OK, so for the most part, I'm a pretty happy human being. I see the pleasure in chocolate chip cookies brought to me, coffee in the mornings and reading on rainy days. It takes a lot to test my patience. Lately, it's truly been a test while working the mess decks. Daily, these people continue to amaze me. I cannot imagine how their parents put up with their sore attitudes and rude behavior. Don't worry, I'll explain further in detail.
Today, I am going to share my top ten pet peeves. You know the things that just drive you crazy. Things that frustrate you in horror, you just want to scream in a pillow or break something, or bawl your eyes out? I'm not talking about minor annoyances, I'm talking days going from bad to worse due to so called events. When these things happen to me I feel like I'm going crazy because others don't seem peeved at all.
1.) I absolutely abhor having to walk around when its raining outside. I hate trudging through it. For me, the rain is a show stopper. I cancel all plans of going out, and sit inside and stay dry. The second, I get off of the ship and its raining, I roll my pants up to my ankles (or higher), like a ridiculous old man with high water jeans on, and try to hurry to spectrum. I trudge through the water, pissed that I have to walk in it! And if you think thats bad, just wait until you walk enough for your socks to get wet. Ughhh!!! I hate the feeling of that squishy sound inside of your tennis shoes. After walking for 5 minutes or so, my jeans begin to come undone and start to get close to the ground. So I reach down and slide them back up to my calf muscles, all the while, looking ridiculous. When I finally get to my destination, I sit down and throw one leg up under the other, like half indian style, but since my shoes/pants legs are wet....now the back of my thighs are wet!!! This in itself, is enough to damper my whole entire day.
2.) I hate when people have poor table manners. Smacking food drives me crazy. I can't stand to watch someone lick their finders, or chew with their mouths open, or talk with their mouths full. When a person makes a sucking noise with a straw and the cup becomes almost empty, ughh!! People say I eat slowly. Well maybe its because I don't talk with my mouth full, eat bites that are really small and chew quietly to myself. Ughh. I cannot be the only one who goes crazy watching the lack of consideration for others. On the mess decks, a lot of the sailors don't have a lot of time to eat. I understand that, but really? Some of these people shovel it in, like sand in a sand pale, building the ultimate sand castle in their mouths. Slow down! Actually, enjoy your food...or...well try to. We have this one shipmate, I won't name any names, but he has got to be the sloppiest eater I've ever seen in my entire life. I don't even think his hands are clean before he sits down to eat. He doesn't put down his utensils throughout the whole meal. he doesn't cut up his meat, but continues to either eat small bites of the meat off of the fork or just stick the entire thing in his mouth. Barf! All sorts of disgusting noises come from his table. I can't stand to watch him eat, but I'm mesmerized and can't look away. I just continue to stare him down during the whole meal, in disbelief with my shipmates.
3.) I love going to the gym. I love running on the treadmill or being on the elliptical. I do yoga and meditate. What I don't love is talking to you while I am at the gym! First of all, say I'm on the treadmill. Well, you've already heard the story of me busting ass while running and texting. Do you really think I am capable of focusing on you and running at a 6.5 or higher without falling. Answer:No, I am not. Not to mention, the gym is my one time to legit, focus on me, run my stress off and jam to music. Its me time. I'm not there for you to hit on me or tell me how to do additional work outs. If I am doing arms, I'm already nervous about being there because my arms aren't that strong and I really don't know what I'm doing. A simple hello or wave is fine. Its enough to say hey I'm thinking of you without bothering me. When I'm working on push ups, you'll be a distraction. When I'm working on sit ups, I might just fart so you'll go away. Don't bother me while I'm doing yoga or meditating. I shouldn't even have to say anything further on this subject.
4.) Laziness. I get it. I'm in the navy. People skate. We all do. I know, I do. Its one of the first PQS you should get signed off. You can't be a shitbag until you are qualified in skating. To my family and friends back home: "skating" is a term used by sailors. It means, going to the bathroom for 30 plus minutes, or smoking longer than necessary. Basically disappearing for a period of time to make the day go by faster. The difference between me skating and my shipmates skating: I don't skate when there is work to be done. I will work my ass off preparing for a meal. I will run for utensils during the meal. Swab up spills, wipe down tables, help the guys out in the scullery, and take care of the first classes. After the meal, I stack tables, wipe them down, sweep, swab. I clean the place up. Its when we start getting stupid assignments to fill time that I "go use the head." Some of my shipmates, straight up, just leave when we still have things to clean. You know what happens, I end up doing twice the work. This is bullshit and it always happens to me. Of course, I do it because I want to get off work, but really? Come on now, do your part so we can be done and get off the ship.
5.) Whining or "negative nellys". Even at 5 o clock in the morning, I'm not complaining. What could possibly happen at 5am to piss you off. What, you've been awake for 30 minutes and already, you're mad. No, I'm not saying you have to brighten up the room with sunshine out of your ass but really, a simple good morning requires a response in return. I don't care how tired you are. Complaining about cleaning doesn't make the day go by any faster and griping about the tasks I give you doesn't get you out of the task. It's just the opposite actually, if you are busy doing something, I won't tell you to go clean. The people I work with know what needs to be done at the end of the night, yet I end up telling them what to do, with attitudes in return. Simply stated, do what needs to be done and you won't hear a word from me. We get paid to work, so work. And work, with your mouth closed preferably, if you are going to damper my mood.
6.) In today's world of technology it continues to amaze me that people still don't know the difference between its/it’s and they’re /their/there. Maybe they are just lazy and know the difference but it drives me crazy. You know what else I hate? Grammatical mistakes in text messages or words spelled in shortened form, but still incorrect. I shouldn't have to translate the message before reading it. Just spell out the dang word.
Examples: gr8, or 2nite, dat, noe, plz, rite, 4, u... You graduated high school didn't you? Have enough respect for your English teacher to use correct spelling and grammatical punctuation.
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