So I was going to do this post about my Tuesday Morning but a few other things have happened since then and it inspired a pet peeve post. I haven’t done one of these in awhile and I felt like it would be a good topic.  Ready?

1. Abuse of your dog. Ok maybe that is a bit extreme BUT I really felt bad for this dog yesterday. We were under a Blizzard Warning and we had winds of up to 60mph. I saw a woman walking her chihuahua (sp?) along a busy road. It was really cold and the woman had foresight to put on extra doggy clothing. Unfortunatley it was either too small, doggy had arthritis, or the cold was bone numbing to poor doggy. This sad little thing was struggling to move his tiny legs. And even worse was the leash was pulled taut as she tried dragging him down the street. I know dogs need exercise but this thing needed to be picked up and cuddled. He was so miserable!

2. Solicitor’s who whisper. I had a call at our office and this woman whispered the entire call. I was really frustrated because I told her repeatedly that I could not hear her. She continued to whisper and all I could get from her was she wanted to send a fax. I thought she might have been a client who was ill and couldn’t speak but needed to get us some information. No. She was from the local paper trying to do some sort of fundraising. It’s bad enough that she wasted my time (and I missed several client calls while dealing with her) with her solicitation but she WHISPERED! What the hell? Is that supposed to be a new trick or something? And if you are sick to the point of loss of voice and your job requires cold calling, you can’t do your job. Go Home! It will be a joy when she calls back in a few days.

3. Who has the worst weather. If you are on the East Coast you know how bad the weather has been. Last night I heard even Louisianna was getting hit with snow! What I really hate is  the pissing contest. ”Well we have 4 feet of snow, pity us more because that is worse” mentality. Northeners who don’t understand why 2 feet of snow shuts down the south, etc etc. Bottom line, it’s not about how much snow you get but how your area can handle it. In MD, my parents have 50″ of snow and yet have power. We get 2 feet around here and you can kiss your power goodbye for at bare minimum of 12 hours and maximum of 3 days (and maybe more if you are real rural). It’s all because north have the training, the crews,and the equipment to deal. We do not. If we had 50″ it would kill us around here. Louisiana it’s gonna be worse. So don’t knock people because they don’t have as much as you and can’t handle it. How often do you think we get snow? LOL we have had more snow this year than what we get in 2!

4. Cellphone usage while driving. Tuesday morning on my way to work was beyond treacherous. I had two people almost rear end me, one almost sideswipe me, and two more cut me off all together. Why? Because they were on their cell phones not paying attention. I used to be one of those people until I almost ran a red light. I refuse to touch my phone while driving now. When they passed the law making it illegal to use themI was thrilled. Too bad it’s not being enforced! I was so scared and pissed Tuesday that there was a 6th person. A woman in a black PT Cruiser. Yea. She was on her phone and driving down the road soooooo slooooooowww. Guess what I did. I laid on my horn the whole way down the road. Oh yes I did. I wanted to interrupt her conversation that bad. 

So there are just a few.Feel free to add to the list in the comments section!

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