Things that bother me

When the local news interrupts what you're watching to tell you it's raining, or that it might rain in an hour, in some distant town you've never heard of;

Especially when every other local news station in town is doing the same thing on every other channel;

Anyone making enough noise that someone else not living in the same house can hear them before 9 in the morning or 10 at night;

People who keep repeating themselves;

Bosses who never fail to notice your failures but never seem to notice your success;

People who keep repeating themselves;

Non-functional vending machines;

People who refuse to apply logic to their religious beliefs. Or lack thereof;

Blacked-out sporting events;

"Voluntary" office drives to donate to something or another;


The argument that the Bible doesn't apply to government policy regarding economic issues, when being made by the same people who demand its application to social ones. Conversely, the people who boast of their tolerance toward varying religious beliefs but hate yours;

Including the word "American" to describe someone's racial heritage, as if an "African-American" or "Asian-American" would somehow suddenly be of a different race if they moved to Spain;

People who tell you the same thing over and over but think it's ok because they use slightly different words each time;

People who keep repeating themselves;

People who consistently drive below the speed limit;

Especially in the fast lane;

White socks with black shoes;

Black socks with white shoes;

Churches that label themselves as the "First" of their particular denomination, ignoring what Jesus said about status-seeking self-promotion;

Most Duke basketball fans, NY Yankees baseball fans and Notre Dame football fans, for the same reason;

Mornings when my alarm clock chooses not to sound, for no apparent reason;

Telephone salespeople who won't take no for an answer;

Telephone salespeople who won't take no for an answer;

People who keep repeating themselves;

Facebook friends who share too much personal information or devote every single post to their occupation or hobby, as though you signed up as a "fan" of the person's pursuit rather than a friend of the individual;

The lack of a legal holiday in March, April, June and August;

Having to change my clocks by an hour twice a year, as part of some misguided societal attempt to travel through time each spring and return each fall;

The "comment" section of just about any news story;

Judging a book by its cover;

Unless the cover tells you what the book is going to be about, and it doesn't look very good;

Office meetings;

The prevent defense;

Businesses that close inexplicably early;

Being able to hear someone else's cell phone conversation;

Especially if he is in the bathroom stall next to me;

And he keeps repeating himself.