Things that do or do not annoy me
I particularly hate when I spill coffee all over myself just after I left the house — but just far enough away that it’s not worth it to go home and change. I think I am incapable of drinking coffee without pouring it onto my shirt and pants (or skirt, on less windy days).
I also particularly hate when the ground is painfully slippery, so I walk very slowly (even worse than usual) terrified I will fall and break my legs. I have fallen in the past, and though I’ve gotten nasty bruises, I have never broken anything from slipping on the ice. But still, I am constantly paranoid about this. So I am in the cold and the wind even longer as I pick my way on the few ice-free sidewalk parts.
A quick hate shout-out to: people who congregate at the front of the bus, leaving lots of room at the back, and the bus drivers who let them do that and then drive by chilled and hopeful people waiting at bus stops despite there being room in the bus; people who stop on the wrong side of the escalator, especially if they were standing on the right side for half the stairs, then moved over to block everyone for the second half; people who drive into an obviously blocked intersection so they can be stuck there during the red light, especially those who do it over a crosswalk; people who forget to reset their alarm clocks so they cannot sleep in even though they carefully scheduled it so they could. I’m tired again today and I have only myself to blame.
It is somehow Creme Egg (and Caramilk Egg) time. I have the sneaking suspicion that the egg season has been slowly growing (though the end date cutoff seems unchanged at Easter), but I have no resentment about how the season is getting longer and longer, now it starts before Valentine’s Day — what’s next, red and green eggs for Christmas? No, I think: hurray! Overly sweet candy for an extra month!
January 31st, 2008 at 8:39 pm
They were called “ornament eggs” at xmas here, which I wasn’t complaining about since I love creme eggs (and I only discovered them after xmas was over and they were 1/3 the price!)
One of my housemates just got some of these for walking around when it’s icy and loves them.
January 31st, 2008 at 11:26 pm
I was just thinking of the hate list today! Kicked off by dealing with the hell that is the post office parking lot.
February 1st, 2008 at 8:28 am
Ornament eggs? Aren’t those like the Kinder surprises, with toys in them? Anyways, I definitely do not see them before Christmas here.
I’ve been thinking about buying those, which I vaguely think I know where to buy. I’m worried about the indoors/outdoors, though.
I was missing the hate list. It’s important to keep track of the annoying people for when I take over the world.
February 4th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Yes, I was going to suggest yaktraxs too. I have some which I’ve never used. People use them for walking up icy mountains a lot. Regrettably, I haven’t been up any icy mountains this year, and there is a notable lack of icy mountains in the Waterloo area.
You can get them at Jean-Coutu. That’s where I got some.