Pet Peeves - November Edition

Wow! This is my first time writing in a month! And my last blog wasn't very encouraging! I guess I went through a bit of a slump! I like to call them my "just one of those days"... the kind that Monica described her song... that is titled "Just one of dem days"! But it often lasts a bit longer then days... usually weeks! So now it's none as my "I don't even want ice cream" time. Because it's true... I just start to feel so crappy... not even ice cream can satisfy me! And I refuse it! I first noticed this when I was in Belize. It was a big outing... the ice cream parlour! To get all sorts of flavors on a hot day after hard work! What could be more satisfying?!? Apparently... nothing for me! I refused to have any ice cream and sulked and cried in a corner! Just one of those days... no one is at fault... nothing triggers it! And I just take them as they come & pray that it only lasts a week and not a month!

Thankfully my November slump didn't last all of November... but so many things happened this month that I lost a lot of my desire to write. Or really to be alone with my thoughts and to have to look at them for what they were! It was a pretty chaotic month. But before I get into that... I want to share a few of my pet peeves! And those who know me really well, know that I have many! But November has given me so much more!

Most of my new pet peeves are centered around my new task of taking driving courses! It's been a very big goal of mine for... ever! So when I have finally found myself in a position able to do it, I decided to call a bunch of schools to find out who had the cheapest price for the 12 hour course! As I went through my list, I was amazed by how many people don't have phone etiquette! When choosing the school I actually based it on phone etiquette! Like, who said the name of the school when they answered the phone... or who sounded happy... or who actually knew how much the courses were! I had people hang up on me or sound like I was the biggest annoyance in their lives. I was so shocked! Though phone etiquette has always been one of my pet peeves! But I thought it was just my mom's rude friends that didn't have any! I would answer my phone and they would either yell out "Dee" (my mom's name) or just start rambling off to who they think is my mom about whatever seems to be so pressing at the time! Which I would often respond with a very dull and emotionless "Who do you want to speak with?" Many times I had to say that more than once! Because they couldn't grasp that my mother lived with other people... though they know she has three grown children! But fine, they were calling a house... fine! Don't have etiquette! But how do you get hired as a receptionist without knowing how to answer the phone! Or at least say good bye before you hang-up! In the very least!

And now that I have chosen my school and have completed 11 hours of my course... I have the pet peeve of other drivers! I have learnt very quickly that people do not like student drivers! Yes, we do drive a little slower then most and sometimes press the brake when the situation doesn't call for it. But once upon a time, we were all learner's!!! And I think that people should be even more considerate for a student driver because they are unpredictable! I might jsut brake without warning... or press the gas when I want to press the brake! God only knows what a student driver might do! But no one is thinking about this... they are just thinking that they really don't want to be behind the student driver! So when I start to change lanes, the person in that lane decides to speed up! And people keep cutting me off without putting on their indicator! Or they honk at me when I'm at a red light! What can I do about the red light people?!? What can I do?!? I'm not fond of driver's! I praise God for the happy music in my head that keeps me from getting angry while on the road... but in hindsight, I'm pretty peeved!

A few other pet peeves of mine that have manifested this month are... those who can't encourage! I'm a firm believer in the sandwich approach... you said a negative criticism in between two positive criticism! It just sounds nice! Leaves you feeling all warm inside instead of feeling like crap! Oh! And I hate those stupid facebook applications! It takes forever to load someone's page! For what?!? I don't care about zombies or football picks or how much booze your friends send you! And why on earth did Bell make the public phones cost 50 cents?!? What is that extra quarter really paying for?!?

Well, I should probably stop because this list could go on forever! Now I must move on to the more uplifting things from this month ;)