Annoyances

I am not an aggressive person and it takes a lot to get me mad, but some things (even small things) can really annoy me. Some of them are as followed:

1. When people call you more than 2 times in a row and don't leave a message. I usually will not call you back. If it's not important enough to leave a message, it's not important enough for me to call you back, even if you did call me 5 times within a 10 minute span of time.

2. When someone knows everything about every topic you could possibly bring up. "Wild gremlins in Africa"... "Oh I studied them for a week while I was in Africa. They are fascinating creatures!" And you know they never studied in Africa and that wild gremlins don't exist. Those people like the sound of their own voices and it annoys me.

3. When people run their steps back before a meet. You are at a college track meet and you don't know where your steps are? I didn't run them back in high school after the first year or 2. You should know where your steps are and if they change that much you need to work on your run.

4. The people in class that always raise their hand. Every now and then is fine, but give other people a chance to answer. These people are usually the same ones that just blurt the answer out if they aren't picked. They probably like the sound of their voices too.

5. People that tell the same story over and over and over again. Give me something new and exciting, not the same story about your 5 year old kid who fell down the steps 3 years ago.

6. People who have centered their lives around one person and refuses to even talk about anything or anyone else except that person. I work with a woman who has 4 boys and 4 grandchildren, but you never hear about any of them except her baby boy, who is 20 and dropped out of UNC because he couldn't be away from his mama. Trust me I've met Andy and his mama exaggerates A LOT about her baby boy, which is to be expected, but please talk about your grand kids or the weather or something besides him sometimes.

7. When people talk on speaker phone, but act like they don't want you to hear their conversation. Turn off the speaker phone if you don't want me to hear it! Those things are loud you can't help but hear what is being said.

8. When girls give those evil looks and you have no idea why or when girls don't like you and have no reason for not liking you. Those seem to go together for me. This is one that I don't understand at all and a reason why I have very few girl friends and a lot of guy friends, I don't like girls.

9. Which brings me to this one quite nicely. When girls get mad because you are friends with their boyfriends. Then he gets a little MIA while dating her, but once they break up you are friends again. That doesn't go over well with me.

10. When people neglect their pets and/or kids. Pawning them off on someone else does not qualify as taking care of them either, that's lazy.

11. People who go 67 in the fast lane and they aren't passing anyone.

12. Professors who cancel class but refuse to send an email, they just leave a note on the door.

13. All the random invites on Facebook. There is way too much on there now.

14. Commercials on TV that are 10 times louder than the shoe you are watching.

15. People who take advantage of the system. I earn my money and pay my bills you should too.

16. People who make good money and have a good job, but complain about never having money. Perhaps spending wiser or living frugal should be looked at.

17. Those people who live and breathe the sport, but aren't any good. They talk themselves up so much and practice 10 hours a day, but have nothing to show for it. If you can't deliver, don't act like you are the best thing since sliced bread. Just admit you aren't the best and probably never will be, but love the sport. That's me and I am completely OK with that. Just be the best that you can be, and be happy with it.

18. Compulsive liars. They lie about everything! There is no need for that.

19. People who take advantage of others or expect everything to be handed to them. This is a big one. They don't want to pay for their own stuff or don't want to do something and they know someone else will do it. So they play the poor pitiful me card to make someone else do their job or pay their bills or fulfill an obligation they committed to.

20. When people don't teach their kids or pets the word NO. They will walk all over you and act like little rebels for the rest of their lives if you don't teach them that one simple little word.

I know I rambled on for a while, but I was in the mood for a different kind of blog. One day very soon I will write a fun, happy blog on my favorites. That should be fun. I'm trying to keep it interesting by not getting into to much of a pattern on writing just about track, even though that was in this one too. :)

"When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bustling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity." -Dale Carnegie