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Editorials January 17, 2008
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Doesn't it bug you when . . .

We're fed up, we've had enough and we don't want to take it anymore. But we don't know what to do about it either . . . except complain.
Time for another installment of The Acorn's "Doesn't it bug you when . . ."

  • it's 30 degrees outside and your child still refuses to wear a jacket?
  • you have to run your bathroom shower forever before it finally spits out hot water?
  • the shirt you're wearing has one of those little scratchy things in the collar that constantly pokes you in the neck?
  • the second story of your home feels like it's 20 degrees warmer than the first?

    Doesn't it bug you when . . .

  •  you've backed almost all the way out of your parking space and you get cut off by a driver who's too impatient to let you proceed?
  • an aggressive freeway driver uses the lane on the right to slip by the traffic in front of them?
  • the same driver is talking on a cellphone and holding a cigarette in the other hand?
  • the guy in the car behind you zooms ahead in a hurry, and hardly gains a minute for his trouble?

    Doesn't it bug you when . . .

  •  you answer the phone and the person at the other end demands to know, "Who's this?" You want to say, "Who's this?" 
  • the bank teller or grocery store clerk puts out the "closed" sign just as it's your turn in line?
  • you clean out the vacuum cleaner and find enough of your own hair to practically make a wig?
  • the cubes from your refrigerator's ice dispenser land everywhere but in your glass?

    And finally, doesn't it bug you when you ask how much a used car costs and the salesman says, "How much are you looking to spend?"

    If you feel like venting about life's little unpleasantries, please e-mail your venomous contribution to newstip@theacorn.com. It bugs us when your name, phone number and hometown aren't included.