Seven Annoying Things

The lovely Tish tagged me with this over a week ago, but I'm just now getting to it. Sorry Tish. The object is to list seven things that annoy you. Hmmmm, it might be hard to just stop at seven....

1. People on cell phones. Hey, I love cell phones as much as the next person, but when did it become a fact of life that you have to have a cell phone attached to your ear all the time. It's bad enough drivers paying more attention to their cell phones, but how many people have been walking through a store or somewhere and heard someone talking and thought they were talking to you only to discover that they were talking on a cell phone. I work in retail and one day I was waiting on a customer, talking to her when her phone went off and without an even an excuse me she just opened her cell phone and started talking.

2. The first half of American Idol. I've written of this just recently, but it still annoys me. Let's just get to the real singers and skip all this other part.

3. Customers that ask "do you work here?" when I'm on top of a ladder getting merchandise down, or pricing something or anything that just screams out the fact that, yes I work here! Just ask for help if you need it, don't ask if I work here? It's really not a biggie, but it's annoying.
(I'm not annoyed that customers ask for help, just the question.)

4. I'm annoyed that Bonnaroo moved its date to Father's Day weekend a few years ago. Where I work Father's Day is a blackout day, just like Christmas. It's one of the few days I can't get off. And Bonnaroo goes and moves there festival to that weekend.

5. I'm annoyed that the Motion Pictures Producers won't settle with the writers so we can get on with some great tv. Lost is about to start at the end of this month and at the moment only eight of the 16 episodes are done. And with the writers strike that may be all we get this year. The writers aren't asking for anything they don't deserve,so sit down and talk with them and let's get it over with.

6. I'm annoyed that it looks like Bruce Springsteen is not coming to New Orleans on his Magic tour. This is supposedly the last E Street Band tour and he's not coming close enough to where I can see him. It looks like if I want to go see him I'll have to travel to him.

7. And finally I'm annoyed at myself. I'm annoyed that I continue to find reasons not to write. If I want to ever do anything as a writer I have to take myself serious enough to spend the time writing.