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Thanks to all who shared their Things That Must Go! The comments are now closed. I’ll be listing (and linking to) the winner and a few favorites on Friday evening. Check back to see if you’ve won, and to share some more Things That Must Go!
Phew! I was feeling a bit frustrated without my weekly therapy session of Things That Must Go. Our server was upgraded and we’re giving it one more chance, but the first time it comes home with non-herbal tea on its breath, we’re outta there.
First, a few great Things That Must Go from last weekend:
Jenna‘s “Tanorexia. Once your skin starts looking like a leather saddle bag, it’s time to get out of the sun.” (Tanorexia inspired an entire post on Sit. Stay. Good Blog).
Heather’s “People who talk on their cell phones, or text on their cell phones while placing an order or talking with a sales clerk.” (I totally agree that everyone else should stop doing this. But I only do it when it’s important, okay?)
Tracey‘s “Water (?) on the toilet seats of a restroom by the pool. I mean, COME ON. I know it’s probably WATER, but how can I be sure? If you use the toilet, please wipe it off if you drip ANYthing onto it. PLEASE.” (Tracey got an amen from EMama, and frankly, I think all public restrooms must go. Or, we could pay a small amount (as you do in many countries) to the attendant, in exchange for cleanliness, and actual toilet paper.)
And now for my Things That Must Go
1. People who air-kiss me (Zat’s how Austrians say Goodbye) before they’ve told me their name. After introductions, sure, let’s go find a dark corner. But, in general, I like to get a person’s name before we start with the Eskimo hugs. (Und zis is how ve say Goodbye in German, Dr. Jones).
2. Men criticizing mothers who multitask. A deejay on the radio shared a TTMG about a mother he’d seen at the pool. This mother was talking on her cell phone while her kids swam in the shallow end, and when one of the kids went under, she reached in with ONE HAND and fished him out and KEPT TALKING ON THE PHONE THE WHOLE TIME. Oh, the nerve. The kid survived, didn’t he?
3. People who blog, who, on hearing that I blog, say all of the following in a five-minute conversation:
“I just have so many friends who blog.”
“I just already read so many blogs.”
“Seriously, I just have so many real friends who blog. And now that we’ve moved from Washington, I have another twenty blogs of real friends to keep up with.”
Um, if you don’t want to read my blog, that’s ok. Really. You don’t have to explain.
4. Soda. Oh, how I love your fizziness, your zest for life, you syrupy sweetness balanced by the life-giving jolt of caffeine. But you’re making me fat. You must go. Maybe we can make arrangements for regular, supervised visits, but you cannot live in my fridge anymore.
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Deadline: Midnight Monday.
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Those guys that stand on corners waving big signs directing you to the latest urban sprawl nightmare. This way to Yet Another McMansion Planned Community Disaster! We know the economy is out to lunch and no one has any money and the last thing we need is more houses, but come buy ours anyway!
And they’ve got headphones on and try to flip the sign around in ways to catch your attention but actually just prevent you from being able to read the sign anyway.
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Things (or people) who must go: that slimy lawyer who told my husband we REALLY NEED to invest $(six figures) in a land development…and we have TWO days to think about it.
Why no, we haven’t watched tv or read any news in the last year. Sounds like a great deal!
Pffffflllfffftt!
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People who listen to music on public transit way too loud! Oh my goodness, if I can hear it from the front of the bus and he/she is nowhere near me, at least turn it down to save your hearing. Also, why is it always awful music that we hear? For once, I would love to hear someone blasting Celine Dion songs!
Oh #4 for the win! Au revoir, cold bubbly goodness. You know that high fructose corn syrup? It’s actually the sweat of the Devil himself. Explains a lot.
The makers of those high end, really expensive automobiles that don’t have working blinkers!
President Bush must go!!!
Bosses who pretend as if they care, but as soon as you start telling them your problem they immediately begin talking about their own messed up lives. It is like they never even heard what you were saying… Sorry venting…
Things that must go: Microsoft, mean people, and my high cholesterol.
Homeowners Associations ~~ oh, this is one I really think needs to go.
emails that phish, scam, or spam, and also the people who forward any forward they get, when they do not know for sure it is factual. A pox upon these email glutting my inbox.
Those late night commercials. Especially the car ads where all they do is scream
The recorded toll-free phone messages that call every single day–sometimes twice a day.
Lady Lyns last blog post..It’s My Party and…
Long drawn out pauses on reality shows announcing winners of the challenge, event, show, etc. Thank goodness for TiVo so I can skip that, but geez folks come on!
high gas prices, people who talk really loud on their cell phones so everyone can hear the conversation, people who wear a bluetooth earpiece because they think it is cool.
Bored rich kids who drive Porsches and Beamers and think it’s fun to bash peoples’ mailboxes with a baseball bat at 3AM.
Those really loud bass boxes people build into their cars and turn up really loud, and then other people get the joy (??!) of hearing and feeling the bass, even when the car is just driving by the buildings others are in. UGH!
The word “like” inserted into every sentence in a conversation.
Heather
People who tailgate party right next to the park pavilion where I’m hosting a baby shower. They cranked up their bass so loud it set the car alarm off on a car three cars down. Oddly enough, the rest of the park was empty and there was another shaded pavilion available as well. Argh!
Disrespectful neighbors who want to blare their stereos until all hours of the night!
Neighbors who insist on squealing their wheels as they pull out of their driveway late at night & wake up lil’ ones FINALLY falling asleep for the night.
People who get in the “Self Check Out” line when they have 50 items & a couch to buy.
Olivias last blog post..Wii Fit knows I’m chubby, but how does Facebook?
Getting Older – I know this is cliche but it really does stink when you find yourself discussing your latest ailment with friends, or that your students have never even HEARD of bands that were way punk when you were in high school, or that your 20 yr high school reunion is THIS SUMMER! I know my birth certificate says I’m 38 but I really still feel 27 . Can I just celebrate what year I “feel” instead of what year I really am?
Beths last blog post..Beth’s Diet Diary
Honestly, I think high gas needs to go. It’s become awful.
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Those people from Nigeria who keep sending me emails.
Loud, mean people
People who cut in front of lines
High cost of food
additives in packaged food that you cannot pronounce
People who put junk mail on your front door.
Business (or their employees) who no longer think customer service is a priority. It’s bad enough to see someone in a store talking on a phone, but when you’re ready to check out and they don’t get off the phone, that’s a problem. I usually just walk out and take my business elsewhere.
One other thing that must go… disrespectful teens. Whatever happened to raising your kids to respect their elders??? Did I miss the memo?
Nurses who don’t/won’t take the best care of their hospital patients, especially when the patient is my sister.
Summer stress for teachers who need to recharge their batteries for the upcoming school year.
Rising gasoline prices.
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The “baby fat” I gained with my 2 pregnancies has got to go!.
Ummm, my last “baby” is almost 3! Seriously, the excuses just never stop. But I NEED the calcium in my nightly bowl of ice cream. Don’t I?
things that must go..hmmm definitely those cloth hand Towels in public restrooms where everyone and their mother has used with goodness knows what kind of germs!
Well, for starters I totally agree with your cellphone comment. I am just about ready to get nervy enough to yank the phone out of the hand of the person, snap it shut and say, “Do your business with this clerk or get the heck out of line.” At our post office, if you are talking on the phone, they just say, “next”. I love it!
And then there are the CLERKS who keep talking to other clerks while they are ringing you up. They carry on a nonstop conversation as if you are not even there. If you pay by credit card they do not even need to stop to tell you how much it costs. They just flip the little gizmo around to show you your total and keep going. I’m like, “hello, this isn’t Russia or something.”
When I was a little girl, clerks in stores were paid on commission. They brought you another size in the dressing room and then rang up your order so their salesclerk # would show up on the sale. Of course, clothes back then cost just about what they do now even though minimum wage was $2.35 or whatever. But clothes weren’t made in China or some third world country; they were made here, mostly. Then the unions priced them out of reach (in my opinion). So now even the “nice” stores at the mall don’t have any service. If you want someone to fetch you another bra size so you don’t have to completely redress, bring you mother!
Thanks for the giveaway.
Crazy, inconsiderate drivers. Blogs that automatically plays music when you load their page. People who keep on asking you when you’re getting a baby, especially when you have told them millions of times that you’re not trying yet!
Bad drivers!
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Fish pill burps. Like being pregnant isn’t nasty enough on its own.
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First, work. No explanation needed.
Second, gray hair! No explanation needed.
Third, aging! No explanation needed.
Maybe if I stopped the first one, the other two would slow down!
People who judge unfairly based upon looks or stereotypes… instead of what’s on the inside.
Thanks for the giveaway!
High Fructose Corn Syrup…
(And 7-Up for saying it’s “all natural” when it has HFCS.)
I mean, for the love.
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people who talk waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too loud on their cell phones in restaurants, coffee shops, public transportation
AND
people who smoke in public places, especially parks where you have lots of children…just irks me.
OH and….
pick me! pick me! pick ME!
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cockroaches….I totally get having them someplace like florida, but we just moved to new york, its the 2nd night in our apartment….not even long enough for us to drop food on the floor, and I just saw one walking by…..really, they gotta go!
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ack! Am I too late?
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P.S. Thing that must go? That stupid Secret deodorant commercial with the girl who walks around the city with her arms in the air.
LAME.
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… people that yell at me about how much Jesus loves me
… people who activate sticky keys on a laptop and then get so frustrated they walk away
… people who send goofball messages from my computer when I leave it unlocked for 5 minutes
… WordPress plugins that suddenly lock me out of my site or quickly bring it down without warning
… waking up at 5 am with a stuffy nose and other allergy symptoms, only to be tired all day
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Must Go: Blogs or websites that block you from using the back button to leave their site. It just keeps refreshing their site. I have to use the drop down menu – and doesn’t my poor mouse hand get enough exercise already?
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