Strongly Worded

Some Things that Irritate Me

In case you were wondering, I can't stand:

The sound of:
- compressing snow crunching
- nylon rubbing (aka people walking in snow pants)
- static
- vacuuming
- the dying copier in my office

When people say:
- "utilize" or "usage" instead of use
- "orientated" instead of oriented
- "and things of that nature" instead of etcetera
- "no offense but ..." "don't take this the wrong way but ..." instead of here is some information you won't like ...

The words:
- "can" (as in trash can. I prefer wastebasket)
- "smear" (as in pap smear. I prefer pap test. I also hate it when the word "smear" is associated with cream cheese or any other food because it harkens back to the pap concept.)
- "gyno" (while we're on the subject). Is it so hard to say gynecologist?
- "dump" (I prefer break up with.)
- armpit (I prefer underarm.)

And also ...
- any kind of footage of people eating revolting things
- when people stand in the middle of escalators impeding my passage (this is a big one)
- when drivers hover behind me while I'm trying to park
- extraneous quotation marks (at Filene's: "Sale" "Dresses" "Shoes")
- when keyboard/mouse is sticky (see earlier post)
- sponges in sinks that have not been wrung out. Don't we all know that there is more bacteria in a wet kitchen sponge than on a toilet seat?
- cell phones ... pretty irritating most of the time
- emails with no subject lines
- the evil, evil "amazing diet patch" popup that I can't purge from my computer even despite ad-aware, spybot, and a long foray into some online technical forum.
- the evil, hideous Capital One credit card offers that I get ALMOST EVERY DAY even despite strongly worded letters to Capital One AND to both credit bureaus which state very clearly that I already have a credit card and will NEVER, EVER apply for a Capital One card. Even if I am fucking pre-approved. I also called them and demanded in NO UNCERTAIN terms to be removed from their database. I also don't get why they keep sending me offers since my credit rating is perfect (I'm truly charming today, I know). Don't they usually make their money preying on the poor? With their fucking fine-print revolving debt conditions and their 24-day "billing cycle"?

Posted by Dori at 9:17 AM