1. Things that should only take less than a minute or two to do and people take ages to do it...
If you ever happen to come across my profile, realize how much of an epic person I am and then decide: "You know what, this blogger sounds like a really cool dude and I'm gonna be BFFs with her/him!", there is one very important and monumental fact that you MUST know if you ever proceed to that action:I'm a very very VERY impatient person.
And by 'very impatient', I don't mean like:
I mean that on a very bad day, I would punch/slap/shove the next person who stutters on the way they say 'barbiturate'.
Oh, and if you think that I'm a tiny bit too violent...let me show you a VERY common example:
So imagine you're standing in a queue for comic con (Another monumental fact: I'm a nerd and proud. So don't be surprised if I use comic con as another example later on in this blog). You're very excited, you worked half a year on your costume, you're there with all you're friends and you've all been queuing for 2 flippin' hours. Finally, you're at the front of the line, you're waiting for the person in front of you to get his tickets (for the next part, I'm gonna need to give this person a name, so we'll call him...Stephen.) and then this crap happens:
Stephen: Hi!
Ticket dude/dude...ette? : Hello sir! Which tickets would you like to buy?
Stephen: Oooh...gosh...um, what options do I have?
Ticket dude/girl/woman: Well sir, you have the option of buying the tickets for today only, tickets that last you the entire convention and a VIP ticket.
Stephen: Oh! How much do the VIP tickets cost?
Ticket dude/girl/woman: AED 500
Stephen: Oh no, that is a tad bit expensive for me...um...So how much are the tickets for the entire convention?
Ticket dude/girl/woman: AED 160
Stephen: Well....uh....hmmm...Hold on a minute...
*Stephen takes about...oh, a century or two...to double check the money in his wallet before he nods to the Ticket...dude*
Stephen: Yup! I'll take that one!
Ticket dude: Okay then sir, would you like to buy one of our vouchers or coupons?
Stephen: Oooh! What are those?!
End.
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I think you can get what I'm getting at. It REALLY bugs me when I finally reach the top of the queue in whatever place, and the person in front of me takes AGES just to take an order. First of all, you should have decided what you wanted to get BEFORE you go up and queue; Second of all, you should have already known how much that item costs BEFORE you queue as well and finally, you should already decide IF you have enough to buy it as well.
And it's not only those kinds of things that people take AGES to do; there are people who take ages to get the money out of their purse or wallet, people who take FOREVER to park their car or get out of the parking spot and that one time you're on a plane and you're waiting for hours for the person to finish using the bathroom. Well... I guess the parking spot one isn't something that really bugs me if the person is just trying to play it safe, so I'll let that one slide.
2. People who chew chewing gum with their mouths open and kids blowing bubbles...
Really....Do I need to clarify on this one?
In my opinion, it's just plain torture having to be in the same room with a person who is chewing their chewing gum in the most obnoxious way and having to listen to the disgusting sounds of their saliva being mixed with the artificial flavors of gum.
And there's when some blow and pop bubbles with it. I don't mind if it's a teenager or an adult doing it, because at least THEY know how to do it properly and not make a mess. But there is always that one parent who can't handle their screaming, whining child and gives her/him a piece of gum to shut them up.
Now, I don't know about you, but I don't want to have to watch a kid blow a bubble, pop it all over their face and then start peeling it off very slowly piece by icky piece.
And don't get me started on when they start doing this:
Need I say more?
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