Things That Annoy Me

In no particular order:

People who honk their horn instead of getting out of the car and knocking on the door.

Loud radios... anywhere.

Road construction

Rush Hour Traffic.

People that type "O I C" "PLZ" and "THNX" instead of "oh, I see", "please" and "thanks" and claim that it saves them time.

Wilted lettuce in my salad.

Finding the 'tomato butt' on my burger.

Having to wait in line for a cup of coffee.

Jokes in my e-mail.

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People that don't know how to use "..." correctly.

Web sites with embedded sound.

People that have car alarms that are extremely sensitive, yet they never bother to check when the alarm is sounding off at three a.m. (or any other time, for that matter).

People that mistakenly assume that I have infinite patience for their bullsh!t.

People who have digital cable with all of the movie channels, eat at restaurants several times a week, and then call me whining that they are broke.

Ad-Ware, Spy-Ware and Pop-Ups when I'm not even looking at porn.

People who don't know the difference between installing and downloading.

Weak coffee.

Buffet-style restaurants.

Websites that disable the <- BACK button.

People that aplogize and they don't even know what they did to piss me off.

Tabloid News.

People who think that by "nosing in" they can force their car/truck/van into my lane in front of me.

Commercials that are much louder than the program or movie they are sponsoring.

People that are always running late.

Businesses that use a "free" web-site, such as Geocities or Tripod.

"Visit us at 'www.potluck.com' or AOL keyword 'potluck'."

Adults who claim they have "ADHD" or "Learning Disabilities".

People who throw cigarette butts on the ground.

Burned food.

People who ask for your opinion or advice, then get mad at you for giving it.

People who don't yield to emergency vehicles.

Being told that I am "too nice".

Typical chat-rooms. Twenty-eight 30-40 somethings attempting to out-type each other, using rainbow-colored bold italic scripty fonts so that they can find their own words.

People that sign on and off repeatedly. (and it isn't because Yahoo has a glitch).

PEOPLE THAT STILL HAVE NOT LEARNED THAT THIS IS JUST BAD FORM.

People that confuse the words idea and ideal.

"Bonzai Buddy" and "Gator".

Websites with a "vote for us" button or link. What is the point?

People that sit in their cars in the Fire Zone at the grocery store. Even if you are in your car and not "parked", you are still breaking the law.

Morning breath.

Microsoft.

People who still don't know what e-mailing a Blind Copy means.

A "BLT" with only two pieces of bacon.

People that snap bubble gum.

Can I ask you a question?"

Adults who tell children not to do drugs; then when the children lose interest in school, the adults force the kids to take Ritalin.

When people say "I'm not racist but..."

Weblogs that make me "sign-in" or become a member in order to comment. Nothing I have to say to you is that important to me.

People that sign on, then send me an instant message just to explain that they don't plan to stay on. If you aren't staying, don't bother making your presence known. I probably didn't even see you sign on in the first place.

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