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Overheard and Pet Peeves: Sept. 2, 2016

OVERHEARD

Are there tid-bits of conversations you’ve heard while standing in line at the grocery store, serving a table, or walking down the sidewalk that make you smile, cringe or laugh out loud?

 

“Um…the handle fell off the toilet.”

 

“Donald Trump? Oh! You mean Cheeto Jesus.”

 

Ooo, ‘sodey pop?’ You get the best of both worlds!”

 

“A phone that folds in half?? That’s amazing!”

 

“Do you use pregnant? No! I mean fragrance!”

 

“I feel that a long-haired wig will provide almost as much protection as a typical helmet.”

 

PET PEEVES

Is there something that really irks you, gets your goat, rubs you the wrong way, drives you up the wall, gets you bent out of shape, puts a stick in your craw, or makes you want to throw in the towel?

 

People who creep up on you with their shopping cart in the checkout line. Ramming your cart into my ankles isn’t going to make this transaction go any quicker!

 

Overuse of the word “like.”

 

When you unsubscribe from an email list and the reply states that it will take between four and six weeks to process your request.

 

People who talk with their mouth full of food.

 

Hearing someone over-explain the geography of the peninsula when giving directions to a tourist, and knowing that the tourist is leaving more confused than when they arrived.

 

Crumbs in the butter.

 

Interviewing Olympic athletes immediately after they’ve competed. Give them a minute to breath!

 

As a twenty-something: The pitiful/worried look on your parents’ faces when they visit and one of them opens your refrigerator, and you are forced to explain that you are going to the grocery store tomorrow after work.

 

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