The Daily Peeve / Rant

[domestic goddess]

There are gremlins in our house! Every night before I go to bed, I make sure that the kitchen is tidy, that dirty dishes are either washed or placed in the dishwasher, that sinks are cleaned, counters wiped, etc. Same in the bathroom. Yet, when I get up in the morning, there are food containers, some with food in them on the counters, dirty dishes in the sink, cigarette ashes in sinks and on the stovetop and counters. Just the other morning I woke to find that the bathroom sink had sprouted a fur coat of beard trimmings! Ewwww!! I don't know how the other people in the house stand it! We have to stay up some night and see if we can catch this little creature, and put an end to this, and I don't really relish staying up all night, but I guess we will have to. It only takes a few minutes to clean up each mess, really, but my back hurts so badly that I hate to waste the little time I have before I have to quit cleaning each day cleaning up after the little monster that has no respect for the work I have already done. Now I am done with my rant, and I feel a little better. I'll report back when we have caught the culprit and tell you what mysterious place he comes from.

[Mighty Frugal]

LOL......yeah....don't give pigs a bad name. haha
I know this will make some of your skins crawl, (that doesn't sound right...haha) but I wish they would make recycling mandatory. I'll bet just a small fraction of people recycle.
I'm pretty compulsive about it.

It is mandatory in my city and surrounding cities. Here our garbage is picked up bi-weekly. Recycling bi-weekly-and we can put all recyclables in our blue bin-paper, plastic, etc.

Weekly we have a green bin pick up-that's organic matter-we are not permitted to put food scraps etc in our garbage, nor recycling in our garbage

Raccoons love green bins!

[treehugger]

This is such a petty peeve, but I just have to get it out there into the universe. We just had our annual review cycle at work, and I got promoted. I have worked very hard during the 2 years since my last promotion, and I am very proud of my accomplishments. My peeve? In prior years, there has been an announcement email sent out to the office each year at this time, detailing the promotions. That didn't happen this year for some reason, and since it's really pretty strange to mention ones own promotion in casual conversation, I can't talk about it. I wanted my 15 minutes in the sun, dammit!

Kara

[early morning]

I'd be happy to send out that email for you, Kara! Of course the people on my email list would be very confused, but hey, I confuse them constantly anyway...
Congrats on your promotion!

My pet peeve? People who edit their own posts immediately, when they realize that they didn't actually respond to the thread topic - oh wait! Can I BE my own pet peeve?

[fidgiegirl]

Well, no more Friday night social plans with DH's family. I am too crabby and tired on Friday nights to have the patience I need to have a good time with them. It takes a lot out of me to be with them. I just know that. And I am TERRIBLE about concealing my annoyance with people, no matter how hard I try. And I hate that about myself, but try as I may, I can't do it. But sometimes I do better than other times. And tonight I thought I did a pretty darn good job and had a good time and then I get home and DH informs me that maybe I need a nap. Nice.

[SteveinMN]

Well, no more Friday night social plans with DH's family. I am too crabby and tired on Friday nights to have the patience I need to have a good time with them. It takes a lot out of me to be with them.

Kelli, if it makes you feel any better, my wife and I have long declined Friday night social plans with anyone. We were just too wiped from the week to really want to discharge the batteries some more by electing to be with people. Now it has to be a pretty special event that we can't move before we commit to a Friday night. There's no shame in taking care of yourself, and that is what you are doing.

[ApatheticNoMore]

Well the cleaning crew is throwing away my walnuts again. Ok course I was dumb enough to leave them on my desk yet again.

[iris lily]

Another pair of pants ruined by lily pollen. Why can't I learn not to wear anything but black when I work with lilies????!!!! I really liked these Goodwill pants, too.

[Stella]

Another pair of pants ruined by lily pollen. Why can't I learn not to wear anything but black when I work with lilies????!!!! I really liked these Goodwill pants, too.

LOL. I read this before I was caffeinated and initially thought you had ruined your underpants. I was wondering what you could possibly have been doing to get lily pollen on your underpants.

[Miss Cellane]

LOL......yeah....don't give pigs a bad name. haha
I know this will make some of your skins crawl, (that doesn't sound right...haha) but I wish they would make recycling mandatory. I'll bet just a small fraction of people recycle.
I'm pretty compulsive about it.

My town hasn't made recycling mandatory, but there are recycling bins outside most homes on trash day. You see, trash *must* be put out in special trash bags that cost $1.35-$1.60. Recycling pick-up is free. So you can either pay to have your bottles, cans and cardboard hauled away, or have them taken away for free. Your choice.