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Health & Fitness

Pet Peeves or "Issues"

I had the opportunity to look through a recent version of The Marsengold and noticed that there were no pet peeves under the kids pics. Once upon a time it was “Cool” to let the world know some of the everyday things that bugged you. Unfortunately, some person, with a very weak intestinal fortitude, decided that one no longer has pet peeves in life. They have twisted the phrase and thought it be a better idea to call pet peeves “Issues.” So now we have “Issues” indicating that one may have some sort of psychological hang-ups about folks doing stupid things out there in the real world and expressing your disgust towards them. "They" do the stupid or ignorant thing and because you choose not to accept it, YOU now have the “Issues?”  You’re kidding me right? What's wrong with that picture

I just don't understand how someone can take something that was once kind of fun and twist it in such a way. So what I decided to do over the last week is go out and about town in my usual way and jot down all the pet peeves I encounter during a week. I wonder after reading them how many of you out there have similar grievances in life.

My Top “Pet Peeves” of the week in no special order were…

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 I’m driving down the road, no one behind me, and someone waiting on a side street decides at the last min. to pull out in front of me and then does 10 MPH under the speed limit. To add insult to injury they decide to take their first left or right! I can see them jumping out in front of me if there were a long line of cars behind me, but c’mon, will that added 5 seconds you might need to wait, kill ya? (Or in the winter time, their car isn’t warmed up and they jump in front of you knowing the vehicle doesn’t have the get up and go to get up to the speed limit)

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I have this pet peeve about motorists who think it’s cool to have their dog sitting on their laps while driving and drinking a cup of coffee while on the phone......hmmmmmm

Up at Shaw’s…. Bugs the heck out of me when someone gets in the express line with WAY too many items then acts surprised when someone confronts them! Then is insulted when you ask them if it’s ok if you can cash out your 3 items before they go through with their 25 items.

Still in line at Shaw’s, you put you items up on the lane the you discover that your cashier has this RAGING cold, eyes watering, nose profusely running can barely talk, like I really want this person touching every one of my items, NOT!! Yes, I called the manager over and asked her to ring my items in. Seriously now, a little common sense here managers.

Still in a store, you go in specifically to purchase an item you have seen in their flyer and of course it’s all sold out within the first day of the sale. You’d think they would order enough of the item to get them through until their next receiving day, even if the person in front of you has 15 of the items in their cart. Or even worse, you see something in a store flyer, you call ahead to see if it’s in stock and they say “yes.” You then get there and they tell you either “we never got them in “or “we only got 3 to begin with” and they are gone and there are no rain checks.

 Folks in line at CVS who have this intense urge to tell the world of their physical ailments and hold up the line with idle non stop chit chat with the cashier then turn around, look at the long line they have created and say, “Oh I have to be going I’m holding up the line.” DUH, just get your scripts a go will ya!!!?? No one cares about your personal life or the errands you still need to do that day or how the cat scratched up your lightpost!

I’m at the local takeout food shop 5th or so in line and the person who has been in front of me for the last 10 min waiting, gets to the front of the line, looks up at the menu and blurts out, “Gee, I don’t know what I want.” Like you didn’t have the last 10 min in line to make that decision. I blurt out, “Well I know what I want do you mind if I order while you’re making up you mind?

Some other things that happened this week and many times over the years;

Taking the daily walk and you pass by someone, say “Hi” and they completely ignore you.

People who refuse to leash their dogs even though it says dogs must be leashed at all times.

Illuminated Christmas lights on ones house……in August.

People who park in Disabled parking spots without a placard.

People who park in fire lanes and declare “I’m just going in for a second!”

Out of towners who disrespect your town

And finally, the person who throws their Macdonald’s bag full of litter out their window onto your street.

Now before some smarta....leck decides to comment with "Do you want a little cheese with you whine?" or some other weak comment, let me make this clear that this is just telling you of the experience at the time from a narrative point of view and the resulting response or thought as it was happening...... not whining! Telling the story so to speak. Odds are anyone who has read this would have had the same encounter as myself and had their own thought about it at the time too...LOL

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