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November Challenge: Five pet peeves
I'm feeling especially peevish, post-election. So I'm sorry that this was asked today. But here goes ...
1) People who don't acknowledge gifts. I don't expect a formal thank you note, but if USPS or Amazon tells me my present has been delivered, it would be nice to know it actually was received.
2) My neighbor manages to knock on my door at the worst possible times. (I'm in my underwear or I'm grilling a piece of something on the old George Foreman or I'm literally "in the bathroom"). How does he do it?
3) People who come into my space and are negative or rude. Example: Wednesday morning, my cousin Rose sent a joint text to me and a friend of hers in Texas, asking us "childless cat ladies" how we were feeling after the election. Now, I have never met this Texas friend of Rose's. She responded with a tear drop. I said I was sad but I quoted Abraham Lincoln, also a cat lover, and said I hoped the "better angels of our nature" guide Trump. I followed with prayer hands and a cat emoji. That bitch told me I should "learn Russian." Oh, for fuck's sake. Who are you and why are you in my life? Also, I simply refuse to be negative and angry for the next four years.* But more than that, again, who are you and why are you in my life?
4) That my glasses are always dirty and smudged, yet I don't notice it from my side of the lens.
5) Dayforce, the scheduling software used by the card shop, is different on Android than it is on Apple and my screen looks so different from that of my coworkers'. Frustrating! However, I'm not going to invest $1,000+ on a new phone to facilitate my minimum wage job.
#1 drives me nuts!
ReplyDeleteI did postcards, too. It was expensive and time consuming, but I am still glad I did it. If you want an Apple phone, they have an iPhone SE which is a lot lower in cost than the current edition. That is what I use. You might also be able to get a 9th generation iPad that your work stuff could use, I don't know. They don't cost as much either. Your cousin was pushing your buttons, I'm afraid, with that text. No love in that. I ended up hanging up on my father over something similar. Hang in there.
ReplyDeleteAmen to #1. I was taught that thank you cards are a polite way to respond to a gift. I know that no one actually "writes" thank you cards any more, but a thank you text would be nice and easily managed. By the way, thank you for all the letter and cards you wrote. I wrote and sent 40, which was what I had time for. I appreciate your optimism about the future. All we can do is hope and pray for the best. I always enjoy your posts. Thanks again.
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