Baby talk of any kind. Nails on a chalkboard for me. My parents own two cats and their voice goes up a few octaves whenever they talk to them. They use the same voice for babies and young children. Why? Cats already have incredible hearing and babies respond to normal speech just the same! I told my mom that if I ever have kids, she better not talk to them that way, unless she never wants to see them.
People who don't give a shit about the elderly in public transportation. I always give up my seat to an old person/pregnant woman, but sometimes I'm standing up and I see fucking asshat teenagers just sit there while somebody who could really use a seat is standing RIGHT NEXT TO THEM! At times like these I ardently wish great physical harm to befall them.
The flipside of that is when the elderly literally shove me aside to get in a subway car or bus before me. I guess this behaviour stems from the fear that nobody will give them a seat, but still, don't be an asshole. Also, a woman came to my seat once and asked me to give it up because she was pregnant, but didn't show ANY sign of it (she was about 35, wearing jeans and a t-shirt - not exactly loose clothing). I told her I was pregnant, too, and she shot me the death look. Well, fuck her if she can't support her own body weight plus a six ounce foetus.
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