I don’t know if after 40 your patience just starts wearing thin, or if people are just getting RUDER, but truly, here are some people I could truly live without:
* That guy who literally pushed his way into my house last month insisting he needed to see my hot water heater. I felt like I was on a very bad hidden camera show. He would not take no for an answer and yes I did a truly little girl thing, I called to my Hero Hubby for help. Either this was the pushiest sales guy ever, or the Big Bad Hubby scared a serial killer away from my front door. Therefor number one on my gripe list today; pushy door to door salespeople (or serial killers).
* The extremely rude people who park in the clearly marked handicapped spots. Now I’m not talking about the “hey maybe there is something going on there we just can’t see” sort of parker, I’m talking about the carload of teens skipping out in their daisy dukes and running into the grocery store to get burgers and chips for the BBQ type. You know who they are. Times like that I wish average citizens could issue tickets! My dirty looks and passive aggressive comments just aren’t cutting it anymore.
*Question? When you walk into the mall, the coffee shop, the post office do you pause a moment and hold the door for the person behind you? If the answer is YES then you are not on my list. However, if you just let that door swing shut as if there isn’t another person in the world more important than you…shame on you! Take a moment, make a day, share a smile and hold the door open. Please.
*If you are reading this, 50/50 chance you are a Blogger who has received what appears to be a fabulous pitches from a PR company but then at the very bottom in tiny print, this: “For product samples, high-res images, or to arrange an interview with a spokesperson, please contact…” Do you know what this most often translates to? Let me help you out. It means “I have no intention of valuing your hard work, but please value my spammy press release and give it tonnes of attention on the blog, Facebook and twitter accounts that you have worked so hard to nurture and establish. I will give you absolutely nothing in return.” Dear PR Company, my time is valuable. Dear Fellow Bloggers, please do not work for free.
End of Rant.
Feel free to add your own complaints, it’s cheaper then therapy.
Oh that sales person would creep me out and make me so mad! That is just all kinds of wrong and did he really think that approach would work?? Wow
Okay, the guy who pushed his way in? Totally creepy!
Agree 100% on the handicap parking people and those who just don’t hold open doors. Seriously, it takes, what – 1 minute of your time or less to hold the door for the next person…
WHAAAT i would’ve freaked out at mr. insane water heater guy. lol have a great weekend 🙂 following you!
I’m not quite 40 yet (although getting there quickly) and I already have a list of rants a mile long. I now understand cranky old people really well.
The worst is when someone lets the door nearly squash my 3 year old! Smooth pisses me off. They see us approaching and sometimes my arm just isn’t quite long enough to grab the door at the right moment. I don’t like her trailing behind me so I usually herd her infront of me through the doorway. People can be SO rude!
I love my intercom. 🙂 And the side view windows are good, too.
I’m with you on all of it. I’m functioning without food at the moment, so the brain is not coming up with anything to add, however, I’m sure I have a list too.
I haven’t delved into the business side of blogging, but busines is business and yes, you should not allow yourself to be taken advantage of.
This is so funny! I love your “little” rant. thank you for writing it down so we all can feel the same, but just can not put it all to words!
Do not even get me started on the people I can live without. All of yours would be on my list plus a whole bunch more.
On the sales people, this is why we have a gate. 🙂 Same goes for the church people trying to recruit my family.
Go.away.
How about the people who park their shopping carts in the middle of the freakin’ aisle? Hello? Was it only YOUR day to shop today…..cause I didn’t get the memo.
If I were to start a list, mine would be a mile long! Definitely with you on #3. On the flip side, though, I once held the door open for a mom+child behind me. They just waltzed through as if I were there specifically to hold the door open for them. No thank you nor even a simple nod of acknowledgement. Sometimes I wonder which planet they come from.
Oh!! The one qbout holding the door ticks le of. The PR emalis that sound as you.describe them so well.
AMEN!!!
I think people are just getting ruder. Everybody is in too much of a hurry. I like this post!
Rant on, girlfriend! I see nothing but absolute truth and wisdom in all of your points 🙂
Yes, I most definitely do hold doors and the only emails I get from PR companies are those that you have mentioned!! One self indulgent annoyance that really got my goat was being heavily pregnant in a waiting room and being made to stand while either a) parents let their 5 year olds sit down and enjoy the chair I am aching for or b) Teen girls sat and looked at me with their teen disdain and took up that chair that again, my body is aching all over for. Where are your manners girly’s, Id be berating you if you were mine.