between one man and one woman

Things that annoy me

/ Shane / 4 Comments
  1. Email signatures that say something like, “Please consider the environment before printing this email.” In general, there’s no reason to print emails. Which means that if I printed it out, I must have had a good reason. This email signature only makes sense in a world where people are rampantly printing out every email that comes into their inbox before reading it. Is there anybody on the planet who does this? Has their email client hooked directly to the printer? And even if they did, has anybody ever had a deep moment of spiritual awakening, changing their life around based on an email signature? Who is this email signature addressed to??
  2. We noticed a discrepancy from our bank. Basically, we wrote a check, but $60 more than the price of the check was removed from our bank account. You can see the check image from the webpage, so you can clearly see that the check is written for $X and then the account was charged for $X+$60. Very straight forward. HOWEVER. When explaining this to the bank over the phone, they agreed there was a mistake made by the bank, but they couldn’t fix it. No, of course, for that you have to go into the bank. So Sara goes into the bank and, of course, they also agree there is a mistake made, but they can’t fix it either. Sara will have to wait to talk to a manager, and she’s 3rd in line, so it’s going to be a long time. Well, she didn’t have time to wait, so now we have to come back yet again. Bank! It’s your problem! Fix it! Why is it on us to go through all this hassle, when you’re the one who made the mistake! Anyone who looks at it agrees there was a simple error made. If the process to fix mistakes is this arduous, fix the process!
  3. As a species, we’re worse as driver’s, right? I don’t know if it is because I live in Chicago, but someone cuts me off every single morning. Every afternoon, someone goes when it’s not their turn at a four way stop. Every evening, someone blows through an intersection or ignores a traffic sign. I used to be frustrated by some idiot driver every once in awhile, and now it’s every single day. I can only chalk it up to a combination of out of control feelings of individual entitlement and the amazing control, performance, and safety of the modern automobile.
  4. When people say, “Marriage is between ONE man and ONE woman!” I understand the point you’re trying to make, but aren’t you putting the wrong emphasis in there? Or are you constantly defending yourself from people who think marriage should be between ONE man and MANY women? (Or, god forbid, MANY men and MANY women.) Every time I walk down the street, I’m always like, “Hey polygamists, stop eroding the fabric of our society! Sheesh!” I just didn’t realize that polygamy was that big of a thing these days, that we need all these people shouting about it. I blame Big Love.