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Friday Five List-o-Matic: Things that annoy me.

Friday’s seem like the perfect day to record things in list format. Let’s see if I can keep this an ongoing series.

Today’s subject: Things that annoy me. (Inspired by Jodi’s list of things she wants Humanity to stop doing).

1) When white people get tans and are so amazed by this that their ability to differentiate colours deteriorates so much that they say stupid things like “Hey Look! I’m practically as dark as you!” (as they hold their arm up to mine). NO YOU’RE NOT! I don’t think it’s possible for you to become as brown as me through tanning and if you did there are probably severe medical implications that go with it. Try being “brown as me” growing up in a small town. Yah. Fun times.

2) People that wear cardigans around their necks, without their arms in the sleeves. I know the real reason you do this is because you secretly want to wear a cape.   Why don’t you just wear a cape? I would think so much more of you if you actually had the guts to wear a cape, instead of now, where I just think you don’t know how to put your arm into armholes – which I consider to be a basic skill of dressing.

3) People on the subway who don’t have noise-canceling headphones… more specifically using those stock iPhone headphones, and then cranking the volume so high that I can actually identify every top 50 song you are listening to.  First of all – just because it’s louder doesn’t mean it sounds better. In fact, I know it sounds worse. Secondly, You are also damaging your hearing, thus ruining music for yourself.  Go out and buy a nice pair of sound-isolating earphones so that, on those RARE days where I DO forgot my  wonderful (Shure) sound-isolating ear buds I don’t have to listen to your music, too.

4) Women who re-apply makeup in the bathroom half way through the day. I’m not even sure why I hate this so much but it bothers me. I can understand if you had a major boo-boo, like crying without waterproof mascara… but I really don’t think anyone notices that your lipstick has worn off… Or cares.  I’m not even against this one in theory, but when I’m in a washroom and I’m trying to get to a sink to wash my hands and you’re there preening (unsuccessfully) it REALLY annoys me. 

5) Swiffers. How the hell are these things still around? I remember when they came out, about ten years ago – I questioned the disposable nature of them. Weren’t the ’90’s all about eco-friendly cleaning products? Did everyone forget? It seems so, but everyone has remembered again, but yet swiffers seem to still exist. While other companies are touting how their products are eco-friendly and help reduce waste, swiffers are giving us all a giant, disposable middle finger. Stop if swiffer. I hate you. You don’t even work that well. I can do the same job with less expensive/disposable products.

Stop the Maddness!!!!

And thus ends my first and hopefully not last episode of the Friday Five List-o-matic (I don’t even know why i called it that). Maybe you, my dear readers (all 3 of you) can suggest a topic for next Friday.

Tags: hate, list-o-matic