In No Particular Order
So here's the deal. I was planning on doing an Inspired Design post today, but each picture I clicked on that I wanted to include, had absolutely no attribution as to where came from and it started to drive me nuts. Really nuts. That is why, instead, you are getting 10 Things That Drive Me Crazy.
Beginning with the obvious.......
1. Beautiful photographs on this big old world wide web that have not been sourced. If you can't attribute it to where it came from, don't post it. I'm sure the person who originally took the photograph worked hard to get it to look so great, so why would you want to post it without giving them credit? It is their work, right?
2. Grubs. They're icky, they're gross and they are literally the only thing I will kill. Add the fact that they completely desimate our lawn just about every year and you can see where I'm going with this one.
3. Chairs that aren't pushed in. It's a pet peeve. I think I've mentioned it before. But seriously, you stand up from a table and leave without pushing your chair back in? What's with that? {I know, I'm weird.}
4. You know those Geico commercials with the guy and all the kids? Well the one with the little girl ranting {read: whining in the most horrific nasal, depressing voice} about why more is less.....like nails on the chalkboard to me. If I knew where she lived, I might even impart some bodily harm on the poor child. OK, I wouldn't go that far but I sure would put a sock in her mouth.
5. Speaking of nails on chalkboards.............
6. People who leave ridiculously long messages on your answering machine. I don't need the entire conversation you were going to have with me, just the fine points like name and number.
7. Being more disorganized than I would like. It makes me so confused. I wonder why? Wait. What was I saying?
8. The lack of integrity that is running rampant at the moment. Nobody is as good as their word anymore. We wonder how we got to this point in time in our world? This is one of the reasons.
9. Crazy-ass 20 foot vine weeds with really long roots, wrapping themselves around flowers and trees alike. What are they? Where did they come from? And why are they here?
10. The sound of other people chewing. It's a problem. A big problem. I am not making this up. There is actually a word for it....it's misophonia. I've got it.
There you have it, 10 things that drive me completely bonkers.
And you?
Ciao for now,
Getting behind a really slow car on a long street. Seems to be a thing lately...I am sure that it's the universe telling me to slow down, but still..... :)
ReplyDeleteOh man, that is too funny.
DeleteI'm with you on the long vine thing. I keep pulling up the little shoots, but I know if I leave my house for three days, they will have taken over!
ReplyDeleteOK Kathy, seriously.........WHAT is that damn vine? it literally looks like i did a johnny appleseed planting of it. took me 10 minutes to get one out yesterday. what the heck?
DeleteI hate people that come in groups in supermarkets and restrict access to a whole shelf while discussing and analyzing a can of tuna.
ReplyDeleteI also hate people who chew gum, especially people who do it loudly in elevators. Especially my neighbor. And her gum.
LOL. I'll assume your neighbor doesn't read Mercantile Muse.
DeleteI am SO with you about the 'group' grocery store shopping. What is with that?
haha..I have a long list of things that drive me crazy. I would have to agree with you on the lack of integrity. I work in customer support and I see it so much that it really makes me lose faith in Americans. I just ask myself 'How did we get here?' 'What is wrong with people.' I can go on and on.
ReplyDeleteWhat IS wrong with people? Girl, I could tell you stories but it also would go on and on and on. If you don't have integrity,you've got nothing.
DeleteHa! I like number 9 'where did they come from and why are they here?' that made me chuckle into my 3rd cup of tea...
ReplyDeleteI get annoyed with the way Pinterest have changed their embedding process - so if you do find a lovely attributed image with reliable links you can't embed it anymore! Grrr. Obviously there are ways round this (take a screen shot, type a link etc etc but that takes time, pintrest embedding was like 'fast food' blogging). AND continuing on that theme - I don't like looking at old posts on my blog where the links have gone and blogger just puts a wee '?' there. No!!! I put a pretty picture there!! Whadayamean '?', where did it go?
Number 3 - getting pigeon poo on my shoe but not realising that it is there until I get onto the light coloured coir matting rug thing upstairs. Obvious solution to this - is to take my outdoor shoes off at the back door.
Number 4 - putting nice delicate things in the washing machine but then also forgetting that you also put something with velcro in too and then finding your lovely new stockings adhered to the velcro in an incredibly destructive way. Aghh. And yes, I see, there is a solution to this also. I'm noticing a pattern here.
LOL.............pigeon poo....the nerve of them.......is their no tree they can take of their business in?
DeleteNot sure if I've noticed any old posts without links and I didn't realize that pinterest had changed the embedding process. Got work google is changing up it's attribution to sponsored posts as well because blogging sponsored post are a sore spot with them. Just seems like the cards are continually stacked against us little guys and that annoys me to no end. I won't even start about facebook limiting who, out of the people who follow you, get to see your posts....not many. OK< I guess I got started.
Hate that damn velco with delicate issue. I've done it too and had to rip the velcro off another piece of clothing I really like while praying it didn't get ruined.
ps- how big are those dang pigeons? sounds like a LOT of poo.
they are wood pigeons - so pretty big - as big as my head - found one in my fireplace one morning, gave me the fright of my life!
Deleteas big as your head? in your fireplace? oh my.
DeleteCHAIRS. Oh, the chairs. When I was teaching I had a classroom rule that if you didn't push in your chair, you lost a ticket (one of my reward systems- redeemable for fun junk). The first two months or so of school were hilarious, with kids running across the room once they realized they forgot to push it in, practically diving for it. And then you know what? After those two months, no one forgot ever again. It's just making a habit, and it's not that hard. I can't stand chairs left out. There's no excuse.
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree with Eyelah, and Andreea about the grocery store thing.
man, you guys are cracking me up. i can just picture the kids diving to push the chai in. and i love your comment, "there's no excuse". We are drill seargeant chair people and we're ok with that.
DeleteThe funny thing is, I had parents get so mad at me for holding them responsible for their chair (is it THAT big a deal??) and had them "joke" with me how the kids at home would tell them to push their chair in. It goes back to the responsibility and integrity issue! Also, most of those parents were in a year when I had a girl with a walker in the classroom. That was a super fun year.
DeleteWell, that would be another good reason for them to push their chairs in, and if there were parents who were mad.....too bad. your classroom. your rules.
Delete1. My husband's breathing at night. Which makes me a horrible person, because he can't help it. It's only when he sleeps on his left side, which means he's facing my side of the bed. It's not snoring, but this awful, heavy, creepy-guy-lurking-in-the-bushes breathing. I usually kick him in the shins until he turns the other way.
ReplyDelete2.Pregnant ladies who act as if they're the first woman on the planet to EVER carry a child in their uterus. I get it, I've been there, you're excited. But the FB updates every two minutes about what you're craving, what the baby's heart rate is (because you purchased the home doppler kit), how hard your belly fruit is kicking, what a great parent you partner is going to be....blah blah blah. Completely annoying.
3.People that pull out in front of me like they're in the world's biggest hurry and then proceed to drive 10 miles under the speed limit.
4. My dogs. I love them, but the incessant barking at EVERYTHING makes me want to put spoons through my ears.
5. Pretty much anyone under the age of 25.
6. All ages shows. When I see that a band is coming to town but the show is going to be all ages, I immediately give up the idea of attending. If I'm going to arrange a night out, find a baby-sitter and get all gussied up I don't want to spend it around other people's kids. Especially when those kids are obnoxious 15 year olds.
7. People that are reeeeeally into their pets. I understand that they love their animals, but when they compare a dog or a cat to a human child I just want to smack them. Raising a child is nothing like taking care of a dog or cat.
8. People that ask when we're having more kids. One, never. And two, even if we were planning on more, it's none of your business.
9. Folks that post anonymously online so they can say rude, demeaning things to others.
10. Ordering something online and getting the "It shipped!" notification, but then the seller takes an additional week to actually put the item in the mail. I'm dealing with this right now and it's making me really regret even purchasing from them, even though it's something I've wanted for months. It'll probably keep me from buying from them again.
I see. Perhaps I should have done this post awhile back so you could have gotten some of the pented up frustration out earlier? Let me know next time A, and I'll be happy to oblige.
Delete#4 Love my dog. Don't love barking. I'm the crazy lady that's running out in my pj's to get him in the house while the kids get on the bus. Lucan thinks it's his duty to warn us if there is a person coming down the street even if they're still a mile away. Especially makes me crazy if i'm in design or writing mode---I'm with you on the spoons, or at the very least- throw me some cotton balls.
#7 OK, I don't have kids. I only have a dog. Have only ever had a dog ('cept when I was a kid and we had cats too) and I can honestly say that I have never ever ever compared having a pet to having a kid. What, are they nuts?
#9. Jerks. Go sulk back into your dark corner of the internet and shut your cake hole.
#10. I don't think you should be sending notification that something has shipped until it has actually left your hands. I know you can send notification when postage label is printed, but that is when label is printed, not when shipped. I go back into the sale manually when the item is actually in the hands of the post office. And if I were you, I'd email them and say- I received notification that my item has shipped but I haven't seen hide nor hair of it....is there some way to track where it might be? throw it back in their court.
LOL...love #1....a heavy breather :0)
DeleteI had to check back to see what else was annoying everyone! Ahhh, we can all relax now we have all got this off our collective chests.
ReplyDeleteNo kidding!!! Maybe this needs to be a regular feature so we can all release!
Deletethis is a great post!!!!
ReplyDeleteI would give you mine, but I'm afraid that today I wouldn't be able to stop at 10!
Debbi
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There's a new one those commercials with the guy and kids that drives me insane. The way the little girl says "What about infinity times infinity?" makes me want to punch a baby. OK, that's an exaggeration, but I swear my blood pressure rises a few point every time I hear it.
ReplyDeleteAHHHH! That commercial came on just as I hit publish!
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