Over the last few days a few things have really got my goat, little irritations that could easily be avoided if the people responsible thought about others more than themselves.1. The old toilet seat thing. If boys were taught to sit on the toilet to wee whenever there was a seat to sit on, we wouldn't have the piddle all over the seat and floor thing, nor the leaving the seat up thing. Apparently (and I'm no expert on this) sitting down to wee makes no difference to the outcome or comfort factor. In fact I would think that in many cases sitting down would be preferable.
2. We have neighbours who often spend time in each others houses on an evening, drinking and socialising. They live a road width apart. So why is it that around midnight, they all stand outside the front door finishing conversations and saying goodbyes. Why can't they do all of that inside and then just open the door, walk across the road and into their own houses?
3. People who do exactly the above but after getting out of a car or taxi that has just dropped them off outside their house. They should have the decency to stay inside the car until they have finished their conversation.
4. Dog walkers. The ones that carefully clean up their dog dump, scooping it neatly into little baggies and then hang them on the nearest bush or tree. I did this once myself while out on a long walk. One of the dogs dumped and I knew that I would end up walking there and back again with a dump bag swinging from my wrist so I left it in a very obvious place beside the path , and then picked it up on my way home. These other folk however either conveniently 'forget' to collect their baggie or like to decorate trees.
5. Pringles. They should be made a couple of millimetres smaller. When I put a whole one in it catches the corners of my mouth little. After half a tube it really stings! Salt n Vinegar ones are the worst, half a tube is all I can manage of them.
I'm now off for a relaxing bath with some soothing music playing in the background and all will be well once again.
no 1- I am so with you. Have stamped out naughty behaviour in this house but visitors still break the law. Foul.number two and three. It doesn't happen in our crescent. We are the only people who go out or get taxis. But it happens in hotel corridors and it drives me crackers. Now I confront them. If other half doesn't beat me to it.number 4- have never seen that here happily. Urgh.Number five. I crunch them in half. Eat rarely.Great post XX
ReplyDeleteOh if only we could put the world to rights! I am with you on all the above points!
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