Things that irk you......

Tonight?

 

Um, erm, what is the hole in the middle for?

No, never mind. I don't think I want to know.

 

Fireworks.

Almost as bad as dogs that bark all year.

 

When people drive willy-nilly through parking lots, taking shortcuts instead of driving up and down the aisles/lanes, like you're supposed to do. Related to this, I REALLY hate people's current aversion to, you know, backing out/reversing from parking stalls.

This has been a relatively recent development, I think, having its advent with the rise of large vehicles and long, oversized trucks in which people would rather go forward than backward. Every time I see it, I feel like failing somebody on their driving test. Yeah, it drives me crazy.

 

I have a long pickup and will back it out 95% of the time. I will pull through if it looks like the safest bet, though.

 

Ugh. Today? Just today? Running out of checks. Going to the bank to see what's up since I ordered new checks three weeks ago. Um - doesn't look like they were ordered. Well that's just freaking great. Oh, yeah - printer cartridge is out of ink. WE CAN Send a man to the moon (and back) but we can't create a printer that starts beeping when you might want to think about buying some new printer ink before what you have runs out. Unbelievable. Oh yeah, the phone carrier you contacted in early May sends you your latest bill with a charge for deleting your long distance service AND a charge for long-distance service that you don't use (hence the reason you called them two months ago telling them to dump it). Oh yes, that $1,000 dollar donation you were so excited to get for your organization - you find out the donor asked for (and received) a refund from your on-line donation website - so now your website owes THEM $1,000.
Yeah, freaking great day.

 

Refund? REFUND?!!!!

 

The problem isn't with people in the truck being able to see. It's the poor guy with a Civic stuck between two trucks that can blot out the sun.

 

Not my fault he bought a clown car.

 

Restaurants that run out of basics. One was out of tea for a week and another tjat I go to is out of sweetener. It's not that hard to keep basics in stock.

 

In the parking lot division, people that refuse to put carts in the corral and just leave them in the parking lot. One good bump or wind gust and those things can get rolling at a good enough pace to dent a car or smash a light.
It's even worse when the person is right across from the corral, literally within 20 feet of it, and can't be bothered to take it over there.

 

The lot stalkers are the worst - those drivers who will follow an exiting shopper as they walk to their car. The absolute worst. These people tend to be folks that could probably use a few hundred extra steps on their pedometers in any case, but by all means delay five vehicles behind you so you might save a few yards from your journey to the mall.