Pet peeves.

Daily Challenges:
Day 1 – Write some basic things about yourself
Day 2 – 10 likes & dislikes
Day 3 – The meaning behind your Open Diary name
Day 4 – Your day, in great detail
Day 5 – Five places you want to visit and why
Day 6 – What band/musician is most important to you?
Day 7 – Do you read? What are your favorite book?
Day 8 – Pet Peeves
Day 9 – If you could live off of one food and beverage for the rest of your days, what would they be?
Day 10 – Post a picture of your desktop
Day 11 – What is your favorite quote?
Day 12 – Your current relationship, if single discuss how single life is
Day 13 – Three confessions of your choice
Day 14 – Things you want to say to an ex
Day 15 – A photo of someone you fancy at the moment
Day 16 – If the world were to end tomorrow, what would you do with your remaining time on earth?
Day 17 – What do you want to be when you get older?
Day 18 – Name the tv show(s) you have become addicted to
Day 19 – The best thing to happen to you this week
Day 20 – Your definition of love
Day 21 – What kind of person attracts you?
Day 22 – A picture of what you wore today
Day 23 – A letter to someone. Anyone
Day 24 – Would you rather date someone plain with an amazing personality or someone beautiful with a plain personality?
Day 25 – Seven things that cross your mind a lot
Day 26 – How you hope your future will be like
Day 27 – A picture of your handwriting
Day 28 – Do you wish for anything at 11:11? If so, what do you wish for?
Day 29 – Picture of yourself
Day 30 – Anything you want to post

Honestly, this is a bit of a tricky one. I say that because if you ever met me in real life, you’d understand that I am, if nothing else, ridiculously patient and calm 99.9% of the time. This comes from years of practice coming away from and supressing my once-notorious temper.

That being said, I am only human. So of course there are a couple of things that really grate at me.

Tardiness – I’m kind of funny on this one. Honestly, if I’m to meet someone somewhere and they’re a few minutes late, it doesn’t bother me in the slightest. Naturally, if they no show or just come like ridiculously late, then yes, we still have a problem.

But really, this lies more with me. I get really, really peeved if I myself am late. This is especially true when I’m going somewhere with someone else, and they make me late for any number of reasons.

Back when I used to commute to work with my brother, I got ridiculously angry some mornings waiting for him to get ready to come out and ride on to work. In fact, my nickname for him for a while was "The human sandbag." I just can’t stand it. It gnaws at me with each growing second when someone does it.

Indecisiveness – Sometimes, I go to out to eat dinner with my parents. Usually I’m the one driving them. Almost every single time, they know they want to go out to eat. But they seldom have a clue over where, exactly, they want to go. I can drive 10 miles, 15 miles, and they STILL don’t know where they want to go. Even if we have it planned a WEEK beforehand, somehow they still can’t decide. It’s like they think it’s a sin to have an idea of what they want. It’s maddening.

Or maybe I’m just an oddball, and generally am an extremely decisive person. I dunno.

Waiting to speak, instead of listening – I’m very much a one on one kind of guy when it comes to conversations. I feel communication gets muddled in a hurry when a lot of folks get to talking, and I hate that feeling of having to butt in to get a word in edgewise. I understand why it’s necessary to do when you’ve got 6, 7, 8 people talking.

But… some people, even in a small group or one on one, never really seem to hear you. They’re like conversation gophers… wait for the silence to pop their head up, so they can have their say. I can’t stand this. It’s disrespectful to the other person, and simply arrogant. Anyone who does this, I tend to stop giving much of my time to.

But yeah, these are my top 3. I’m sure I could think of more, but I hate dwelling on negative feelings. And it’s late. So I’ll lay off now. More tomorrow!