Pet peeves are things that constantly annoy you in life. I just happen to have a short list of 10 I’m willing to share. This post is arguably just a long rant.
1. People who ask stupid questions in class, and as a result, prolong it. Seriously? The answer to your question is in the syllabus, in the book, or in the reading. And yet, you want to waste my time with questions that make it fairly obvious you’re just trying to get on the professor’s good side. Either you’re really clueless, or you just want to have the attention on you. Lesigh 🙁
2. People who bring their babies to movie theaters. Like really? First off the baby isn’t going to understand the movie – in fact the loud noise will probably impair the child in the long run…. Furthermore, if you’re going to bring your baby to a movie theater make sure you are able to control it. If it starts crying, STEP OUT OF THE THEATER. Don’t just sit there still watching the movie and make the rest of us suffer. WAH WAH WAH.
3. People obsessed with celebrities. Yeah yeah, it’s fine if you love so-and-so, but can you please keep it to a minimum? In fact, I myself sometimes am continually exposed to celebrity gossip in the news and subsequently absorb it all in somehow. HOWEVER, If you’re going to be so celebrity-obsessed please also try to maintain a balance of knowing what’s going on the world – whether it be political, social, or economic knowledge. Try not to be completely one-dimensional in other words.
4. ALCOHOL. ALCOHOL. ALCOHOL. I have no problem with drinking. Having gone through the typical college phase of binge drinking and feeling terrible the next day, I have to say… it’s not as glamorous as television makes it out to be. Nevertheless, if you’re going to drink, please keep it to a minimum. If it gets to the point where you NEED alcohol to have fun, you’re doing something wrong with your life. The world is full of things to do, so why are you wasting it being heavily induced in another state? Same thing applies to all drugs. But it still remains your right to do it (end the war on drugs)!
5. BEING LATE. I really dislike it when people are late. I can tolerate 5-10 minutes, but if you’re over 30 or 60 minutes late it gets beyond frustrating. I strongly believe in the idea that if you’re 5 minutes early, you’re on time; if you’re on time, you’re late; and if you’re late, you’re really late.
6. People who use the word “gay” to denote something bad. I’m not super conservative or super liberal, but I fall under the notion that everyone should be treated as an individual regardless of their race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. In this case if you’re going to call something gay with the idea that it’s somehow bad, you’re kind of being a bigot. Obviously you can say whatever you want, but it still annoys me that people in this day and age can’t accept the fact that there are people different than them.
7. When you try to have a conversation with somebody, and all they respond with is a one-word-response. It’s okay if you’re shy, but if you’re actually a social butterfly you shouldn’t be putting people off like that. Next time, I won’t even ask, cause nobody wants to have a conversation with a robot.
8. Flakers. Flakers gonna flake I suppose… I really don’t understand this concept. If you RSVP to something, or tell somebody you will go, you should go. Otherwise, you’re just being a tease… and as I’ve mentioned before, teases are worse than sluts (ethically).
9. People who spell “you’re” as “your.” NONONONONONONONONONO. I’m not a grammar Nazi or anything, but if you mess this up, you’re in big trouble with me. THEY ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE words.
10. Lying politicians. Scumbags, all of them. Almost every politician I’ve seen talk has some form of rhetoric they’re speaking. It’s hard to even gauge what they actually believe in when they say one thing and do another. (Obama-Guatanamo), (Romney-Abortion, which is why this election is a bore (although we all know Obama is going to win).
