Things I Hate--The List You've Been Waiting For

 

 

In no particular order, just need to do one-stop venting:

-----People who abuse animal.s

--- -Everyone who has an in-ground pool in their back yard and acts like it’s no big deal.

--- -People who continually post on Facebook or send e-mails that have been circulating for years and proved wrong repeatedly—and then ignore you when you tell them the facts.  Two primary categories: horribly disfigured or sick children that will be cured if they get enough “likes”—and 2^nd, all the posts that say that the POTUS is/was a Muslim, born in Africa, anti-American, and lied about wherever he graduated from.

 (Come to think of it, a lot the things I hate are on Facebook—there’s a message in their somewhere.)

-----People who neglect and/or abuse children

-----People who neglect animals

-----Hating animals (either all or just one type)

-----People who rant and can’t spell (yes, Facebook again)

-----Personal conversations on FB posted publicly (last one, I promise!).

-----Racists of any persuasion who talk about “those people” or use racial epithets.

-----People who lump the entire world into two categories, the USA—and every other country.

-----Making fun of every language that isn’t American English.

-----Talking loud in public places on cell phones

-----People with inherited wealth who think they’re better than everyone else.

-----How hard it is to read news these days.  There are fewer and fewer newspapers and the ones that still publish don’t much publish the news.  Web news is geared toward celebrity stupidity; does everyone but me really care about bachelor/bachlorettes, Kardashians, or Justin Biebers latest publicity stunt?

-----How hard it is to listen to radio these days.  NPR is the only station I can stomach and sometimes they beat stories to death—just sayin’.

-----How hard it is to contact a variety of establishments and reach a real live human.  There’s got to be a better system than listening to 9 options, being put on hold, listening to country music for 14 minutes and then getting transferred back to the same number you started with.  Worst offenders are the ones you need the most:  insurance companies, Social Security and other government agencies, technical support and any customer service departments anywhere.

-----people who don’t answer their phones or don’t call you back when you leave a message.

-----People who never or hardly ever answer their e-mail.

-----Store employees who loudly complain to each other about their place of work or finish up a personal phone call or lunch before even looking at you (honest, I was in a store once where an employee was sitting in the front of the store near the checkout lines eating a burrito).

 

 

That’s most of the things I hate, or at least dislike a whole lot.  I know there are people who feel the same way about things I say or do,  and I suppose that’s their right (except they’re wrong!).  Some days it’s like the world is rubbing me with sandpaper.  After an unbelievable amount of years I should be rubbed smooth by now with everything just slipping right off.  It just still galls me to realize there are so many things that I can’t change (as per the Serenity Prayer, I do know the difference—acceptance is what’s difficult).  So pardon me, dear reader, as I clear my brain of toxic thoughts and wait for the new week to begin.