Besides the usual stuff like people that lack compassion for other people and animals and the elderly and the disabled amongst us, I’m not thrilled about:
Smug people. They just make everybody feel like shit.
People that use sarcasm as their only form of humor, because they can’t figure out the subtleties of other types humor, which can be uproariously funny without being mean spirited or rude or vulgar.
People that are always cynical and think that cynicism is a sign that they are intelligent. Rather than using cynicism to debunk incorrect information or ideals that only serve to “help” one small group of people, but that harm other innocent groups of people.
Most of the judges on most of the food network competition shows. I love to watch people cook and see what they come up with, but most of the judges base their criticism on unrealistic goals. Anyone that was a real chef in a real restaurant would not be put on the spot to make a dessert out of avocados and chicken livers and to do it with style in less than 15 minutes. If you were a chef in a real restaurant, you would try out all sorts of menus and recipes, then you would figure out which ones were tasty, and workable within the contraints of the type of kitchen that you have, and affordable and accessible enough to the clientele you would be catering to, and then you would learn how to make those recipes (and do it well and with as much speed as is necessary). A lot of great cooks and chefs are humiliated and disheartened on those shows even though I’m pretty sure that most of them are excellent cooks and probably thrill their family and clients (if they already work in a restaurant) on a regular basis.
Eggplant. Even though I am a vegetarian, I just can’t stand eggplant and I’ve eaten every way from fried to baked into an eggplant parmesan and grilled on the barbecue and I just can’t stand it. Well, that’s not even true. I have had baba ganoush and enjoyed it quite a bit. But in general folks, please don’t serve eggplant to your vegetarian friends unless they specifically request it. It’s like the wet soggy corrugated cardboard of vegetables.
Shudders
Not real thrilled with people who can’t drive without tailgating or who can’t use turn signals and who speed up and screetch their tires when speeding up to red lights. The same red light that I got to at the same time, because we’re both waiting.
People (mostly men, can’t say I’ve ever seen a woman do this, but it probably happens) hock up cr*p from their throats and spit it onto the ground.
People who push their shopping carts into my back. Sorry Mrs. whatever your name is, but I’m standing at the register, running my card through the slot and waiting for my change. My back is full of bruises thanks to you! BACK UP AND WAIT YOUR TURN!
People who can’t even acknowledge that there is a person in their midst. You know, the angry, sullen, depressed, holier than though co-worker who can’t even look up to nod or smile or give a “Mornin’” back when you say hello or good morning or how’s it going? or Hi Betty. It’s not like I’m giving her the 3rd degree. I’m just acknowledging that there is a human being approaching me. I’m not real thrilled when this same person lets the door slam in my face when she goes through first and I’m carrying an arm load of boxes. Also don’t care for it when she comes to a work related potluck empty handed, butts into line and then proceeds to chow down her enoroumous plate full of food whilst standing over the garbage can and not thanking anyone, then leaving before the guest of honor (for whom the party was thrown) gets up and makes a speech or gets his/her award.
Sales clerks or other people in service oriented jobs that say “I don’t know” instead of saying, “I’m not sure, but let me go find out for you. Now wait right here and I’ll be right back.”
Any kind of music (but usually rap and heavy metal or punk rock) that is played so loudly so as to make my car shake, my head hurt or make me have to close my doors and windows on a hot day. I get it that different music is enjoyable to different people for all sorts of reasons, but I wouldn’t even think of blasting my Strauss Waltzes and choir music or Xmas songs at 3 in the morning, at full volume or so that anyone outside of my own car or home could hear them.
Not real thrilled with people who use vulgar language a lot of the time, instead of reserving it for when they are literally fighting injustice. Especially when they use that kind of language around little kids and older folks. Know your audience people!
People (mostly men) who don’t find regular women attractive, but prefer instead, anorexic, waiflike creatures or women with fake implanted boobs to be more feminine.
People (mostly women) who don’t even consider dating a guy if he is shorter than, or at least the same height as themselves, or a man who makes less money than they do, or a man who is in one of the more traditionally female jobs such as nursing. Ladies, you’re passing up a lot of terrific guys with your stupid stereo types!
And today, specifially, being way too hot and not being able to find any air conditioning!
