I sent an email to my boss asking to discuss my return to work. I didn't even get an acknowledgement. So rude. So I got to thinking about what annoys me. Here goes: Letters that are sent by professionals with spelling mistakes. Drivers who think my driveway is a turning point People who do not return phone calls Obviously my boss Large flies that like to dive bomb me The latest thing with cars where they backfire. Fireworks for everyone to use whenever. Cigarette smoke in my face My jeans when they are too tight That goes for my bras too And going to get the last bar of chocolate and its gone.
Bad manners Those who like to talk about themselves but never reciprocate by asking anything about you Swearing as standard in most sentences People who think 'have' is pronounced 'of'. i.e. "I should of known " People who only criticise and never support
Weather forecasters and news reports which talk of “warm” weather when it’s 30 and then say it’s been the ‘warmest” on record. Warm means less than hot. It goes Cold, Warm, Hot. The highest temperature ever is HOT, not warm. It’s been very hot lately, not very warm. How hot does it have to be for you to use the H word? How about the fires of Hell? Nicely warm? Rant over, I’m too hot.
Not much tbh ?although....guests who are always late by half an hour or more for no good reason. Almost any tv advert Jeremy Vine ( in any programme) Lord Lemongrove pointing out kindly that I have stacked the dishwasher wrongly ( but he has sorted it out) Discovering we have run out of tonic for the gin ( that will do for now)
People who engage in a messenger conversation, then disappear half way through. People who don’t indicate, cars, bikes. Repetitive fb adverts. My body, for reminding me I’m ageing...
People who are constantly negative. It can bring everyone else’s mood down very quickly, and I try to be optimistic. My motto is: only sweat the big stuff.
Litter - especially helium balloons and Chinese lanterns;
The Union flag hung upside down. I long to stop at every roadside bacon butty stall which does this - but DH always stops me. I've even seen official buildings do it;
Waste. Can't abide wasting anything, especially food;
And people who say how wonderful the silence is when all I can hear is a loud ssshhhing whistle.
My tinnitus, just wish it would be quiet for a while ? The weather it’s either too hot to sit outside or like today too cold. Also friends that never call, I’m fed up of running after them, two in particular .I’m determined not to give in this time.
Just about everything, except my dear 3 year old granddaughter who never stops talking, singing, asking questions and generally brightening every moment she’s in my company.