These are just the minor ones… in no particular order:
- A blank page at the end of a Word document.
- When the letters stop appearing on my screen and I’m still typing.
- People who slow down to a virtual crawl a block and a half before their right turn, and don’t use their blinker until they start making a turn. (You had to know there’d be an Iowa driver reference in here somewhere.)
- The constant never-ending list of small pesky things to do… check one off, two more pop up.
- People who leave their shopping carts in the middle of the aisle then wander off to look at something, then give me a dirty look when I move their cart.
- Forgetting one thing… every… single… time… I… leave… the… house.
- Companies that encourage you to contact them with questions and feedback, then give only the most inconvenient options for contacting them. They don’t really want to hear from you, but they do need to appear that they do.
- Rewards cards where earned rewards expire quickly. “Quickly” defined as anything less than one year.
- Companies, i.e. cell, cable/satellite, etc, that won’t give you the time of day to negotiate a new rate, but then are your buddy offering the world when you want to leave because they wouldn’t work with you on a new rate.
- Gaining weight.
- Subscription pricing on software.
- The freaking plethora of passwords that I’m expected to remember. And no two places have the same requirements. Do I need a number or not? Capital letter? A symbol? And are all the symbols available across the board? We don’t know. And it’s all over-hyped, anyway.
- People who excuse bad behavior in others by saying, “You should have known better.”, or “You made a choice.” It’s still bad behavior and shouldn’t be encouraged or enabled.
- Just answer the phone… (calling customer service).
- Non-negotiable terms of service.
There’s gonna be a part 2. 🙂