Below
is a list of my biggest pet peeves.
RIP messages on Facebook / social media. This is a VERY sore subject with me. True story.
A couple years ago, one of my cousins suffered an aneurysm that
eventually took his life. I was home one
Friday evening looking through Facebook, and someone he knew posted an RIP
message on his timeline. My heart
sank. I immediately called my sister and
asked if she had heard anything about our cousin passing away. Long story short … my cousin was still alive
when the RIP message was posted! He was
pronounced dead on Facebook a full two days before the doctors could do
it. And because some woman decided she
wanted to be the first to report that my cousin had passed away, my cousin’s
mother and siblings were getting calls of condolences when he was still very
much alive and still fighting for his life.
I can’t even imagine how that must have felt.
When
my father-in-law passed away last year, someone posted the news of his death on
Facebook before my husband and in-laws even left the hospital. How tacky is that?
My
mother passed away in 2015. When my
sister and I called relatives and friends to let them know, we also told them
not to post anything on Facebook or social media until we did. We did that for a couple reasons. First … my niece was out of town when my Mama
passed away. We did not want her to find
out about her grandmother’s death by seeing and reading a random Facebook
post. Secondly, we just needed some
time. Time to grieve. Time to process our loss. Time to be alone and with each other before
the crowds came. We just needed
time. And I will say this … I think that
it’s a sad state of affairs that in addition to losing a loved one, folks now
have to find it necessary to ask people to respect their privacy and not post
anything on social media. That should be
one of the last things people have to think about when they lose someone.
People who don’t wash their hands when they leave
the bathroom. If you do this, you nasty. Period.
Putting your hands under water for 2 seconds doesn’t count as
hand-washing, either. And this leads me
directly to my next pet peeve …
Office potlucks. I don’t do ‘em for the exact reason I listed
above … folks don’t wash their hands when they leave the bathroom. Everybody’s hygiene habits ain’t good, and
I’m not taking any chances. If I
participate in office potlucks, there are only 2 reasons why … the food is
catered or I study the list of who’s bringing what and only partake of the food
from folks I know and trust. You know …
like at family reunions (lol). And isn’t
it hilarious how the folks with the bad hygiene habits always seem to wonder
why nobody ate their covered dish? That
cracks me up! I just want to shake and
tell them, “Nobody ate your food because YOU NASTY!!!!”
People who mispronounce my name. This has been a lifelong pet peeve of
mine. My name is pronounced
“Ahn-dree-ah” … not “ANNNNNNNN-dree-ah”.
“ANNNNNNNN-dree-ah” is the equivalent of fingernails scratching a
chalkboard to me. If you mispronounce my
name once (or even a couple times), I’ll correct you, but if you continue, you
might as well be talking to a wall because I won’t even acknowledge you. I’m so serious. It ain’t what you call me, but it’s what I
answer to. I answer folks who take the
time to learn the correct pronunciation of my name. My name is not that difficult to read or say.
It's pronounced "AHN-dree-ah". Get it right!
Rubberneckers. I don’t get this. If an accident has occurred on the opposite
side from your lane of travel, why does your lane slow down, too? I have never understood people’s fascination
with accidents to the point that they slow down traffic to look at what
happened. Thank your lucky stars that
you are okay, say a prayer the others involved in the accident will be okay,
and keep it moving.
People who carry on multiple conversations when they
are on the phone with me.
This annoys me so much. If you
called to talk to me, then why are you carrying on conversations with other
folks?!?!? Did you call to talk to me or
to everybody? The only people who get a
pass from me are folks with young kids because it never fails that kids always
seem to want your undivided attention as soon as you pick up the phone, try to
relax, etc. But if you are trying to
carry on a conversation with me, the person taking your carryout order, and a
random person you see walking on the street, then call me back when you aren’t
so distracted.
People who invade my personal space. This happens to me frequently when I’m in a
check-out line. I’m standing behind my
cart and then I feel someone breathing on my neck … figuratively, of course,
but they are still too freakin’ close for my comfort. And no matter where or how I try to move to
get away from these people, they move when I move. I value my personal space, and I don’t need
strangers all up in it. Back up and
gimme 3 to 5 feet. Please and thank you.
People who always have to one-up you. We all know someone like this. No matter how happy or miserable you are,
they always have an example or reason why they are happier or more miserable
than you … like it’s a contest or something.
ANNOYING!!!
What
are some of your pet peeves?
