pet peeves...

okay, so this may not be a pleasant post, but i need to rant.

what is it with people??? maybe it's just me, but there are things that are driving me absolutely batty these days!

first of all, people who repeat themselves. and not just once, not twice, at least 4 or 5 times! it's like they are a child trying to get the attention of an adult! for children it is understandable, sometimes they need to repeat themselves to be heard, they are just little people trying to make their mark on the world. but when you are an adult, it just sounds desperate! i feel like shouting, i heard you the first time! even when i walk away the repetition follows me...i agreed the first 4 times, do you think i'm going to change my mind?

pet peeve #2: people who go through all the stuff on my desk! i know that i'm just a receptionist, and that i don't make as much as everyone else or are as important, but it is technically my desk, and the stuff on top of it is the stuff i am working with! don't touch! don't go through my inbox, or the other files underneath my inbox that have nothing to do with you! i can't stand it when people do this, what the heck??? i don't go through the stuff on their desks! i don't care if you think it has something to do with you, or if your name appears on the item in which you want to look at...ask me!!! i will explain it to you, or ask you about it!

pet peeve #3: people who sit at my desk, use my phone, and my computer, while i am standing behind them waiting to use my desk, phone, and computer! i don't sit at your computer and use your phone and take up your space when you are trying to work! i don't understand...maybe i create too much of an attachment to inanimate things...

pet peeve #4: this one doesn't have a title, but i do have an explanation...i'm standing in line at the store yesterday, and there are three people in front of me. the guy at the front is paying, the second guy has his stuff on the belt, and the guy in front of me is holding his stuff...now, this doesn't make sense to me...so i'm standing there, unable to decide if i should put my stuff on the belt or not. my concern is that once the second guy's stuff starts to get scanned and put through, my stuff is going to shoot to the front, and the clerk is going to either think that my stuff belongs to the guy in front of me, or that i'm with the guy in front of me (yuck!). he finally realizes that maybe he should put his stuff on at the last moment before all my stuff goes flying past him, and i realize that the guy behind me isn't putting his stuff on the belt! and there are at least two people behind him...i don't understand...

pet peeve #5: people who drive across parking lots without paying attention (not down the lanes, but actually across the stalls). there are lines painted on the cement for a reason! they just go flying through with no thought to the fact that someone might just plow into them at any moment because they are idiots and have no clue as to how this whole driving thing works (and i'm not even going to start on my issue with bad drivers, cuz this would turn into a novel).

okay, i should probably stop my whining. i just had to get that off my chest. i'm sure there are more...

i'm excited for the weekend! a big hike and the stampede!! and i might even do my taxes this weekend...lol...i should probably do that...

okay, well, this is just my lunch break, so i should probably get back to work...

later y'all!