Things I Don't Like

Here is an introduction to some of the things I don't like.  By no means is this a comprehensive list.  The list grows each day I encounter something new.  It is worth noting that I have had to try and deal with all of these things and I really don't like them.

1.  Using the word "peeve"
This is not a huge deal to me but it is worth mentioning.  I could have easily titled this post with the much shorter "My Peeves".  But I didn't.  A peeve sounds like a midget sex criminal.  I also think it is overused.

2.  Warm Toilet Seat
Without getting too graphic, this really bothers me.  When I go and sit on the john, a warm seat is as bad as an awful smell.  It gives me the same disgusted feeling that I would have at the sewage plant or a pig farm.  My brain somehow makes the connection from seat warmth, to another person sitting here, to poop came out of them.  My body comes to the conclusion that recently someone went number two and suddenly I feel uncomfortable.  I think that this is actually an evolutionary advantage that will protect me when a seat-spread virus destroys the human population.

3.  Butter Cross Contamination
Picture this: you are making some toast.  Your bread is slowly becoming brown as you gather some jelly and butter.  Just as the toast finishes, you open the butter container to find that there are crumbs in the butter.  Welcome to my nightmare.  Call me crazy (as many have), but I really do not appreciate when things get into the butter container that aren't butter.  I hate seeing little brown specs and when scooping out my butter I avoid them.  While I mentioned butter, this applies to every food product.  I don't want peanut butter in my jelly, or vice versa, or crumbs in my mayonnaise.

4.  Missing the Beginning of a Movie
I really don't like missing the beginning of a movie.  If the movie is on tv, there is no chance I'll watch it.  If it is in the theaters and I've paid for it, I will watch but I won't be as excited.  I don't like playing catchup.  I want to know what the audience is supposed know when they are supposed to know it.  You know?

Even if the movie really sucks (like this one)

5.  Sharing spit via food or utensil
I know what your first question is: what if it's a really pretty girl?  The answer is I still don't like it.  I guess this kinda goes back to the food contamination.  There's something about knowing that another person's saliva is in that food that makes it gross.  Thankfully I don't put kissing in this same category... ladies.

No thanks.

6.  Expiration date
I obey them and the best by dates, otherwise I have no legal protection.  Why would they put them on there?  It's because if the customers get sick they won't lose all their money.  The worst is when you have something and the expiration date has rubbed off.  Who knows when it will have the power to kill you.

After writing this post, I've learned that I am very particular about things getting to me in the condition that they are intended whether it be an entire movie, a fresh toilet seat, or pure butter.  I want entire things as expected.