Wednesday, July 21, 2004

pet peeves of the moment

1) tailgating - i live in phoenix where the traffic is, admittedly, not great, but seriously - does anyone think that riding on my bumper is going to encourage me to speed up? and if i did, where would you like me to go? on top of the 1982 primer gray camry in front of me?

2) not using turn signals - why can't people understand that it's not asking permission to turn or get over, it's just signaling intention - and really, does it take that much work?

3) the fact that people only say "everything happens for a reason" when bad things happen - no one ever says "you found $20 on the ground? well, everything happens for a reason" - "your wonderful boyfriend asked you to marry him? everything happens for a reason" - it's always "your dog got run over by a train? everything happens for a reason" or "you walked in on your boyfriend and your mom? everything happens for a reason"