{"id":2658,"date":"2011-04-29T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=2658"},"modified":"2011-04-28T21:46:20","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T04:46:20","slug":"7-quick-takes-friday-7-things-that-drive-me-batty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=2658","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes Friday — 7 Things That Drive Me Batty"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"7<\/p>\n

I’m in a car heading south so I’m putting this in the queue on Thursday to post Friday morning. I thought I’d take a break from atheism to post on things that drive me batty.<\/p>\n

–1–<\/center>
\nAllergies.<\/strong> Nothing is working for them this year. I can’t remember a year where they’ve caused me insomnia like they are now.<\/p>\n

–2–<\/center>
\nPeople who get to the front of line and then dither about what they want to eat.<\/strong> Seriously… you just stood in line for 10 minutes, had menus available to you, and you can’t figure out what you want?!?!?!?!? Mind moving aside and letting the rest of us get on with our lives while you dither?<\/p>\n

–3–<\/center>
\nPeople who stick their carts in the center of the aisle.<\/strong> You’d think this would be self-explanatory but I encounter it every freaking time I go to the grocery store or Target<\/a>. It takes all my self-control not to have an icy tone when I say “excuse me” and much of the time, I don’t succeed.<\/p>\n

–4–<\/center>
\nInsurance companies.<\/strong> This bumper sticker<\/a> applies.<\/p>\n

–5–<\/center>
\nPeople who fail to control their dogs.<\/strong> I’m not a dog person for a reason — I’ve dealt with too many stupid people who think that their dog charging me and jumping on me is funny. I wonder how funny it will be when I call the city and have their dog impounded.<\/p>\n

–6–<\/center>
\nPeople who park in the library parking lot on flea market days.<\/strong> The sign says “library parking only” in two languages (this is California after all) and I’m pretty sure you can read at least one<\/em> of them. I’m sorry that you’re too lazy to find parking on the street but you’re really screwing things up for those of us that want to use the library and not have to lug our heavy tote bags of books 4 blocks.<\/p>\n

–7–<\/center>
\nPeople who smoke right outside public buildings.<\/strong> I think I’ve explained this before: smokers have no rights where my air supply is concerned. They need to be at least 15 feet from the entrance to a building and you had better darn well believe that I’m going to make sure that the distance is enforced as strictly as possible. Their filthy habit is not worth an asthma attack on my part.<\/p>\n

(For more of this, head to Conversion Diary<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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