My Pet Peeves: What Are Yours?

 

Do you remember Andy Rooney on “60 Minutes?” He would have asked these same questions. At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old curmudgeon (which I surely am), please tell me:

 

·      Why do green and red peppers in the grocery store have plastic wrapped around them?  And why are there little tags on each apple?

·      Why do so many stores keep one of their double doors locked, while the other is open? Was the manager in a hurry to get to work and didn’t have time to open the other?

·      Why do restaurants stuff the paper napkins so tightly in the napkin box that you can’t get them out without tearing them to shreds?

·      Why are there commercials on streaming services that I already pay for?

·      Why do sports broadcasters keep saying “they’ve got to put points on the board” or “they’ve gotta execute?” Well, duh!

·      Why do public radio and TV stations all do their necessary but annoying fund raising on the same week? I know—it is a conspiracy!

·      Why are packages so hard to open? I’m sure there is loud laughter in the board room as executives think up ideas to irritate consumers.

·      Why do I get so many emails now that start with “Hey?” Hey is for horses!

·      When someone repeats an obviously fraudulent post on Facebook, why don’t they just erase it when the error it is pointed out rather than just comment on it? “Guess I was had.”

·      Why are the last 80 comments on a newspaper article online always two people fighting with each other?

·      Why do football teams love to “ice the kicker?” The timeouts just to rattle the guy kicking a field goal just waste my time.

·      What’s with intentional fouls in basketball? No other sport rewards you for misdeeds.

·      How could signing a waiver online really protect the company in court? Nobody ever reads the waivers anyway.

·      Why are so many business voice mail messages so long, often saying, “To better serve you, please listen closely as our options have changed?

·      Why do wait staff serve drinks to the left of your plate instead of the right? I know—I was a PROFESSIONAL busboy.

·      Why do so many drivers fail to use their turn signals? CRASH!

·      Why do some people start every sentence with “I mean” or “Like”?

·      Why does the GPS router take you on narrow winding roads just to save you two minutes? I’m not in that much of a hurry and I don’t drive for Uber! There is no setting to avoid that.

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