Day 7

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5 Pet peeves

1. Lateness. I understand if you’re late once in a blue, things happen. But I can’t stand when people are ALWAYS late, or their an hour late. Unless there was some serious train issues you shouldn’t be an hour late. Traffic doesn’t count because as New Yorkers we can usually anticipate when and where there will be traffic, with enough time to avoid it.

2. Name calling/rudeness during an argument. You don’t have to insult me, curse me out, or become violent during a disagreement. If you have something to say , by all means say it, but be classy about it. There’s no need to get nasty. If you don’t raise your voice, I won’t raise mine. Also there’s no need to take things personal if I’m making it perfectly clear that it’s not about you. I see so many people bicker and argue and I always rephrase the statements in my head to make them sound more like constructive criticism than an attack.

3. Mothers that tell their kids to shut up, or to do as they say because they are the parent. The kid is FIVE YEARS OLD! Why are you screaming at them for asking a question. They are humans too, find some patience and just answer them. This whole authoritarian parenting style has GOT to END. Kids don’t respond to it and it just builds animosity between the relationship. It’s sad to say but a lot of people I see doing this are “minorities” and then they have the audacity to wonder why their kid has emotional problems as a teenager, and why they can’t have a conversation with them when they are older.

4. People that think because they are older they automatically have/deserve your respect. And that because you are younger they can talk to you however they want. No! There is definitely a limit to that. Yes if you are older I’m not going to go off on you. I’ll probably do what you say even though you don’t say please or thank you. But if you’re rude and insult me, don’t expect me to humor you. I’m not a dog, ask me if I can do you a favor, don’t tell me to fetch something for you.

5. Girls that act like air heads, wear slutty clothes, and speak in a squeaky baby voice to get attention. You’re embarrassing the entire gender, please stop. It’s irritating, and degrading. There are so many other ways to get someone’s attention.

*No particular order.