Mad, Mad World
I love reading lists about people’s favorite things and what makes them happy. On the flip side though, every once in a while you just need to vent. Read on to see my list of ten little things that really tick me off.
1. Getting your seat kicked at the movie theater.
2. Paper cuts. Mosquito bites. Hang nails.
3. Drivers who don’t use their turn signals.
4. Buying something full price to find it on sale the next week.
5. Realizing that you have something lodged in between your two front teeth hours after you last ate.
6. Having your iPod die on you minutes after beginning a workout.
7. Splinters. Hiccups. Blisters.
8. Dreaming up an outfit only to find it’s wrinkled beyond belief.
9. Choking on water in the middle of a meeting.
10. Sitting down to watch a recorded show only to realize you taped the wrong thing.
Okay, so what if all of these happened to me in one week? They’re now off my chest and I can enjoy my weekend!
Come on…let’s hear what tops your list?
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AMEN!
don’t forget bumping your big toe on sofa leg …ooo and having a pimple the day you really can’t have one !but your skin seems gorgeous so i guess the last one doesn’t really count for you
What upsets me most is drivers who don’t stop at a zebra crossing. Your #9 made me laugh ~ I fear that exact thing happening!
Have a great day,
Emily.
I can so relate to this, especially no. 1 2 and 4.
You know what really ticks me off too though? When you do something nice for a stranger – eg you let them pass, you make way, you smile – and they just ignore you! Hate that!
Totally agree with #1- I mean how hard is it to control your legs for a little while?! I agree with Bee- I absolutely hate when I hold the door for someone and they don’t say thank you/acknowledge you didn’t let the door slam them in the face, or when you let someone into your lane, they don’t wave thank you. Have a great weekend!
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I agree on #4 hate it!! and bad drivers, people talking too loud,mosquitos and people that complain about the sand on the beach!
Seat kicking kids (and adults) make me crazy. The worst is sitting in front of them on a 6 hour flight.
- Dvr’ing a TV show & missing the previews for next week.
- People who don’t pick up their dog’s poop.
-Being the first person to arrive to everything, all the time.
- Tailgaters.
- Being in a public restroom w/o soap.
- Forgetting my full cup on coffee at home as I drive to class.
how about the people that go around speaking loudly about their private life on their cell! like anyone on the sub cares who you slept with last night, or how much money you earn!
Most of yours would have to be on my list as well… but mine would have to also include
*subways that “will be moving momentarily because of train traffic ahead” at every stop… when you are late for a final
and
*finally finding that something you have been swooning over just went on sale but also just sold out of your size
oh and one more
*facebook invites to join groups/play games/take quizzes
phew I feel better now
Slow drivers and screechy windshield wipers drive me really nuts.
Tourists who don’t move out of the way.. People who invade my personal space while I’m riding the El.. Realizing the shoes I wore to work really hurt my feet only after I’ve walked 1/2 mile..
you are too cute emily!
love your little list.
for me: slurping food/drinks ; kids who do not where seatbelts; middle of the night bathroom breaks; smoking; chewing gum very loudly + large
he he.
Goodness, I feel as though I could have written this list myself!! I especially dislike drivers who don’t use turn signals — really, how hard is this?!
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ALL of this happened to you in the past week? Lady, you deserve a cupcake or four.
When driving, the lack of a “courtesy wave” drives me crazy! You know, after letting a car pull out in front of you, waiting for someone to cross the street, etc. Just give me a little “thank you” wave! =)
wow – great list – I would add talking in theaters during the movie or texting. why even go to the movies? just wait for the rental if someone wants to be that rude. also, leaving shopping carts in the middle of the aisle while pondering the choices.
Fire ant bites on newly pedicured feet would be at the top of my list this week!
I’ve experienced almost everything in your list and it ticked me off as well!
My husband taking ten times longer to get ready then it takes me…making us continually late EVERYWHERE….
having to clean the house atleast 3 times a day.
This week has been a crazy week for me, too! Filling out immigration paperwork thanks to the Department of Homeland Security. People canceling appointments at the last minute. Going to see a friend and they’re not there. Getting asked to do work things at home. That’s my list for the week. But I attended an awesome Keane concert this week, so that’s made it better for me
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My #1 = people who talk on the phone while I’m trying to serve them (I work at Subway). Just get off the f-n phone for THREE minutes, you won’t die. I don’t want to hear about how much sally is a slut or how hot billy is or hear you go blah-be-blah in spanish @ 100mph! LOL
When a group of people walk sloooowly down the sidewalk, blocking anyone from passing them.
Hearing the boys across the street kicking their soccer ball against our garage.
When people don’t change the empty toilet paper roll in the bathroom.
I’ll agree with you on the mosquitos and:
starting a recipe and realizing midway through you don’t have a pertinent ingredient.
discovering an empty toilet paper roll a little too late
mean people in general
Hope your weekend is pet-peeve-free!
breaking out right in time for a big event where you are going to see a lot of people you know, having the DVR cut off right before the scenes for next weeks episode, people who stand in the middle of an aisle or walkway preventing people from passing and are totally oblivious to it.
that is a drop in the bucket!
Visualizing an outfit in your mind only to put said outfit on and realize it’s not as cute as you thought it was. Hate that!
rude drivers. i got passed on the left at a stop sign on a one way street the other because i actually stopped for a pedestrian (a mom pushing a baby buggy!!) i was in shock.
Please tell me these didn’t all happen to you this week?! I’d want to bury my head under the pillow! Oh gosh, there are so many things that tick me off… one that comes to mind are the big beefy guys at the gym who grunt with each weight they lift and then drop them on the floor… in a HUGE thump. Can’t stand that.
Have a wonderful weekend, Emily!!
OH! What a good spin on the happiness lists! It allows us that much needed sigh of relief when we contemplate how small these little peeves actually are. Every single peeve on your list and everyone that made a comment had me fidgeting in my chair and saying YEP!
But my biggest peeve of all is…remembering something I have that suddenly becomes a necessity, and then forgetting where the hell I put it!
i have been wanting to do a “i hate..” list for so long, but i was afraid that it would make me sound like a nagging old woman
LOL at choking on water in the middle of a meeting! That happens to me too! I hate forgeting my work laptop at home… and having to go all the way back! xo Cari http://isnotfashion.blogspot.com/
this is so funny!!!!! i love this idea!!!! my pet peeves: people who walk really slowly and take up the whole sidewalk; running out of cheese; the sound of people eating bananas.
Watching a recorded sports event for hours and missing the playoff because you forget to extend the recording time!
Hi there-what a great list, I get fed up when my internet goes down-totally frustrating! Have a good weekend!
i kind of did #9 the other day in the office, but i inhaled and my saliva went down at the same time. i couldnt stop coughing/choking for a good 15 minutes.
xx
i think that’s 14 things you’ve got on your list! (lol)
mine? that’s easy–when i’m asked “What’s for dinner?”
every night.
I couldn’t agree more with #3 and #10! And add to that movies with talking animals.
Yes to all. I think you have created a vent list that the entire world could identify with. Love!
This is hilarious, I love your list! #9 always happens to me! So funny
OK, hilarious because I follow Rockstar Diaries too (how I found you) and I started a “top 10 pet peeves” list on my own blog. !! #2 is the worst. x
haha, you list was perfect! I couldn’t agree with you more as they are just about the things that irk me most.
Amen, sister! Love this post, esp. #9!
Biggest pet peeve: people on line at Starbucks talking on their cell phones and they give the barista the hold-on-a-minute index finger when it’s their turn to place their order – the nerve!!
xoxox,
CC
Ugh! What about when you hold the door for someone and he/she doesn’t say thank-you, or even acknowledge you?! Double ugh!
You nailed #1, #3, and #6.
I hate people in gas stations, when there is a lineup and they pull up and like sit in their car FOREVER before filling up, meanwhile you are waiting patiently behind them.
I hate people who drive slow in the fast lane and MAJOR slow in the slow lane.
I hate people who honk at you when you pull in front of them – EVEN when you signal and there is plenty of room. SHEESH! Oh I’m sorry I caused you to tap your brakes!!!
I hate it when guys at the gym try and give you pointers – i know what I’m doing, piss off and leave me alone!
I hate it when I buy an outfit only to have someone (like someone I would be seen with) copy me and do the same thing. In college we would have to wear it on alternate days! ARG!
I hate how everytime I go to a hairdresser she gives me a lecture on my hair. Ditto for the dentist. I’m sorry I have thin, straggly hair and weak teeth enamel – give me a break!
And ANDREA’s comment above, yeah totally – I always envision a picture of myself in an ouftit and it never turns out the way I thought. Probably because when I picture myself, I’m actually 20 pounds lighter!!!
You should start a new Facebook chain note.
I pretty much explode any time I get hurt by bumping my head, stubbing my toe, etc.
Ha ha! I have a silly one – I HATE it when someone gets my favorite seat on the bus and I am filled with irrational anger at the person who is sitting there, despite the fact that I know they have no idea that they have taken my seat, and I also know that it isn’t really my seat anyways.
Oh, all of these definitely get me. Some more are people that steal cabs–especially if they do it during rush hour or in the rain (I’ve been known to fight back!), a heel that breaks while you’re charging down the sidewalk, pulling a dry-clean-only item out of the dryer, waking up with a pimple, having to PAY taxes in April (that was an unfortunate first!), and…hmmm…let’s see…wedgies. There’s nothing worse than a wedgie you can’t pick, is there?! xo
1. Formal business attire. Suits. Dress pants.
2. Loud chewing, slurping, crunching.
3. Thinking it’s later in the week than it actually is…and then realizing it’s only Tuesday.
4. Getting my foot stepped on!
5. Smudging your manicure minutes after you step out of the salon.
6. Chapped lips and hands from cold weather.
7. Cars who honk as soon as the light turns green.
8. Old coffee.
9. wRitinG lyKe tHisSs.
10. People who don’t respond to e-mails.
have a great weekend, emily! hahaa i’m glad you enjoyed the little boy spanking himself to flo rida. xo
OOo alll of the above annddddd, having someone tailgating you. I had this happen to me this morning. I wasn’t having it, so I slowed down to a crawl. Probably a really good way to spark more road rage, and get myself into trouble.
Happy Friday/Weekend to you!!!
Crying babies onboard your transatlantic flight, anyone?
Ahhhhhhhhh drivers not using turn signals pisses me the F off! Also, I hate it when you let someone in on the road and they don’t say thank you! Ingrates!
I completely agree!! Hangnails…choking on water in the middle of something important (the kind where you’re hacking out a lung)…ugh
1. People in the office on conference calls with the speaker phone on.
2. The AC on full blast in the office when its still 50 degrees out.
3. Tricky little ingrown on your brow that just wont pop out
4. A pimple on your face thats not quite a pimple yet…but hurts like crazy
…shall I go on…
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Really, how hard is it to turn on your blinker? Ughhh.
I agree with all of these. I get mad almost thinking of the last time these things happened.
I agree with all of these.
receiving letters that inform me of my unsuccessful job interview
1.) Tardiness
2.) Incessant gum snapping
3.) Manicure chipping 5 minutes after you’ve left the salon
4.) Realzing your coffee is made incorrectly after you’ve left
5.) Infants at a 10pm movie screening.
I feel better now too!! Enjoy your weekend.
I totally agree……everything that you listed is such a bummer!!!
God. AGREE, AGREE, AGREE x10!!!
Haha, great list!
I am a stickler for timing so my biggest pet peeve is when people run late without a head’s up. It’s like a slap in the face!
hahhaha, it was reading your list and i can see i aint the only one who can relate to the items on it. #1-5 are things that I constantly endure and crib about plus one more thing, bumping into things while walking around the house or off( ot could b your knee hitting the bed foot board or your waist bone hitting the corner of the table), i do it so often, that almost always there is some or the other part of my body that either blue or bruised, it happens so often that its past annoying, now i have kinda accepted it as a part of my personality.
Where do I start?!?!
Most of my pet peeves come from interacting with people who are not comfortable around my physical disability. At 27, I STILL have some people asking my mother questions about ME when I’m sitting right there! 
What about drivers who don’t turn off their turn signal?? That really aggravates me!!
haha, I think you’re list sums it up pretty good!!!
oh, and when you’re stuck behind really SLOW walkers you can’t seem to pass, when you’re in a hurry of course!
Good list. I’d have to say slow walkers on a crowded sidewalk, usually tourists. Hearing people be rude to waiters, cashiers, admin assistants, etc…If they are outrageous enough I actually snap at them. It’s surprising I haven’t been slapped at times, but being condescending to people in service industries really pisses me off. Oh, and dudes who make crude comments when I am walking alone. I didn’t leave my house so I could listen to some random, gross, and usually way too old man saying nasty things.
I really hate how there are no left turn signals in LA. Somedays, I handle this better than others. Today…not so much
XOXO
1. People who pay by check at the supermarket (The year 1974 called and even it’s surprised by your lack of progress)
2. People who think their cell phone is actually two coffee cans connected by string, thereby forcing them to shout every word, forcing everyone within a 5o yard radius to hear their inane conversation.
3. People who don’t wash their hands after going to the bathroom
4. Leaving one last sip of any liquid (milk, OJ, soda) in the bottle
5. Short Sheeting
6. Over amplified car stereos that blast horrible Techno
7. Over indulgence of cologne
8. Lurkers
9. People who say “My friend [fill in the blank] is so funny.” Then you meet that person and they are annoyingly unfunny.
10. Regrettable tribal tattoos
When people ask “Are you tired?” especially when you thought you were looking pretty good
Having my seat kicked at the movie theater could probably send me into a homicidal rage. Also: people talking in a theater. Also: people in general. Or at least that’s how it feels when there are people TALKING IN THE FREAKING MOVIE THEATER!!!
Whew! Wow you’re right, I feel a ton better! Thanks!
Number 1 and 4 could make me scream. Those piss me off very much
totally agree with the movie theater kicking-unforgivable! thanks for sharing this funny list!
staining my perfect white T with raspberry juice (today!)…. knocking my little toe on the corner of my bed(every morning!)… etc etc…!
have a nice weekend!
xx
hahahah i’m sorry this all happened to you in one week. but not you’ve vented and you can have a great weekend!!
oh this is too funny. hope you’re weekend is better.
Good ones!
Amen to all the above, and can I add really slow walkers to that list (move out the walking lane, morons!). Sorry about the week, on the upside its a new week so it can only get better.
have a lovely weekend
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SO true! Every item on your list made me mutter, “ugh, yeah, I HATE that!” My additions:
- When you have an awful cough or runny nose during an exam
- Receiving a terrible grade on a paper or project that you were proud of
- Accidentally turning off your alarm in your sleep
- Siblings or roommates deciding to borrow without asking
- A dessert that looks utterly delectable but tastes disgusting
- Being excited to make something or eat something only to realize it’s expired (cake mix, yogurt, etc)
- Playing phone tag for a long time
- When your significant other doesn’t understand that you don’t want advice, you just want to cuddle and make your problems disappear
- People who don’t apologize for running into you or stepping on your toes
- Getting cat hair all over your perfectly primped outfit
What about dreaming up an outfit only to realize you don’t actually own it?
#9 is so true, and so annoying. It actually just happened to me last week. I was utterly embarrassed!! Okay, and #1 is another one that bugs me. I took my mom to go see “Marley & Me,” and had some lame-oh kids not only kicking my seat, but putting their feet on my armrest(barefoot, keep in mind). You’ve inspired me to make a list now too!!
One of the things that most ticks me off is when my boss is late with the paychecks. Of course, he’s late this time. I’m really mad. I want and need my money.
Great list!
I HATE chipping a freshly painted fingernail! Grrrrrrr. . .
I second everything on your list! and have to add, I hate when I buy something new especially if its expensive- and the hem come undone or a jewel falls off etc the first time you wear it!!
I’ve encountered a lot of disappointingly wrinkled clothes lately that have totally ruined my outfit plans.
I went to the gym yesterday and my ipod died 5 minutes later. it was torture but I was already there so I sucked it up. I can’t stand it when people chew with their mouth open and don’t know how to cut their food properly…in fact bad table manners is a huge pet peeve . Oh and what about people who don’t say “thank you” when someone holds the door open for them. UGH!
I detest :
people who are chronically late
dropping a muffin two minutes after buying it
slow cashiers or one cashier for twenty people
manicurists that talk about their customers in their own language
I could go on and on
I found my way to you from Char at Ramblins. I tell you the one I told her because it is my biggest pet peeve – BY FAR!
~ Those women who are so germaphobic that they refuse to sit on a toilet. So they pee all over it and have no issues with us having to clean up their nasty pee germs!!
these are great. every week i write about things that made my week, and some weeks i feel like it’s more appropriate to post the things that made it stink…this week? mosquito bites. everywhere.
ooohh these are good….
how about when you see a cop driving and talking on his cell phone! UGH!
HATE THAT!
haha
xoxo
i agree with EVERY single one!
xo
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