Todays thought...My pet peeves

Why is it that most men cannot clean up their whiskers from the bathroom sink when they get done shaving? Then it gets stuck on the sink and when us women go to clean the bathroom at the end of the week, it takes an act of congress signed by the Pope himself to get the stupid things off of there! And another thing, no my Pooh Bear...and I must give him credit for this, does not leave the toilet seat up but some other men in my family do. What is all of that about? It obviously takes some effort to put the thing up, but why does it take so much more effort to put it down?

Then, I really can't stand when you are driving somewhere, and the person in front of you or beside you is on a cell phone and not paying attention to anything they are doing. That really frosts my cookies! HELLO PEOPLE! Do you think that whoever you are talking to is going to be upset with you if you tell them you'll call them back, or if they know that by talking to them you are got into an accident or caused an accident? There is a simple little device out there that is made for that situation. Its called a HANDS FREE DEVICE! Its really simple and comes in various shapes and sizes. There's even one out there that will convert your radio in your car to the speakers for the telephone. That way if you get a call you can answer it. And there's also a function on most phones that automatically answers the phone for you if you are driving after the second ring. Then you don't even have to touch the phone! What a novel idea huh? SHUT UP AND DRIVE! Or get a hands free device.

And another thing. Companies out there that have just automated systems and no way to talk to an actual person. You know I called one a long time ago and I kid you not, just for fun I guess it said on the system "Press 9 if you want to hear a duck quack". So of course being the curious person that I am, yep, I pressed 9. And sure enough, I heard a duck quack, then it took me back to the main menu. But do you understand where I'm coming from. Why aren't there more companies out there that give you the option to talk to an operator instead of you having to jump through hoops to get there? Its like you have to go through 10 different options to get to the option to talk to an operator. And I thought I had a way around this at one time. Before, you could just keep pressing 0 and it would take you to an operator eventually. Oh no! They've caught on to that. If you press 0 now the system will just disconnect the line. Or it will say that you've made an invalid choice and to listen to the menu again.

Oh, and here's a great one. Why is it that when you are watching a show, the season finale is a cliff hanger? Is it because they want you to come back and watch the show when the season premier starts? HELLO! Obviously if you are watching the show, enough to see the season finale, then you like it enough to watch the new season premier! Cliff hangers should be saved for the middle of the season. That way you can see the conclusion the next week instead of having to wait 6 months for the new season to start.

On that note though, I have to admit, while I am slightly dismayed that a show anymore will only have about 20 episodes instead of 28-30 per season, the quality of the shows are much better than they used to be. The story lines are better and the all around quality is better.

And on that subject, movies and some shows that will progress slowly and then right up at the end try to push so much stuff in the last 15-20 minutes of the show or movie that it ruins it! Why do they do that? Just stay the pace! If you're coming up to a major ending, then liven the pace up a little bit through out the whole movie or show. Its like they start shooting and then realize..."Oh crap, we have this much stuff to put in the last 20 minutes". Hell make it a longer movie or show. Like Ghost Hunters. LOVE THAT SHOW! And do you know what they did for the season finale this year? They made it an hour and a half. So that they could do what they wanted to without compromising anything in the show.

Anyway...that is my rant for the day. Its about time for me to get going. Holla!