Where is the feeling of good will towards all that you expect this time of year? Why does the world seem crazier, more rushed, more frantic?
*Waiting in line at the grocery store for 15 minutes for the privilege of checking myself out. Sigh. Can we not hire some more staff, please? Clearly, your store is busy enough.
*People who PARK in the DROP OFF ONLY area at school. It’s not rocket science people. If the area says “Pick Up and Drop off Only” that is what it means. When you are “Just waiting for your child to come out of school and then you will move” but you’ve been sitting there for 20 minutes snarling the circling traffic and top it off by giving me the finger…..you are PARKED.
*Pushy people in the mall. I’m sorry but you people need to start controlling your bags. Yes, control your bags. I am so tired of being whacked, smacked and knocked into by people who cannot control their purchases! Either take some of that crap you just bought to the car, get a cart or just slow down and watch where you are going! Stop with the walking into me all the time. I am 5 ft. 9” I KNOW you can see me!
*Burnt Coffee. I won’t say where from, but when I go pick up a coffee, pull out of the drive-thru and take that first sip to be met by a horrid burnt taste. Oh, such sadness.
*Pee on toilet seats. No not at my house! When I’m out and about! Clearly, I am a woman, and only using the women’s bathroom. This is not where one expects to find pee on a seat!! How on earth do women get pee on the seats and the FLOOR and not notice? If you hover when you um go…(good for you I do too) here’s a little tip: Check that seat when you are done! If you have left a little dribble give that baby a wipe. No one wants to deal with your leftover urine. For goodness sake, a Granny or a child might sit right in it! Shiver and Ick.
Sigh, Just had to get that off my chest!
What’s rubbing you the wrong way today?
Okay, I have to vent. So we arrived at the grocery store yesterday. 40 (ish) year old man putting groceries from cart into his jacked up truck. Finishes putting groceries in truck then LEAVES the cart right there, by the door of his truck. Is it that hard to bring the cart back to the corral that’s less than 10 steps away?! So I grabbed it and put it back myself making it quite obvious to him what I thought of his laziness. He revs his engine (so cool) and then speeds away in the crowded parking lot. Ugh.
The school drop off zone is a nightmare. I start my day later now and drop my daughter off most days and it’s awful. People have now started to park behind other parked vehicles, blocking them in then running in to pick up their kid. I’ve literally watched people cleaning out their trunks in the drop off line in front of me.
The pee on the seat thing drives me up the wall. If you’re that obsessed with not touching the seat, then how can you leave it like that? It’s so selfish. I don’t get it. And I know what you mean about the burnt coffee (Him Horton’s?) :0
One thing I don’t miss about moving somewhere where there are no shopping malls is the holiday rush and getting bumped into constantly while trying to enjoy some shopping.
Waiting to pay is a huge pet peeve. Drives me nuts!
bahahaha OH MY GOD YES!! seriously the title of this post caught my attention right away lol. What irritated me today was waiting in line at the grocery store at 930am for 20 flippin mins with no kinder eggs at the damn check outs. like really you have them there ALLLLLL the time that the one time i really need them they are not there
Oh gosh you nailed so many annoying pet peeves I have to! I feel like some people either lack common sense or DONT CARE!
It’s the people that don’t care that are rubbing me the wrong way this week 🙂
This entire week has just been dealing with one thing after another. I’m glad that it’s finished!
Hope your weekend was brighter!
Right? Omg at Costco today a couple just budded right in front of us and when I said so rude they said they didn’t see us are you kidding me, me hard to miss with a full cart and my Mother in law with a half full cart you couldn’t miss us lol! It’s really not funny everything you wrote is too true and so happy I am not the only irritated by the insanity. Thank you 😊
Costco brings out the absolute worst in people. (and NO way can you be invisible with one of those Costco carts in front of you – that is almost funny! HA)
🙂 Your so lucky to have a blog to vent on.
It all sounds very familiar …like in my head.
Yes, yes please have cleaner toilets everywhere!
Can I vent too? Check out new restaurant. Food & service is amazing. Go to bathroom & yuck! If you don’t care to clean your bathroom is your kitchen clean? Thus I can’t go back 🙁
It occurred to me that someone needs to start a company that only cleans bathrooms You’d make millions. IF these places cared about clean, safe bathrooms in their business…..sheesh that felt good to get off my chest 😉
LOL I’m so happy I could help you get that off your chest. Come back and vent anytime.
AND I’m with you! If you a restaurant doesn’t have clean bathrooms, what do you suppose is happening in the kitchen? Eek!
I braved the horror show that is “West Edmonton Mall in December” yesterday so there is more rubbing me the wrong way than I can fit into one comment! As the only girl in a house full of boys, I have adapted to pee on the seat but still can’t understand how it happens so often in the women’s washroom. We don’t even have to aim!
Ok, I might not find the mall crowds so awful if I had the West Edmonton Mall to run to. Is it as amazing as I’ve heard?
BUT a house of all boys…ugh. Sending all the girlie vibes. LOL
It must feel so good to get all of this out in a blog post 🙂 I hate using the bathroom in public. I’m super glad I’m not a guy, because mens’ washrooms are so much worse! I don’t hover – I do the toilet paper on the seat thing. Then I kick the toilet paper into the toilet with my foot and then I flush with my foot. Then I’ll wash my hands, use my elbows to get paper towel (if there is no hands free option) and then use paper towel to get me out the bathroom door. A garbage can placed by the door makes me a super happy girl 🙂
HA I ALWAYS open the door to the bathroom with a paper towel. Have you ever noticed how many people don’t wash their hands? Shiver.
Can I say pee on toilet seats is THE. WORST. I try to hover over the seat of a public bathroom but on occasion I have forgotten – and sitting in someone elses urine. Errrromg. THE WORST. Grade 10 sanitization of my thigh occuring and STILL not feeling like it’s enough..
If you pee on a seat (AND HOW LADIES?!?!) clean it up!!
That’s all I’m saying —If there is a hovering fail just deal with it. Be a good citizen. 🙂
I went shopping last weekend, and it was great. People were kind and patient. It just takes one, to make everyone’s day better.
I’ve had really positive shopping experiences too these past few weeks. People were even being patient and nice in parking lots!
I’m so happy to hear there are still good people out there in the world! Three cheers for the friendly ones.
There is something to be said for folks seemingly getting a little ruder at this time while out driving and shopping. I know it is busier, but we are all going somewhere and needing to get stuff done. The ‘every person for themselves’ mentality isn’t going to get any of our tasks completed more quickly or more easily.
This exactly. I normally see lots of ‘every person for themselves’ mentality, especially at Christmas time. I think partly people are just being rude because they’re jerks, but then I try to remember that *some people are just stressed out and in their own heads thinking of the millions things they have to do. I often see people apologize for their stupid driving move. Wouldn’t it be great if there was an international apology sign for drivers?! 🙂
And I feel like the closer we get to the 25th the more frantic the people can get!
Exactly…That’s why it’s great to get everything done ahead of time! (Although I’ve yet to have a year where I don’t have to run out for something last minute)
My pet peeve….pee on the seat,just takes a sec to wipe it off!
It’s not hard 🙂