What irritates us about others is supposed to teach us something about ourselves. What's more irritating than that?
Case in point....
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Penélope "How you say...?" Cruz. The "Spanish enchantress" exudes a certain, "I'm a little girl and I need you to help me. *pout*" quality that makes my skin crawl. She also apparently inspires me to overuse quotation marks. Unforgivable! Yeah, yeah I can see she's gorgeous but that's beside the point.
Sub-category: Feist's "1234" bugs me for the same reason.- Agenda Thumpers. People who aren't just passionate about a cause, but consumed by it to the point where it's all they can talk about. They're past the point of listening and reason. Everything is black and white.
- Pompous Elitist Asses. They're better than you and consider it their responsibility to make sure you know it. Get uppity and they'll give you a public lashing so fierce you'll wish you were in diapers.
- People Who See Right Through You. You know these people. They could be the cashier at the supermarket who completely ignores you and talks to the bagger, or the workmate who looks away and hurries past you when you meet him with a direct question.
Sub-category: People who like you in private, but ignore you in public. 
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John Basedow. What is his deal? It's okay to be small, John. You don't need to work out to within one inch of your life, spray-tan and highlight yourself shamelessly.- The kids need me. I reserve the right to add to this list at a later time.
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What a fantastic start to a very entertaining list! LOVE your description of Ms. Cruz... I didn't know exactly what bugged me about her until just now, so thanks! I would add to the list a large category of people who look down their noses at stay-at-home moms, automatically making assumptions about how "easy" it is, without actually having tried it themselves.
ReplyDeleteWow! This list could be ENDLESS. I think it says you don't like vain, superficial people who have no depth or soul - and that is a GOOD thing! There, that's your lesson, the doctor is in if you need more advice...hee-hee!
ReplyDeleteBravo! I freely admit that I used to be one of them. Just goes to show you that it helps to experience something in order to really understand it.
ReplyDeleteAndi, thank you! But on a certain level I wonder if I'm afraid that a part of me resembles that which irriates me. I know that isn't always the case, but I want to try to keep myself in check.
ReplyDeleteI'll concur with all but number one. ;)
ReplyDeleteLOL! Since you're a dog I'll give you a pass on this one. 8-)
ReplyDeleteWho in the world is John Basedow?
ReplyDeleteCount yourself in with the lucky ones if you don't know. He's the guy behind "Fitness Made Simple". And I find him to be supremely ingenuine.
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