Reflections: 5 Pet Peeves...That Irks My Soul.
I was sitting at my cousin's flipping between the Steelers-Ravens game and the Mavericks-Rockets game, and my cousin ask me questions about things that irk me. For the most part I am pretty even tempered, but I do have a temper and there are some things that ork the living hell out of me.
1. When things I am allergic to show up on my plate, when I specifically requested its absence:
Okay, there are some things I am allergic to: a variety of nuts, shrimp, lobster, etc. Now when I specifically request no nuts or shrimp with my food, I am not just doing it to hear the sound of my voice. I am doing it not only to save my life, but to save you the trouble of assisting a heavy black man off the floor and onto a cart, therefore straining your back and legs. (475lb dead weight is no joke!)
2. Dismissing a subject, a way of life, or a hobby, just because you don't understand it.
It irks me when people sit there and bash something they never tried or no nothing about. I am like dude, not knock it til you tried it. Hip-Hop is a perfect example. Most people don't know shit about Hip-hop. They think they do, but they really don't. So don't knock it as some noise, just because you don't relate to it. Same goes with metal rock, and other genres of music people love to bash. You don't have to like it, just respect it.
3. (A PERSONAL ONE) When people try to talk to me "ghetto", when that is not their normal speech pattern:
This one irks me to the core. Imagine a group of guys talking normal. Then I show up. Suddenly their speech pattern changes to ..."Yo homeboy.. wuzzup? How you feelin, bro?" What in your right mind gave you the indication that I automatically speak that way? Am I not good enough for you to address me in a normal tone, where you have to "Dumb" down your speech pattern to what you deem as "hoodrat talk?" Am I really that stupid? That really pisses me off, because my conjecture of that act is that "You think that is how all black people talk" You are sorely mistaken and will "get told". Just treat me like I am human and talk to me like you would everyone else. That is all I ask.
4. When people rat off plots of movies, TV Shows, whatever that I am watching at the moment or haven't seen yet:
I know it is exciting. However, while I am watching the movie, I am investing time into the story. I don't need the play by play of a movie I am watching at the moment. Let me make my own observations please. Plus it is rude and distracting.
WHICH BRINGS ME TO THIS ONE
5. When people are inconsiderate of others:
This one ties everything together. Treat people with respect. I loathe with utter passion when someone I am around is totally inconsiderate of another person. Like maybe not cleaning after yourself, monopolizing things, etc. I am not saying walk on egg shelves over someone, but at least don't walk all over them like a rug. You try that with me, and I will tell you about yourself.
So I am curious what are some of your pet peeves?