John Sheda

The best definition of a pet peeve is something that is a minor annoyance that you find just a tad irritating but you don’t usually say anything about it. Here are some of my top pet peeves:

-Public displays of affection, eek.

-Slow drivers down the left lane on the interstate.

-Political opinions of celebrities

-Chronically late people. Five minutes is ok but 20 minutes!!!

-People who talk and talk and talk. Take a breather, fella.

-Picking your nose in public. Eek.

-Loud burps…..anytime.

-People using the ten items or less line with about 18 items.

-People actually talking to their televisions. Hah, you know who you are!!

-Potholes. There’s one in the back of our church. It’s huge.

But for the past ten years or so, I’ve had my share of pet peeves over the years as readers of this fine column well know. Many of those minor annoyances actually became major ones but NO MORE. I’ve been set free, NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOT BOTHERS ME ANYMORE. I’m happy as a lark now and I have none of those nasty irritating annoyances anymore. I have decided, (with much hard work, positive motivational tapes and being kind to myself), that my pet peeves are now a thing of the past. Those disgusting things you do over and over again and again simply do not bother me anymore. For example…

-If you wish to wear, (and embarrass yourself) by wearing socks with sandals, that’s perfectly OK with me. Go ahead, put those unnecessary socks on regardless that they look so silly on you. I don’t care!!

-And if you want to sit and sit and sit as the light has turned green for a pretty long time now, again, it’s ok with me. I’m in no hurry anyway.

-Wear your baseball cap backwards and look as silly as silly can be. It certainly no longer bothers me. After all, it’s you that looks silly, certainly not me.

-And if Indytel wants to discontinue being in the email business, I say, go for it. I’ll get over it, eventually. And live to smile about it.

-Finally those doggone silly commercials. I simply do not care anymore.

-However, I still have one hurdle to get over and that is the “F” word being used so much in movies. Why, Why, Why? Do people really talk like that? I must run around with a great crowd of friends because I never hear that word, well, except on the golf course every now and then…NO NO, NOT BY ME. Heck, if John Wayne never needed to use it in his movies, why does it need to be used in today’s movies?

So there you have it. No more Pet Peeves from this guy. Go ahead, check your phone while we’re out for lunch. Heck, check it several times. I don’t care. Go ahead, interrupt me when I’m telling you a story. I’m sure your story is much better. And better yet, don’t be afraid to give me some unsolicited advice on the golf course…..especially after you just triple bogeyed the last whole. So with all that, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. AND GO YANKEES!!