Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Grousing
Maybe I'll get grousing out of my system for 2008 if I get rid of some peeves from 2007 today.
Celebrities' marriages do not have anything to do with history. In almost all "today in history" lists, great big (un)important events like Teri Garr's and Kathryn Heigl's weddings are listed. For goodness sake, those are not historical moments. Liz Taylor's weddings are a bit historical, I suppose, since there were so many of them, but being famous isn't the same as being historical. Ah, perhaps that's the ticket. Perhaps what those lists really mean is that they are listing "events that happened today to people whose names you recognize." Who cares??!
Tourists who ride at commuter time need to honor the same unwritten rules. Why do tourists need to be in Manhattan before 8:00 or 8:30 a.m. anyway? Nothing much is open before 10. They have to buy peak fare tickets (almost half again as much) and they just crowd the trains and buses and act as if they're the only people in the world. Yesterday one mother kept saying things like "see the boat!" and "see the water!" and "oh, look, you can see the track!" I swear if she were my mother I'd bop her over the head. As if kids can't see things without a running commentary. And as if the whole rest of the car wanted the commentary. Stay home or take your own train.
People who block the entry to your office building because they're smoking or just hanging out are pains in the neck. Now that no one can smoke in office buildings - which is definitely a good thing from smell and air quality points of view - they apparently continue to need more time for breaks than any two thousand million trillion other people, and they need to interfere with all the rest of us. I've always wondered if some people need extra attention even if it's by seriously annoying other people. I guess the answer is yes.
More to come as the year winds down....
Celebrities' marriages do not have anything to do with history. In almost all "today in history" lists, great big (un)important events like Teri Garr's and Kathryn Heigl's weddings are listed. For goodness sake, those are not historical moments. Liz Taylor's weddings are a bit historical, I suppose, since there were so many of them, but being famous isn't the same as being historical. Ah, perhaps that's the ticket. Perhaps what those lists really mean is that they are listing "events that happened today to people whose names you recognize." Who cares??!
Tourists who ride at commuter time need to honor the same unwritten rules. Why do tourists need to be in Manhattan before 8:00 or 8:30 a.m. anyway? Nothing much is open before 10. They have to buy peak fare tickets (almost half again as much) and they just crowd the trains and buses and act as if they're the only people in the world. Yesterday one mother kept saying things like "see the boat!" and "see the water!" and "oh, look, you can see the track!" I swear if she were my mother I'd bop her over the head. As if kids can't see things without a running commentary. And as if the whole rest of the car wanted the commentary. Stay home or take your own train.
People who block the entry to your office building because they're smoking or just hanging out are pains in the neck. Now that no one can smoke in office buildings - which is definitely a good thing from smell and air quality points of view - they apparently continue to need more time for breaks than any two thousand million trillion other people, and they need to interfere with all the rest of us. I've always wondered if some people need extra attention even if it's by seriously annoying other people. I guess the answer is yes.
More to come as the year winds down....
Labels: about me, complaints
Best wishes for 2008,
Laura
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