Pet Peeves

1. when people leave the remote on top of the tv.
2. slow pedestrians who don't speed up when they know you are waiting.
3. people who alphabetize starting with "the."
4. people who can't get their "its," "it's," "their," "there," and "they're"s straight.
5. our healthcare system.
6. waiting on lines or being stuck in traffic.
7. any form of bureaucracy or paperwork; health insurance forms.
8. voice prompted menus and automated phone systems
9. loud truck commercials
10. fluorescent lighting
11. men who oppose abortion
12. hypocrisy
13. door-to-door religious salespeople
14. flying coach
15. the underfunding of law enforcement and education
16. the amount of poverty in our wealthy country
17. george w. bush's ignorance, flippancy, and glibness
18. people who don't believe in global warming.
19. people who yell at their kids, or at anyone else, for that matter.
20. Bill O'Reilly
21. wealthy people without taste, class, or manners
22. being spoken down to
23. disingenuousness
24. bullies
25. insincere and formulaic "customer service"
26. high APRs, usury

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