Things That Annoy Me Greatly (parte the second)

And no, I'm not unusually irritable today. ;)

1) People who wear too much perfume. Look, one short dose in the morning is enough. For the love of...whoever...please don't put it on again at work. (This means you, oh cow-irker who doesn't seem to understand that no, not everyone needs to smell you coming three nautical miles away.)

a) Also a part of this, people who wave perfume samples in your face at the mall. See #1. If you want me to buy perfume, how about not giving me a headache as part of your sales pitch?

2) Kiosk workers. I know you have to earn a living, and sometimes the need to make money makes you work in jobs you wouldn't consider, but that one? Oh, yes, I'm sure your overpriced cellphone/sea salt mix/makeup is worth buying, but you see, I'm just not interested. And no amount of cajoling/catcalling is going to make me interested. So stop. Please.

3) Snaps on baby sleepers. I'm convinced that whoever did this didn't have children. Trying to match snaps on a wriggling baby at 3am who really wants to go crawling without her diaper on is just not my idea of fun.

4) Non-standard sizes. Depending on who makes the clothes, I'm either a US size 16, 18, 20, or 22. The wee one is either into 9 month, 12 month or, in some cases, 18 months sizes. Rob is either a 36 or a 38 long. Can't we all get our measurements to agree? Or failing that, how about posting at least the inseam measurement on pants?

And finally (for now)...

5) Car sales tactics (from my latest experience.) Look, I have an internet connection. I asked for an emailed quote. That does NOT mean I want you and your legions of employees calling me repeatedly to get me into the dealership. Nope, sorry, nothing doing---if there's no quote, I'm not setting foot in your dealership. Oh, and you better believe I know what the invoice on my car is---so don't tell me that no dealership will match it just because you won't. Guess what? One did, and you just lost a sale.

And now that I've bought the car...

I love my car. Really. But I don't have an eternity to fill out online surveys or answer customer service calls about how my buying experience was. I bought the car and I filled out one survey. That's all you're getting from me, so stop sending me requests and please, for the love of whoever, stop calling. kthxbai