December 20, 2012

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Ahhh. Festivus. My favorite time of year. It’s really the only day I’m allowed to be annoyed and let it all out. I don’t know what my excuse is every other day of the year. I apparently think that it’s Festivus all year round.  But here goes my yearly airing of the grievances list in no particular order for 2012:



- Sonogram and engagement ring pictures on Facebook.
- Senseless acts of violence.
- Poor customer service.
- Waiting for no apparent reason other than other people’s laziness.
- People who take my spot at the gym or stand ‘thisclose’ all up in my dance space.
- Getting a really good deal on an item, only to find out that three days later there’s an even better deal.
- Pinterest. I just don’t get it.
- People who synch up their FourSquare, Twitter and other various blogs on Facebook so my feed is just cluttered with unnecessary posts.
- People who feel the need to share just a little too much on social media. No one cares that you checked into the gynecologist.
- The high price for movies on Long Island – I can go to a theater just as nice in North Carolina for half the price.
- The high price of everything on Long Island.
- The animalistic way people freaked out after Hurricane Sandy. You don’t need to get gas if you have a half of tank already. And while we’re on the subject, anyone who filled gas cans to power their generators just to watch TV.
- Women that hit on men who have significant others.
- My neighbors, who after five-plus years, still don’t park in their driveways and continue to park in front of them.
- The crazy neighbor who watched us shovel the street at 5 a.m. during the nor’easter. Don’t worry lady, we weren’t going to put snow on your snow. (But I might have put a little in front of her car!)
- The unnecessary way the media hypes up any sort of weather event. We get it, global warming is real. Do something to fix it instead of blowing it out of proportion.
- Sleeping on floors.
- People who stick their nose in other people’s business.
- People who lie.
- TV show hiatuses.
- Hotels that charge a resort fee. Last I checked, WiFi and parking should always be free.
- People who think they know it all, when the reality is, they don’t.
- Women who say they are fat, when they are nowhere near the fat mark.
- Working out. I love to hate it.
- False advertising.
- Car dealerships.
- People who don’t use common sense.

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Oh, the list goes on and on and on. But I will leave it there. What are your grievances? Get out your pole and air them out now!