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wendykhPeople (usually very early 20somethings) who wear their earbuds all day at work. And no I do not care if they do not directly meet with the public. How vulgar. And while we're at it, it drives me up the goddamn wall when someone is over having conversations with me with said earbuds in. They should be in only when you are listening to music, and that should NOT be while you are conversing with me (and no, I do NOT care if they are off!), or anyone else, and if at work only while at your desk immersed in work.
People who come to my house for a visit, or go to a get together or a brunch, and PULL OUT THEIR KNITTING. Knitting is very much the cool hipster thing to do here (don't know about y'alls areas) so this is not a rare occurrence. And I don't give a tinker's damn about your "kinesthetic learning" or Eleanor Roosevelt (See http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/?uc_full_date=20081024 third letter), it's OBNOXIOUS.
My husband is a capital offender on the following: reading the M$#@*!F@$#^&? newspaper/magazine/mail at the table. I avoid going to fast food places with him for precisely this reason. We'll walk in, he'll grab a paper, then we'll order, and he will sit down and read. OMG this makes my head spin!
People who reach across the dinner table. WTF happened to "please pass..."?
People who don't give up seats on public transit to people older, handicapped, or pregnant. Note: this goes both ways. Just because I am 33 and often mistaken for much younger does not mean I am giving up my seat to your perfectly healthy 42 year old self just because you happen to be a) female and b) wearing heels and looking all important with your briefcase. You are not yet old enough for me to defer to, so stop looking at me like I am some insolent CEGEP brat.
Other random crank:
Why is it no one puts apartments up for rent until one and at most two months before the occupation date here? It would be nice to have more selection.
In happy "Why I Love My Neighbourhood" news:
Just over a month ago I lost my eye. I was certain I left it in the pocket of a pair of pants and forgot to remove it before sending them to the laundry lady. I went and asked (er, this has happened before *sheepish grin*) and she had not seen it. I spent the next several weeks baffled as I could not figure out where else it could possibly be, and resigned it was gone. Yesterday, while walking Ruby, she came out of the laundromat and said (and believe me this is so much better in French):
"Oh hey, my brother was cleaning the lint traps yesterday and we found your eye!"
Indeed they did, and it's in perfect working order :-) So now I have something to wear until I get this stupid thing removed and a permanent prosthetic put in! YAY!
People who come to my house for a visit, or go to a get together or a brunch, and PULL OUT THEIR KNITTING. Knitting is very much the cool hipster thing to do here (don't know about y'alls areas) so this is not a rare occurrence. And I don't give a tinker's damn about your "kinesthetic learning" or Eleanor Roosevelt (See http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/?uc_full_date=20081024 third letter), it's OBNOXIOUS.
My husband is a capital offender on the following: reading the M$#@*!F@$#^&? newspaper/magazine/mail at the table. I avoid going to fast food places with him for precisely this reason. We'll walk in, he'll grab a paper, then we'll order, and he will sit down and read. OMG this makes my head spin!
People who reach across the dinner table. WTF happened to "please pass..."?
People who don't give up seats on public transit to people older, handicapped, or pregnant. Note: this goes both ways. Just because I am 33 and often mistaken for much younger does not mean I am giving up my seat to your perfectly healthy 42 year old self just because you happen to be a) female and b) wearing heels and looking all important with your briefcase. You are not yet old enough for me to defer to, so stop looking at me like I am some insolent CEGEP brat.
Other random crank:
Why is it no one puts apartments up for rent until one and at most two months before the occupation date here? It would be nice to have more selection.
In happy "Why I Love My Neighbourhood" news:
Just over a month ago I lost my eye. I was certain I left it in the pocket of a pair of pants and forgot to remove it before sending them to the laundry lady. I went and asked (er, this has happened before *sheepish grin*) and she had not seen it. I spent the next several weeks baffled as I could not figure out where else it could possibly be, and resigned it was gone. Yesterday, while walking Ruby, she came out of the laundromat and said (and believe me this is so much better in French):
"Oh hey, my brother was cleaning the lint traps yesterday and we found your eye!"
Indeed they did, and it's in perfect working order :-) So now I have something to wear until I get this stupid thing removed and a permanent prosthetic put in! YAY!
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Date: 2008-11-02 11:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-02 11:50 pm (UTC)But because my real eye is still there, and "alive" (meaning it has feeling and nerves, unlike many people with my problem) it's like wearing a contact lens. I need to take it out every night, or risk scraping the top, and while pregnant because my eyes are weird (lots of pregnant women can't even wear contacts at all) I have a hard time wearing it. So I'll take it out and just sort of... forget where I put it :-o