Pet Peeves

• Cat owners who tell me “cats weren’t meant to be on leash”. (So, maybe they were meant to roam all night long and get run over by a car or shot when the cat “sprays” the next-door neighbor’s front door, or craps in their fenced-in backyard?) This is really a PET peeve, pun intended.

• Commercials for new medicines, especially Viagra, Cialis and Levitra for erectile dysfunction. It’s no wonder Pharma doesn’t want REAL health care reform. It might cut out the tsunami of profits they make off a man’s vanity.

• People who never ask my POV and just assume I agree with theirs.

• Gifts that I’ll never use.

• Airlines that lose my luggage or make me miss my connection and offer no solution or remuneration. ~ Plug for TACA Airlines here: TACA lost my luggage on a trip to El Salvador, found it after 3 days, and paid me $75 for my trouble. On my return trip, they upgraded me to First Class. I’ll fly them again, but I’ll carry at least one change of clothes in my carry-on bag.

• Frivolous lawsuits. There should be a clearinghouse for all litigation with a “stress test” to see if it is meritorious. But that wouldn’t make it past the lobbyists for the American Bar Association. Must have lots of trials to make lots of money.

• Lobbyists

• People who don’t read and don’t want to. This is a recipe for mob rule.

• Crappy movies starring A-list actors. What a waste of time and talent. My time, their talent.

• Pop-ups, dancing/gyrating images in on-line ads on my home page, spam, chain e-mails, etc.

I have more. Later…