May18
Maybe because I didn’t get much sleep last night, or maybe it’s because I have a buffer that has to slowly fill up before I need to empty it, but this morning I was inspired to share some of the things that routinely aggravate me but I never do anything about.
- When someone leaves me a voicemail on my cell phone and is compelled to tell me of the status of my phone based on the number of rings before it goes to voicemail. I know my phone was off when you called, and chances are it was off for a reason. If it rings 4 times and goes to voicemail it’s either away from me or I’m already on it.. If it rings once or twice it means that I’m occupied and can’t take your call at that time, so I hit “ignore” so that you can get to voicemail faster. It does not mean that I need you to waste the first 15 seconds of your voicemail telling me how smart you are because you figured out what state my cell phone was in when you called.
- When people say “ash-fault” instead of “ass-fault” when pronouncing the word “asphalt”. Notice, people, that the letter “h” comes after “p” and not after the “s”. Didn’t we learn that “ph” = “f” in 3rd grade?
- People say that “I should have went and done that.” It’s “should have gone and done that”. I hear this all the time and have several friends who do it and it makes me crazy. Again, back to elementary school English lessons.
- People who say they “know enough to be dangerous”. They seldom are. There’s always someone more clever than yourself.
