Time for a Quick Rant....

Things that get all over my nerves:

- Skin care commercials using 18 year old models with flawless skin to convince me that this expensive cream, or soap, or lotion will make me look younger. Seriously, if it really worked, and the model looked any younger, she would be in diapers. BIG, HUGE advertising FAIL as far as I am concerned. Show me a mature woman with great skin and then I might consider trying your product.

-Insurance agents. We made the monumental mistake of showing a smidgen of interest in taking out another life insurance policy when we discovered that in a few years (I can't remember just when it is) our policy that we have with our jobs will start to increase in cost. By retirement it will be outrageous. So yeah, it makes good sense to look into these things, but Oh My God....these people will NOT leave us alone.
They call, they leave messages continually. Even on weekends. Do these people ever take a weekend off?

-Strangers in public who act a little too chatty and overly friendly. Maybe I am too reserved, but I just don't want to engage in long, drawn-out, intimate conversations with someone that I do NOT know. I don't want to know your life's history, and I sure as hell do NOT want to share the details of mine. I mean, I realize that some people are genuinely open and outgoing. And that is probably not a bad thing. But I am not and it makes me really uneasy when you force me into a discussion that is any more involved than maybe a quick comment on the weather.

-Shopping online at stores that do not keep their website updated. I don't know how or why, but some places (like Coldwater Creek) will know the minute that you try to add something to your cart that is no longer in stock, unavailable, on back order...etc. And it shows up so you can know whether or not you can make the purchase. Other sites...not so much. If some stores can do it then there has to be a way. Its frustrating to check out, submit a payment, and then receive an email a day or so later saying that part of my order can't be had. Ugh.

-And speaking of online shopping, it also gets on my nerves when certain sites (like Best Buy) won't disclose the price until you add it to your cart. I know there is a reason for that. I actually read the reason for it, and it made a certain amount of sense. But I can't remember why they do that, and even if there is a good reason, it still annoys me.

And the rant is over for now. LOL. Oh except I forgot: Mondays get all over my nerves too. It seems like there are at least 2 or 3 of them every single week. Whats up with that? I just wish I was here: