My Pet Peeves

1.    1.  People Who Do Not Think Golfers Are Athletes: I have heard time and time again from my friends that golfers are not athletes. I have played on the NHS golf team for three years now, and I tend to disagree a lot. For the golf team, I have to stand up for over two hours during a round. At the same time, I have to carry a ten-pound golf bag with clubs for over two miles. I need a lot of stamina and endurance to do this. That does not even talk about the golf swing, with involves a lot of flexibility as well as strength in every single part of the body to hit the golf ball long and straight. When I hear someone say this to me, I get frustrated because they do not understand how much hard work it took to get me in shape to play this sport, and I really wish everyone could see the things golfers have to do to play well.

2.  2.    Comments People Say to Me When They Get a Better Grade: For years, people have been comparing their success in school to mine. I have always been a good student, but sometimes I do not do my best and receive a lower grade than one of my classmates. Whenever someone gets a better grade than me, I always hear, “Wow, I can’t believe I beat Louis.” I am a normal human being, and all human beings make mistakes, so you do not have to rub in my face how you beat me. One grade is not everything, and I just get really annoyed how people think one better grade is the best accomplishment of their school careers.

3.    3.  Nicolas Cage: This guy is in too many movies. I turn on the television and all I see is Nicolas Cage. He has to stop being in so many movies. Also, his voice is very weird. It seems very dark and spooky even though he has been in a decent amount of movies that little kids watch (i.e. National Treasure). He is scaring away little kids, and he is scaring me away from his movies because that voice is just too bizarre.

4.   4.   NFL Commentators: To me, all NFL commentators just hate the Patriots. I love the Patriots with all my heart, but the commentators just ruin the games for me. When the Pats score a touchdown, “it is the defense’s fault”, not because the offense made a good play. When the opposing team makes a good play, it is the “Patriot’s fault for not stopping that team”. Almost every commentator does this, and it sickens me that the Patriots are treated this way. All I want is for these commentators to give some credit to the Patriots. That is all that I want.

5.   5.   People Who Stop Texting For No Reason: I hate it when I am talking to a friend, and they just stop talking. We had been talking for a while, and my friend just leaves without any acknowledgement. They do not say, “Hey, got to go,” or, “Need to do something. Be right back.” They just leave the conversation without telling me so. Is that how my friend would act in an actual conversation? No. For some reason, though, it is okay to do that when texting. I just sit there and wait, but there will never be any reply. It hurts my feelings when someone just leaves and does not tell me they are leaving. I just want to know so I can move on with my day.

6.  6.    My Mother While I Am Driving: I got my learner’s permit for driving in June, and ever since then I have driven with my mother a lot of times. As she is sitting next to me while I am driving, she tends to make sudden movements to indicate that she is worried about something. For example, when she sees a car five hundred feet away from out from a driveway, she flinches and slams down on an imaginary brake hoping that I stop in time. What she does not know is that I was already on the brakes before she made those motions. It annoys me because when she makes those motions, it puts a feeling in me that she does not trust my driving, which I really do not like. What upsets me more is that I ask her to stop making these movements because it makes me nervous, but she still tends to do them anyway. I guess it is a mom thing to do this, but I still do not like when she does this.

7.   7.   Infomercials: Some infomercials are on too many times. Sometimes, when I am watching a show on television, I see the same infomercial three or four times. Then, I change the station to watch a different show, and that same infomercial in on that station. After a while, I start to memorize the dialogue from these commercials because they are on so much. I do not want to memorize the dialogue of an infomercial; it takes up space in my brain, and I do not want useless items in my brain. The TV stations can show an infomercial one or two times within a few hour period but they do not have to torture me and others by putting the same thing on three or four times within an hour.

8.    8.  Easton, MA Cell Reception: I sometimes go to Borderland State Park, Target, Shaw’s, and other places near the Five Corners area of Easton. For some odd reason, I always get a phone call from someone while I am in a car on Route 106 as I am going to Five Corners. The problem with that is that the cell receptions in that part of town is terrible, and whenever I get a call, I cannot hear the other person speak through the phone. I want to hear the other person, and it annoys me how sometimes I cannot hear them. Every conversation is important to me, and if Easton’s cell reception cannot give me my important conversation through my phone, then my life is now different than if I answered the call regularly.