Ten pet peeves

It's been a while since I ranted. Can't go too long without a good rant! Of course, I'm feeling too good to do it right. Five minutes ago, I set my mood (at right) to "Mixed." And then our STUN Movie Night came together so I know we get more good times tonight, and now I'm all chipper (even if I do have to clean house now).

So maybe I'll skip the rant and just list some pet peeves. This is by no means a comprehensive list.

1. When mothers threaten their children, especially in malls and other public places. Most recently overheard threat: "Stop doing that or you won't get your cookie." gack

2. When the scissors have not been returned to their drawer in the kitchen. We probably own eight pairs of scissors, yet I can never lay hands on one.

3. When people don't show up for meetings at work.

4. When people on message boards get pissed off over the advice they receive instead of simply ignoring what they don't like (or better yet, thinking about what was said).

5. When people hog the left lane. I know I might have mentioned that one before (like a dozen times), but it bears repeating.

6. When people say "so-and-so and I" when they should say "so-and-so and me." The trick: If you would use "me" if there were no so-and-so, then you should use "me." For example, "She went to the store with so-and-so and me" and "Send the e-mail to so-and-so and me" are both correct.

7. Same as above but substitute "myself" for the "I".

8. When I make grammar and spelling mistakes, especially mistakes that get published. (Did you know I have been known to flush with shame over and hurry to edit two-year-old blog posts?)

9. When Wendy's (and it always seems to be Wendy's) gives us the wrong food. "They f*** you at the drive-through!"

10. When I set out to make a list of ten items and can only come up with nine.