Pet Peeves

Pet Peeves

1. “He/she padded across the floor.” This one drives me completely nuts. I have come across this at least once in almost every book I've ever read. No offense to anyone, but is there no other way of saying it? I have vowed never to use this description in my writing.

2. Gossip. I live in a small town so I hear a lot of gossip. Each person who tells the latest scandal, adds on a new “fact” until the original story is lost and blown out of all proportion.

3. Long lost relatives who decide at the last minute to come for a lengthy visit and expect me to drop whatever plans I have made in order to accommodate them. Not happening, peeps.

4. People who block the aisles in the stores, “visiting” while I try valiantly to get by. Then give me annoyed looks when I say, “excuse me.”

5. People who have no respect for books, dog earring pages, spilling stuff on pages, writing in margins, and in some cases tearing out pages.

6. Yarn that splits when I'm crocheting.

7. Overbearing, arrogant, doctors who don't listen to their patients because, hey, what do we know abut our own bodies?

8. Two year waiting lists for medical specialists. Ummm, we have time to die three times before we finally get the appointment.

9. People who throw, fast food containers, pop cans, cigarette butts, and other junk on the ground. Garbage cans exist.

10. People who abuse animals.