Posted on 09/23/2003 8:48:39 AM PDT by Chancellor Palpatine
I find that in my day, its the mundane annoyances and not societal ills that get my goat. I'm going to start my curmudgeonly list, feel free to add:
1. People who leave long messages on cellphones and voicemail - I'm going to have to call you back, anyway, so why make me listen to it?
2. People who engage in chitchatty conversations on cellphones in bars, restaurants, bank lines and airplanes - why do I want to hear about how you're going to clean your basement, or the play by play on the game you're not watching? Just stop it!
3. People who insist on answering every cellphone call, even when in a meeting with other people - it is really, really rude.
4. People who insist on disciplining their children in plain view - you know you can't give them the smack they deserve in public. Go ahead and take them into a private spot so you can give them the beating they deserve - we can hear the shrieks through the bathroom doors, and will appreciate and laugh at the effort.
5. Including all the waitstaff in the singing of "Happy Birthday" in restaurants. They don't care about the birthday boy/girl, so why annoy all the other patrons?
6. Mai-Tais.
7. Fast food joints that make you ask for salt at the drive through.
8. Waiters/waitresses that insist on telling you their name, and who want to chat with you. I don't care about their lives, and just want my meal served appropriately.
9. "Self-serve" Delta kiosks when you have luggage to check.
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