Wow, I could talk about this for hours...

but I won't do that. However, what pisses me off..today?

1) Not having the balls to lay people off in person. What the hell is up with a telephone call?

2) Women talking on the phone while driving and not using a hands free device. It's distracting enough to use a phone and drive, why make it worse. And then go 35 in the fast lane on the highway.

3) Speaking of highways - tailgaters are terrifying and jerks.

4) A migraine that will not go away no matter how much medicine I take.

5) Someone foisting their views on me - religious, political, etc. - without being wiling to listen to any alternative viewpoint.

6) Intolerance - I have seen a lot of that lately and it makes me sad.

I could go on, but I do like to think of myself as an optimist.

Hmm...what ticks me off?!

SOO many things tick me off! Really, one might think I'm the angriest person alive if I listed everything, huh? LOL I'm not really, I just let things get under my skin more so than others I guess.

• People who think because they have a title they are Holier Than Though and should be treated as tho they are the highest of importance. I'm not talking about people with titles such as Doctors, or Lawyers. I'm talking about people who VOLUNTEER for a position, then think because they are doing this "out of the goodness of their heart" we should bow down to them and kiss the ground they walk on. Nope, not happening here people!
• Father's who forget they have a family from their first marriage. These guys claim to still love & cherish their children, but yet still put them last on the list of priorities and the cry when the kids do the same towards them!
• Liars. I am pretty sure that everyone knows a "liar" and knows where I am coming from on this one, right?
• People who are always right, or think they are right. Doesn't matter the subject, or whatever, they know it all. As my husband says "they've been there, done that", but not really, they just think they have.

See, I told you there were a lot of things that tick me off, I'll just stop here so you guys don't think I'm the angriest person alive, LOL

But Otherwise, I'm Really Easy To Get Along With

Mispronunciations and Bad Grammar ... make me cringe. Throw a "nuke-you-ler" or a "supposably" into a sentence, and I lose about 10 respect points for you.

Super-Happy People ... bug the living crap out of me. Maybe they really are that chipper all the time, but it always comes across as an act to me. I'm sarcastic and kind of snarky by nature, and I have trouble sustaining perkiness for more than three consecutive minutes. It makes me tired and, frankly, so do they.

Overly-Permissive Parents - You're making the rest of us look bad to our kids. Knock it off.

Two or More Gray Days in a Row - I have a hard enough time getting up in the morning when I've stayed up way too late watching reality television. Sun would be helpful.

Aggressive Drivers - Really? Riding my butt in traffic is going to get you there faster? Not when I slow waaaaay down because you're pissing me off.

Cleaning - I hate it with a passion normally reserved for things like land wars in Asia. HATE. HAAAATE. Are we clear?

My Flickering Eyelid

Sorry, it's metaphor time.

I have that twitch in my eyelid, the one that you can't control, that comes anytime it feels like it and makes you feel like the world can tell your eyelid is moving.


That's my life right now and it's the biggest irritant I have. I could call it "the broken mirror", because I'm pretty sure it started when I broke a mirror on New Years Day. So for the next 6 years and 3 months I can expect things to happen over which I have no control, that disrupt my life completely, that happen without warning and get better, worse and better all within the same day/week/month. And I can expect to feel like the whole world can tell my life is crazy even though I go to great lengths to appear calm, collected and together on the outside.

Right now, I can handle just about anything else. Not much else bothers me. I mean really bothers me. I guess it's a good thing. Meanwhile I really need to google *curse of the broken mirror*.

Irritations

I'm going to go for list form on this one.

-Hypocrisy-in just about any form. People who say one thing and do another, that sort of thing.

-People who call my office for help, and then insist that what I tell them is wrong and that it can't possibly be that way. If you don't want to hear my answer, don't call for help. If you're that smart, then why are you calling Tech Support in the first place?

-Complete and total pessimism-I can understand pessimism to a certain point, even I get that way sometimes. (though rarely...I'm one of the most optimistic, happy people you will ever meet). But at some point pessimism becomes a "woah is me" whining fest and half the time it's the person's own fault for the way they are feeling. Despite what some people think, the world is out to get them, and everyone's thought process DOES NOT include "and what can I do to hurt or upset today". Sometimes I think people really do think that.

-Misuse of basic math terms. Always been a pet peeve. You DO NOT 'plus' something or 'minus' something, you 'add' or 'subtract' it. 'Plus' and 'minus' are reserved for use in reading things like 2+2 or 10-3. The misuse of the words to say "You plus 3 to 5" seriously grates on my nerves and makes the speaker sound like an uneducated idiot. (I apologize if anyone does it, it's just a real pet peeve of mine)

I'm sure there are lots of other things, but those are some of the top ones that come to mind immediately.

Don't Get Me Started!

Here's a list of some of the current issues that push my buttons:

1. Having my (rightful) anger or frustration being attributed to "getting ready to start your deal" . Guess what "deal" that is? Guess whose blockhead husband says this? Having my anger, temperment, or bad mood belittled to being b/c of "female" problems is insulting. And no matter how many times I explain this, I just end up more and more mad, he still can't get it through his thick head, and it's a waste of time. Why do men say stupid stuff like this? You know, it could be b/c the lack of help, the demand on my time/energy, and being tired after working and then coming home and working some more that could be making me a bitch. Not hormones.
2. People that feel that "no smoking" bans in restaurants and other public places tread on their rights as Americans. YES, assholes, you have EVERY right to kill yourself slowly and to stink like trash. HOWEVER, you DO NOT have the right to do so if it makes EVERYONE else around you have to breathe it, also (and stink). THAT'S treading on OUR rights to BREATHE CLEAN OXYGEN. So go smoke your cigarettes in your own house and leave the rest of us to breathe and smell nice.
3. And for that matter, people who smoke in their cars when children are strapped in the backseat. You DON'T have to smoke. You might think you do, but believe me, you will survive if you have to wait 5 minutes to smoke. But go ahead and be a selfish ass and make others in the car cough, stink, and gasp. Especially those who have no control over their own lives.
4. Insurance companies. Do I really need to elaborate? You pay them monthly/yearly without fail, and then they do everything in their power to not pay you when you have a claim. Nice.

I think I need to stop. I could go on and on, due to my "woman troubles" of course, but I will spare you all. LOL.

I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!!!

This is what makes me annoyed, frustrated, hot under the collar, livid, and outraged.  (In no particular order.)

1.  People who speed down my street.  I've talked about this before, slow the f--- down before you kill a child.  I mean it.  I'm getting really mad, and I might just throw an egg at your car.

2.  Snobs.  Get over yourself.  You aren't better than anyone else because you have a huge house, belong to a country club and drive a Lexus SUV.  Maybe you got those things because you're a genius and deserve it more than the rest of us.  But most likely it's because you'll do whatever it takes to get what you want, no matter who you have to crush to get it.

3. Pain in the a-- parents who feel the need to show how proactive they are by criticizing everything.  We have great schools, in our town.   We are very lucky to have such wonderful people teaching our children.  They know what they are doing, and believe it or not, they can do it without your input.  Especially when it's Back to School night and other parents don't want to hear you run off at the mouth.  Save it for conferences.

I could go on forever, but I want to let you guys have a turn, because nothing ticks me off more than a person who doesn't know when to shut up.