Pet Peeves

Since I'm in such a negative space this weekend, I might as well get everything off my chest...


My 100 Pet Peeves:


1. Leafs fans who are just happy being so. Winning not important.


2. Tim Horton commercials.


3. Mike Toth back on TV (Leafs TV).


4. Overly happy people. Keep it to yourself.


5. Rogers Cable wanting more $$ from me.


6. The Home Shopping Network. Anytime, any day, any hour.


7. Blue Jay mgmt telling fans again on how their aiming for the year after next.


8. Obnoxiously loud school kids jamming the buses at rush hour.


9. Any car with tinted windows.


10. Cell phone conversations in elevators or on buses.


11. Drivers who signal inconsistently. Either you're a total A-hole who never signals or you're someone who cares about their fellow drivers. Can't be both.


12. Corner Gas reruns on the Comedy Channel.


13. That guy on the subway who stares at people.


14. Any Roger's commercial.


15. The conversations overheard at a Starbucks. Yes, your poop doesn't smell.


16. Diving in soccer. And the refs who always fall for it.


17. People that over explain when you ask a simple question.


18. Cocky poker players with their sunglasses and headphones.


19. Yorkdale Shopping Mall. Hate every inch of it.


20. Mike Komisarek.


21. That giggling woman at the far end of the office. Lay the egg and move on.


22. Lite beer. Any lite beer.


23. Americans. Not all of them.


24. Torontonians. All of them.


25. Slow moving cars in the passing lane on the 401.


26. Any new, shiny toy from Apple and the flock that worships it.


27. Mitt Romney.


28. Overly friendly dental offices. See number 4.


29. Speeding cars in the TTC parking lot. Do they know people are walking to their cars?


30. That fat lady who tries to squeeze in the seat beside me.


31. Pineapple on pizza is a crime. Always.


32. Empowered women. They scare me. Always have.


33. Designer glasses.


34. Cell phone stores in malls. It's like a cult.


35. People lining up the night before for the latest from Apple, RIM, whatever.


36. Corporations. All Corporations.


37. The US political system. Big money runs the government, dictate policy. Democracy is an illusion for the great unwashed.


38. Every Leaf loss. Even the OT losses.


39. News reports of a space satellite crashing to earth and the low odds of apparently getting hit.


40. Any western with Steve McQueen or Marlon Brando.


41. Every time they honour the military at Leaf games. This is not a knock at the soldiers, but to MLSE for exploiting them so the corporation looks good. Good image = more Leaf jerseys sold.


42. US Tea Partiers. They are idiots.


43. Crowded TTC buses.


44. The "This is BOB" commercials for male enhancement.


45. Those Viagra commercials where the parent turns up the stereo or given their son headphones.


46. Any smiling person I just met, and uses my name with every sentence. Don't trust 'em.


47. Narcissistic women who can't take their eyes off from elevator mirrors.


48. Guys who wear Hawaiian shirts.


49. The faces in the checkout line at Metro, Sobeys, or Loblaws.


50. Loud people.


51. Crowded movies theatres.


52. Sports mascots. Exception: Yuppie.


53. The greedy NBA owners for settling their work stoppage with an impossible schedule where players get hurt playing every other night. Making money is far more important than quality or the fans.


54. Major League baseball for allowing a system where the rich, big market teams win all the time and the small market teams have no chance to compete. Making money is far more important than quality or the fans.


55. Rogers, who owns the Toronto Blue Jays. They are one of the largest companies in North America and yet will not put money to compete with the Yankees and Red Sox. Making money is far more important than quality or the fans.


56. George W Bush. Yes still.


57. "Times New Roman" font.


58. Suits with white teeth.


59. Lazy stand up comedians.


60. Getting beaton by the computer when playing gin rummy.


61. Niave people obsessed with "the American Dream".


62. Rochester, New York.


63. Harvey's french fries.


64. Absentee bartenders.


65. Women busy being fabulous.


66. Anyone with entitlement issues.


67. The financial doom-and-gloom talking heads on TV. Nice hair.


68. Stupid trade rumours.


69. Any new music from 1995 onwards.


70. The Grammy awards.


71. Aggressive SUVs on wintery days.


72. Facebook's farmville invitations.


73. Changing your Facebook security settings... again.


74. Jay Leno's Tonight Show.


75. People who cross the street staring at their iPhone.


76. Cell phone conversations in office washrooms.


77. Guys who spit in the sink in office washrooms.


78. Any conversation involving stock market or home renovations.


79. Trailer Park Boys.


80. Waiting in waiting rooms.


81. Guys on the subway biting their nails.


82. A sportsbar that doesn't have that bar on the floor for your feet.


83. Christmas music.


84. REALITY SHOWS - helps to make this the worst era in TV history.


85. Paying $4.25 for a Starbucks coffee that is 50% foam.


86. What CNN considers "Breaking News".


87. Any show on GTV.


88. Taping shows on the PVR that get cut short.


89. Hidden banking fees.


90. Gas pumps that suddenly stop when you pull the lever too far.


91. People who leave a food court table w/o cleaning up their garbage.


92. Broken escalators.


93. Celebrity gossip.


94. Another part of my body that suddenly aches.


95. Ron Wilson press conferences.


96. Rush hour buses that suddenly become short route and everyone has to leave.


97. Service interruptions on the subway that occur all too often.


98. The one sided press coverage of mayor Rob Ford.


99. That annoying low tire pressure light when I know my tires are Ok.


100. The 80% of the Toronto media that report on the Toronto Maple Leafs, are now owned by the same corporation as the Toronto Maple Leafs.