Pet peeves

(Updated Nov. 10, 2008)

Also see what makes me happy.

squeaky shoes

squirrels

buying some wonderful-looking strawberries and then finding a squishy furry one near the bottom

people who talk in movies

cigarette smoke

fashion snobbery

centipedes

people who tend to tend to see the negative side of everyone and everything, who spend more time complaining than they do appreciating what they have

arrogance

bananas that are underripe one day and overripe the next

paper cuts

being trapped in a small enclosed space with someone who is wearing too much perfume or cologne

people who are rude to the waitstaff in restaurants

unrelenting cynicism

being late

people who are always late

people who assume I’ll do something for free that I’m normally paid for

spam

telemarketing phonecalls

going to a restaurant with an overly picky eater — I’m not counting dietary restrictions here; I’m talking about people whose first reaction upon seeing a plate of food set in front of them tends to be a suspicious grimace, no matter what it is

whiners

mosquitoes

that I’m still having nightmares about school over 20 years after graduating! how pathetic is that?

carnations

cubicles

being trapped in a line-up without anything to read

tendinitis

wasted time