Claire McArthurI understand people have different habits. The habits I have listed below, however, are the worst ones. These things aren’t necessarily my biggest pet peeves, but actions or things people do which (if repeated) can often lead to me losing any credibility this person initially had. If you don’t want me to take you seriously, simply just comply to one of these things…
Order Soup for Dinner: It never ceases to amaze me how many people actually just want to have soup for dinner. The idea of the majority of a meal being liquid just doesn’t make any sense to me. Well, except of course if you’re drinking diet coke and it’s the day before a rave and you have to wear a crop top–in that case, diet coke for every meal. Beyond the point, why do people order soup for dinner? I don’t care how many Campbell soup commercials are on television and how they show big football players eating soup before a big game. If I offered soup to any of my athlete friends as their main meal before a game I think I’d be short a few friends. It just seems like such a useless food. Plus the idea behind making soup is to pretty much throw everything into a pot that is about to go bad and toss in some chicken broth and boom, a meal. Really? You really want me to choose a hodge-podge of vegetables and chicken flavoured liquid over an 8oz steak topped with melted gorgonzola cheese with a side of grilled asparagus? Yeah, I’ll go for the steak please.
Birkenstocks and Socks: It’s like you couldn’t make up your mind between flip flops and running shoes so you just decided to put socks on and then sandals. Really? If you wanted to go through the effort of finding and putting socks on then why the hell are you wearing sandals? Not to mention Birkenstocks may be as ugly as Crocks. I don’t care if they are sooo comfy or if you have foot problems and need the support, you look like a tool if you’re wearing them with socks. Some might argue that they need the socks to stay warm. So you’re telling me that you need socks, therefore, you’re probably wearing jeans or long pants of some sort and you still don’t want to let go of summer so you want to wear sandals, but need socks. The only logical conclusion in your head is to wear your sandals with socks? Okay, bud.
Selfies on Facebook: So let me get this straight… You took the time out of your day to take pictures of yourself. Are you going to forget what you look like? Does a mirror not do justice? Please, enlighten me about this Mac book selfie phenomenon. Yes, it was all very cool before everyone had a Mac to throw on the budge effect and take pictures of you with a giant forehead, (I’ve never really understood the idea of posting pictures of yourself looking like shit, but I digress) but now that everyone has one, or almost everyone, the luxury has worn off hasn’t it, sweetie? If you’re really that concerned about getting a picture of yourself today and looking artsy, sexy, hot, coy, whatever the emotion be that you’re trying to convey, please grab a dog or an animal or an uglier friend (to make you look better, duh) and throw them in the picture with you. At least if you do this it can look like you just wanted to capture a moment. Yes you will be lying to everyone and everyone will know that you just wanted to take pictures of yourself, but at least I won’t lose total respect for you.
The only time you can use two hands to drink a beer.
Drink with Two Hands: Unless you are in your sick bed and your mother is bringing you tea and the only way to be strong enough to hold your cup is with two hands, you better be drinking with one hand. Two hand drinking is for sipping soup (NOT for dinner, as mentioned above) in healthy times and tea in cold times. If you are holding a hot chocolate outside in winter you are also welcomed to drink with two hands. If you are at a bar, at the dinner table (in a warm setting and not sipping soup), at a pub or at a restaurant, you DO NOT use two hands. Come on, it makes you look like a dweeb.
He doesn't even have a door to open
Opening the Door: If you cannot drive well enough to pull up to a drive-thru window or up to a ticket machine at a parking garage without opening your door, please surrender your license at the door and never get behind the wheel of a car ever again. Not only do you waste time, (you, my loyal readers know that I hate people who waste my time) but you also look like a complete idiot. Is it actually that difficult for you to drive up beside a window? Or beside a five foot tall machine? Oh it is? Then get out of the car. Okay, thanks, bye.
So these are the things you can do. These are the things that you can do which will immediately irritate me. But honestly, these habits probably bother everyone, and if they don’t bother you, it means you’re guilty of one of them.
