THINGS THAT MAKE ME CRAZY ... ER

 

 

All of these things are not just because I’m a blind person although most of them are. Some, however, are those things that back in the day we used to call pet peeves. We may be the only ones hosting them, yet some are funny and some are shared by folks who just haven’t said them out loud.

 

A few things include:

~Facebook posts that say copy and paste!

~Facebook posts that are print only.

~Going out to eat with someone who can’t stay off Facebook.

~Commercials that never say what they’re advertising.

~Game shows on TV that the game is almost done and the host says “here’s the three you missed,” as print appears.

~What channel is my TV on?

~the word hashtag?

 

Well, those seemed funny when I thought of them. Let me try again.

 

You go somewhere. A person appears and a memory alarm goes off in your head but the name doesn’t come with it. Then the person walks up and says: “Remember me?”

 

You think you are totally alone just after you’ve … ?

 

What?  Food programs that are clearly designed so you can lose weight … but not admitting they’re diets.

 

Coffee:

What do you mean there’s no coffee! … Monday morning.

 

Coffee venues caring who puts out the pumpkin spice latté first.

 

People arguing over a red cup at Christmas.

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Incidentally, There’s no such thing as nose blind,

However I don’t walk when the wind is blowing hard because I can’t hear where I’m going.

 

People know you can’t see so they think you don’t know when they’re rolling their eyes … and they’re right.

 

People whispering so they think you can’t hear … and they’re wrong.

 

Forgetting a word, a name, a place or a phrase in the middle of a sentence.

 

Remembering a word, a name, a place or a phrase that embarrassed me forty years ago.

 

Phones:

Political phone calls.

 

Calls that begin with someone saying:  “I’m not trying to sell you something,” then does.

 

Where’s the button that makes my phone ring so I can find it?

 

Things that make my blood pressure go up a notch:

Spending time returning phone calls because customer service didn’t get it right.

 

Now, just as a side note, these little things come from a compilation of notes that are jotted down in my memory file so as not to spend all day wondering what to write. So, let me wish you all a great day with no blustering winds outside, no distasteful phone calls, nothing embarrassing happening to you, a good cup of coffee … or tea … and some blog or Facebook post to make you smile.