Not me but could be
- It’s me not I. Between you and me, while I may sound more intelligent, it’s wrong.
I forget what #10 was. Getting harder to remember stuff.
- Emails multiply like rabbits. Give to one cause and 50 more appear.
- Vehicles blocking streets when there’s room to pull over. Greatest offenders — Amazon delivery trucks.
- Spam phone calls. I block you but nevertheless you persist.
- Phishing during the pandemic. Click on nothing.
- COVID rules? Everyone has their own CDC guidelines, kind of like keeping kosher.
- Somebody knows everything about me on the web.
- Gossip. Just don’t.
- Remember Charlotte’s web. Don’t brag.
- I forget what #10 was, so getting more challenging to remember stuff.
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Great list, Laurie! I can relate.
Great minds …
These are just great, Laurie. Indeed your #1 is the same as Suzy’s.
I am not sure if these are my top ten, but they are all somewhere high on my list. (I particularly like #9 and whatever #10 would have been.) So (to cite myself), obviously great minds are thinking alike.
John, if you think of a #10, please let me know. I had it in my head as I wrote my list, but it vanished and has yet to return. I guess that’s my ultimate pet peeve.
Great list, Laurie, I agree with all ten of them! Including forgetting what you were going to say for #10, lol. As you will see in my story, I go on at great length about “me” and “I.” You said it much more succinctly.
Between you and ME, we really agree!
Yep. we’ve suffered them all Laurie!
And how about trying to by-pass the recording and getting a real life agent on the phone!
Dana, I think that may have been #10! “Your business is important to us” — hold on while we pass you along to more robot voices before we connect you to an agent who barely speaks English.
Yep!
Reminded me of David Sedaris “Me Talk Pretty Some Day”. You hit a lot of really annoying things there. Don’t worry, number ten will come, probably with numbers eleven, twelve, and thirteen.
You are so right, Khati. I could form a second list right now.
What’s funny is that I’ve heard people correct other people for saying “me” instead of “I.” It’s crazy…as if “me” is to be avoided whenever possible.
I’m with you on #10!
Barb, I think we are living in “I” times. As far as #10 goes, who can say. Between the pandemic and age, ideas can vanish in a moment.
Love it, Laurie. Great selection of pictures.
Thanks, Tom. It’s fun to be a cranky old lady from time to time.
Terrific, Laurie, especially love the COVID rules being compared to keeping Kosher!
I had to laugh when my sister-in-law said she was having a seder for 20 people that complied with the CDC rules.
Hey, wait a sec: I taught Charlotte’s Web in my children’s lit class and you overlooked that the web also came out with much more laudatory words, like “some pig.” In any case, Wilbur wasn’t responsible for whatever Charlotte decided to write/weave, was he?
You sure are right about those blocked calls that keep on coming! How many different numbers does Marriott have? And does it always have to be the same woman’s voice? Why not throw in a Brit accent or something that might make me enjoy listening?
Dale, I love Charlotte’s web. Read it to all of my kids. I raised my kids to be humble — no bragging. It’s not the talent you are born with, but rather what you do with it. At any rate, bragging in all forms remains one of my pet peeves. One other question. Whatever happened to cell phones being free to junk calls? You are right. Blocking does no good.