January 7, 2009
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2008 Year in Review: Pet Peeves …
Really? Pet Peeves in 2008? No way. I’m not even sure if it’s an accurate description since it’s probably more like these are some of the things that really, really irritated me.
- Folks not being courteous – Whether it’s being cutoff while driving or just overall rudeness it seemed like I noticed this moreso this past year. Are people just losing their manners or is it more a lack of common sense? I don’t know. I remember one time when going home from work and it was raining folks were trying to go down the metro. It wasn’t the fact that they were not walking down the left side as they do in this area but it was how people with umbrellas were holding it in a manner so no one could walk by them. This made it so those without umbrellas or hoods would just get wet because no one could get down the escalator. Lack of common sense or just being discourteous?
- Waste of time / inefficiency – This always bothers me. Especially when I take the time to actually plan and be efficient and utilize the time given to me as best as possible. I know they say to take it slow and easy. I’m all for that but please just don’t waste other peoples time. It sorta ties in with my next peeve …
- Folks who feel they are due/owed something – You’ve seen them. Maybe they’re called “Princesses” or “high-maintenance” or “uppity” – you know what I’m talking about. For some reason they expect others to do what they can do for themselves. For instance, I was at Home Depot looking for some cellular shades for my in-laws house. I find them but I needed them cut to the proper size. I notice this other dude there with his daughter and I hear him say that they called for a associate to help them cut some blinds. I see him. He see’s me. We’re both waiting for a minute or so when I see a “Push Button For Associate” stand so I push it. All in all about 10 minutes pass by before the associate comes by and he walks right past the other guy who’s like “I’m, uh, over here …” since the associate is walking towards me. The associate turns off the “Push Button For Associate” stand and asks who was first. I was actually there first but since I heard the guy say he called for someone already I let the associate help him first. At this point I’m thinking this shouldn’t take that long. But alas. The customer is saying how he needs some blinds cut of a particular type of blinds. Then he’s looking at the associates as if the associate is supposed to find all the shades for the guy. We were both waiting for more than ten minutes yet he just stood there. Didn’t even think of finding the blinds on the shelf to have what he wanted ready for the guy to cut. Nope, apparently he wanted someone else to find them for him. Lazy? Inefficient? Or a superiority complex? I don’t know. It did erk me though as I was waiting there with my blinds in hand.
