Everyone has them; here are just some of mine.
1. People chewing with their mouth open and hearing people chew.
The literal worst.
2. When girls put on a full face of makeup, spend a lot of time on their hair, and then wear sweatpants and a hoodie.
I'm looking at you, girls I went to high school with. If you're gonna spend all that time on your face, how much more effort is it to put on a nice outfit?
3. Incorrect grammar in any type of writing, or not using the proper forms of words.
My boyfriend hates me for correcting his "your" to "you're" in text messages. It's even worse when it's technical or professional writing that has already been published.
4. Seeing someone with really bad brows.
Now that #eyebrowsonfleek are all the rage, I can't help but notice when someone has extremely bad eyebrows, and thinking of exactly how I would fix them.
5. Seeing a boy with better brows and/or eyelashes than me.
Seriously, you're a boy; what do you need those voluptuous brows and lashes for? Totally unfair.
6. Watching someone put the silverware that they are about to eat with on the table at a restaurant.
I’ve worked in a few restaurants, and I can say with certainty that the table is not a place to put a utensil that goes in your mouth.
7. Minivans
If you’re driving a minivan and I’m in the lane behind you, chances are you’re going way too slow and I hate you. Also, it's definitely not a car I ever want to be the type of person to own.
8. Crushed ice
Some people love it, but I can’t stand it. If I don’t have a straw to drink with when I have crushed ice, I get all ice and no drink.
9. When someone calls my workplace for a to-go order, and then tells me to “hold on” while they get everyone else’s order in their crew.
Nope, you called me so don’t tell me to “hold on.” Look up a menu online, get everyone’s order, then call and place it.
10. McDonald’s ice cream machine always being “broken.”
Every. Single. Time. If it’s 1:00 a.m. and I’m at your drive thru, chances are that ice cream of some form will be part of my order. Please tell me when you greet me over the intercom that it is out of order, not after I’ve already gotten my hopes up of having a Reese’s McFlurry with my chicken nuggets.
11. Seeing people share “news” on Facebook that clearly comes from a fake news source, and is an outrageously untrue news story anyway.
Facebook friends, rowanfreepress.com is not a real news source. Please do not use it as such.
12. Nordstrom and other retailers discontinuing Ivanka Trump’s clothing line.
You may hate her dad, and you’re entitled to that opinion. With that being said, how on earth can you preach “women’s empowerment” but stop carrying a line due to perceived sins of her father?
13. The phrase “women’s empowerment.”
empower (əmˈpou(ə)r/): to give someone the authority or power to do something
I do not need empowerment from men or other women to know that I am capable of great things. The phrase itself suggests that women derive their power from others instead of possessing it internally, and isn’t that exactly what feminism is against? I am woman, hear me roar.
14. North Carolina weather being so indecisive.
I hate when it’s literally 70 degrees one day, and within two days, it's in the low thirties.
