didn’t see the sign”, causing me to say “You mean THAT BIG F***ing sign?!” as I pointed at the rather obvious HUGE sign. She turned beet red and stammered, the other customers laughed and my wife was pissed that I lost my temper like that. So I guess I was especially mad that it cost me some lovin’ later on.
So, am I an ill tempered misanthrope?