Top 10 things that pissed me off in 2008

Hello all. I know I have not written in a while and it is not becasue there was a shortage of things that pissed me off. Quite the contrary... There were way too many things that got me all worked up but thanks to Neha who sits behind me at work - I often ranted in realtime. Bad for Neha (but I do thank you) and bad for my blogging fans. I will try to do better next year. Stop clapping Neha!!
Anyway so to make up for lost time I decided to write about the top 10 things that pissed me off in 2008. They are in no particular order and if you do not make the list be glad.

1. People talking too loud on their cell phones in public. I do not want to hear about anything you have to say. Really - do you need to tell Chico about the great lunch you had 3 days ago - right this minute. I love my Treo but do not disturb others.

2. People sitting way too close to me on the bus in the morning. Lots of seats available feel free to move about the cabin!!! Funny it does not bother me on a crowded bus in the evening. I guess it is just those folks who want to be near me when there is plenty of room to go around. Happens at least twice a week. I resist the urge to move but I do shoot some nasty looks and there is sighing involved.

3. Ok so can you not share your music and dancing skills with your ipod on. If I can hear it and tell what song it is then it is too loud. If you are singing and dancing to the music in your (and my ears) we might as well share the head phones. I do however smile at people who are enjoying their music (in their head) like they are home alone. Love that. I do that too.

4. If you hate your job then look for another one. It is not my fault and I am rather chipper in the morning and even when I am not filled with glee I still have to put on a happy face when I am at work. Try it sometime!!

5. Speaking of work... Please try to do the best you can. Have a little pride. I went to Verizon to check out the BlackBerry Storm because I saw the cute commercial with the screen that makes a clicking sound when you push it. My sister and I a pretty self sufficient and tried to get it to work on our own. Luckily we are trial and error girls becasue the 12 people that were supposed to be working but were just standing around. Finally when little miss helpful mustered up the energy to stroll over she pushed a few buttons shrugged then proceeded to tell me that the commercial was wrong. I saw right through her and asked her if perhaps she would like to read the manual and watch the commercial again. My sister pulled me out out the store. That has often happened. I do not knoow whether Daria is saving them or me. Hmmm.

6. I am really annoyed when things do not properly record on my dvr. I am addicted to tv and not so much to commercials although I tape the Superbowl just for those commercials. I am sick of a show running long and the cable folks not adjusting for that. The technology should be able to make sure the end of CSI is not cut off. TimeWarner do you hear me?

7. Is it me? Is it any grown persons first time in McDonalds? The menu has not changed since the golden arches went up. Why is it such a long drawn out process? You are not suddenly going to get the salad if you are a Big Mac kind of person. Why the delay? Huh!?!?

8. Not a big fan of snow or leaves. I get the whole nature thing and I guess the seasons are part of living in NYC but can snow and leaves just stop landing near my house. I hate shoveling and raking and more leaves just fall after I have done the dreadful chore of raking. I must admit I have been known to just kick the snow off my step and hope someone takes pity on me. I also have been known to pray for a breeze to blow the leaves over there.

9. I am pissed off by the state of the economy and I hope that we will learn our lessons. This is a time to remember that as Suze Orman says "Put People first - not money or things." Much of these hard times could have been avoided if that was the way folks thought. Perhaps this is a time for change.

10. and finally... I wish that people did not hurt one another physically or emotionally. I look at some of the stories on the news and it can and does make me cry. Man's inhumanity to man - wow - people are really messed up. That young man that killed himself on the internet while people watched and did nothing made my soul hurt. I am hopeful that next year will be a good one and I will do my part to make it so.

I love TV but...

I hate commercials most of them anyway. I am home working but the tv is on - I confess. I am not watching - rather it is watching me and it seems every five minutes there is another commercial about erectile difficulties - really? - do we need to advertise medicine for such things. It is not over the counter medicine - so you get a prescription from your doctor who knows what medicine to give you. And the side effects - as if erectile difficulties is not a big enough drag - now you have to worry about turning orange and your ears falling off. When did the world start having such trouble with their private parts that we need all of these commercial or is this a setup by the drug companies to have men ask their doctors for the things they see on tv. Hmmm - either way - stop it!!!

Back in Bed again

Sorry folks it has been awhile since I posted and that is partially because I really have not been too pissed about anything lately. I mean - we have a new President that makes me feel hopeful, Oreo is laying with his warm belly on me right now (for those who do not know - he is a puppy and not my boyfriend), and I just ate kettle corn for a snack. Who could ask for more? I will however complain about one little thing - I am on bed rest again - how much can one body take? This is crazy - I love my bed - but not when forced to be in it (hmmm that did not sound right) Anywho - doc says feet up for a few days - when I take time off a) I do not want to work and b) I want to be someplace adding layers to my tan. So yes I am a bit cranky but I am doing what I have to do to get off house arrest!!

Why are you so close to me?

Ok so I am a hugger by nature and generally ok with folks touching me for the most part but why do people have to be so close to me when I do not want them to? I am also a morning person so the fact that this pisses me off should tell you just how much it does. When I am on the bus at the ungodly hour of 6am and there are only a few other poor souls begrudginly venturing in to work there are lots of choices about where folks should sit on the bus. One of them should not be anywhere near me. Take a pick - Choice 1 - over there! Choice 2 way over there! and Choice 3 - not over here. So why do you (Dummy) have to be so close to me? Crazy!!!

Cell phones that are not on vibrate

Ok so everyone and anyone who has ever met me knows that I am attached to my Treo but I do not subject people to the annoying ring especially at work. The other thing that really gets me crazy is when some fool is on the bus - which is my preferred mode of transportation because I am text obsessed as well - but I digress - fools who have their hedphones blaring and thus do not hear the annoying ring of their phones cause me to stare at them until they sense my glare and pick up the phone which should have been on vibrate in the first place. I am all for phone freedom but not when it encroaches on others. Can we also talk about the volume control needed when you are in public and on the cell phone? I mean c'mon - who wants to hear your convo - not me (raising my hand). To make my point I sometimes get on my phone aand talk about the person who is talking waaaay to loud on theirs. Hmppph!! More later.

7:15 am - What?????

My first post says that I wrote it at 7:15am but I promise you I was not up blogging at that hour - although I was up since who knows when because I can not sleep. I am on this crazy medicine that conflicts with my other medicine. Picture this - one medicine makes me exhausted and the other keeps me up all night with hot flashes. So now can you see why I am often aggravated.
Now that I am blogging I find myself saying out loud to folks or probably to myself, "that is going in my blog." So here I am on Labor Day (work day for me and the handful of people who are working as well) and am surprisingly not finding myself aggravated about anything....yet.

Labor Day Weekend - Saturday Really

Ok so this is my first post after my friend at work (thanks Neha) helped me to get started. I was on another of my rants and she was laughing at me and I got distracted because we were talking about food and then I went to her blog and saw an entry about Koronet Pizza which I love. Anyhoo - I started my blog yesterday because I realize I have something to say about pretty much everything. I thought I would write last night because when we went to take the train one stop - there were a group of what had to be tourists blocking the stairs. I mean who does that? Why would you stop at the bottom of the steps blocking the way of anyone else who needs to step off of the bottom step and onto the platform too. I named this blog The Wrath of Wendy because stuff like that just pisses me off. I didn't write last night because I feel asleep so here I am with my laptop on my lap in my bed working myself into a frenzy about tourists who just do not know the rules. Well someone should tell them....