20 things that drive this staffer crazy

Ally Loynes, Staffer

We’ve all had those days where everything feels like it’s going wrong, and then there’s someone who pulls that one last straw and makes you blow a head gasket.

For me, it’s always when someone pushes a button, and that button happens to be a pet peeve. For instance, when you’re just wanting to drive fast for a bit, blaring some loud music, avoiding people and someone else is in front of you in the left hand lane. Driving 55 miles an hour. In a 70. And if you’re one of those people, you should be ashamed of yourself because that’s just rude. Or maybe it’s the person who’s eating their food and without asking, you know exactly what it is. Like please, for the love of Pete, chew with your mouth closed.

So in honor of all those annoying moments, here’s a list of some of the absolute worst pet peeves that almost everyone can relate to.

1) When mothers don’t tame their children When you’re casually walking through HEB and you hear that child crying. Somewhere in the back of your mind you’re going over your own methods of silencing the kid, secretly (or not so secretly) wishing the mother/father would listen to you.

2) When people touch my face This one’s more of a me thing, but I cannot stand it when people reach out their fingers like they’re ET and point them straight towards my face. They’re slowly moving forward, while I’m screaming “Abort! Abort! Abort!”

3) When he doesn’t put the toilet seat back down If you have a man somewhere in your house, then you’ve fallen into the toilet at least once because he neglected to put the seat back down. Every time it happens you’re telling yourself “Don’t even think about what’s been down here…”

4) When Spotify doesn’t load and says “Offline.” Like, okay I’m broke and that means I can’t afford premium to listen to my music when I don’t have service. You want to help a sister out?

5) When people talk/laugh loudly at restaurants I don’t really want to hear about the boyfriend your daughter’s dating that you don’t approve of. We aren’t even on a first name basis.

6) People who text during movies Guys, didn’t they say not to do that?? Can you really not live without your phone for two hours?

7) Smackers I don’t appreciate hearing you chew your food. Your chips aren’t from ACE hardware.

8) Drivers who don’t use a turn signal A little notice that you were turning would’ve been nice. You know, I’d rather not rear end you, have my day ruined and my insurance go through the roof.

9) When people steal your food I’m patient until it comes to food. Then you risk World War III breaking out if you try to snag something off my plate.

10) The snoopers If I’m texting someone, I’ll probably turn away from who I’m with. Yet for some reason, the person I’m with insists on reading what I’m typing/what was sent and it’s none of your dang business lady.

11) The drivers who take up two parking spaces There is no reason to park over the line. Back up and re-park so you don’t keep someone else from parking in the space next to you. And for all those who have a truck: if you can’t drive the thing, don’t buy it. For the love of Pete, don’t take up two parking spaces okay? Okay.

12) When someone drives below the speed limit in the left lane Here I am jamming out to my classic rock playlist – you know how that goes – and next thing I know I’m stuck behind you because you’re moving like molasses in the fast lane. That’s not very nice of you. Move on over to the right lane and let us get by.

13) The red light creepers Okay, let me inform you of something. The light’s red. You know, the primary color, red? And it’s not changing. Stop rollin’ up on my tail.

14) When people cut you off and then walk slow I think molasses moves faster than those people. I’ve got places to be and you’re in my way.

15) Those couples Those people who choose to find the most public corner in the place and then play tonsil hockey with each other. I speak for humanity when I say this; please, for the sanity of all of us, find a room.

16) When people talk to you while you’re listening to music I obviously can’t hear you, so don’t get mad when I ignore you or ask you to repeat yourself.

17) When your socks get wet If I got a gold medal for every time my socks found puddles, I would have more medals than the US and all of Asia combined.

18) The people who ignore you when you say hello If I take time out of my day to say hello to someone, I would appreciate it if they replied. But nooo, because people like to make me feel awkward, so they ignore me and just keep on walking. Not cool, man.

19) The tailgaters Don’t ride my tail when I’m driving. We’re not dogs, and I have no interest in meeting you anyway, you tailgater.

20) The people who say they’ll do something and don’t If you say you’re gonna do something, I expect you to do it. What if I told you I’d bring you food and then decide to eat it myself and throw your hopes out the window? You’d wish you at least had food on the way down.