Feeling Cranky II

10 things that have annoyed me since Saturday evening:

1. Teenage girls who constantly play with their hair during Mass.  Young lady, your hair is either long enough to put in a ponytail...or it’s not.  Pulling back your hair into your scrunchie every 60 seconds is not going to change that.
2. People who picnic in the park where Buster and I walk, but who just leave their garbage on the ground instead of putting it in the trash receptacles.  Who does that????
3. A co-worker having a loud, lengthy phone conversation, on speaker phone no less, in an open cubicle office setting.  How does she expect others to concentrate on their own work or hear their own customers on the phone?
4. One of my peers at a regional meeting I attended this morning regularly pontificates on basic industry concepts in detail as if everyone else in the room is a newbie (believe me, there are no newbies in the group); so today there was not enough time to talk about one of my issues because Mr.  K-I-A hogged the meeting.
5. People who use the word “basically” in every sentence.  Yes, same guy as number 4.  Basically, that is a really annoying affectation!
6. Going to McDonald’s drive-through after the above meeting to pick up something for lunch.  Ordering a Bacon Ranch Salad with Grilled Chicken but discovering when I get back to the office that I was given a Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken.  And the Southwest Salad has CORN in it… I.HATE.CORN!  I was starving so I picked out the corn and ate it anyway.  
7. An answering machine greeting "orated" by a little kid.  Dear Customer, you called me this morning, angrily demanding an answer on a question about your project.  I’ve just spent an hour researching your problem.  Now I'm supposed to leave a message on your answering machine when you had your 3-year-old darling recite the greeting in unintelligible toddler speak?  Sorry, I’m not in the mood. 
8. Incorrect use of ITS vs. IT'S several times in an announcement that was just posted on our website.  If you don’t know the difference...please ask someone before you hit "publish."
9. Strangers who pass by my cubicle after coming out of a meeting and who then peer over the divider at me, as if I am an animal at the zoo.  Rude!
10. People who empty their car ashtrays into the parking lot at City Hall.   See number 2 above…WHO THE HELL DOES THAT?  I didn’t actually see who did it, otherwise I would have said something.  I just saw the pile of cigarette butts in the parking lot.  Disgusting! 

Okay, I hope that’s it for today, but there are still a few hours left until I go to bed so anything is possible.