Chain Messages

“Hi I’m Joanna if you stop reading this you’ll die in the next 10 mins.” --- Don’t you just hate it when someone on facebook, twitter, or tumblr sent you this kind of chain messages? Like the Smith sisters or the girl who killed herself because of bullying. This kind of messages irks me a lot.

It was late at night when I opened my facebook to check out some urgent message from a friend then suddenly something pops-out on my chat box. It’s a random message from someone that says “Don’t read this or else blah blah stuff.” As I read the whole message it has the story of a girl named Lily who is raped and killed by two young boys. They dumped her body in a old house in Kentucky. Now Lily’s body is haunting everyone who read this message, she will appear in front of you and join you while sleeping at exactly 3 am. After I read it I felt irritated because how can a dead body appear in front of me while I’m sleeping. People should stop believing in this kind of messages and why they bother sending them on it makes them look immature. What bugs me too is when I saw post on Facebook about Religion, Jesus vs. Devil I mean seriously you are posting stuff that put Jesus’s name in vain just to be popular.

umm...did you ask?

Why do people borrow without asking first? It is an irking action which is quite bothersome to many people, due to the fact that if you were to go use something, it may not be there anymore because someone may have taken it -without asking- or may not have put it back in it's proper place.
On many occurrences i have come home to see my sister on my bed, with my blankets and pillows, when she has her own. She also likes to wear my socks, and takes them without asking, which is equally, if not more, annoying due to the fact that when i am getting ready, i am not able to find one pair of socks because she has worn them all. I have addressed my sister many times about taking my stuff without asking first, probably on a daily basis actually, but to this day she is still wearing my socks. Another situation occurred in the tenth grade, where i had to go to my locker and i had just left my pencil on the table, not thinking anything about it.
When i got back the pencil was gone, which was really just irritating because i was expecting to just get back to work as soon as i got back to class. By the end of class, i found it across the room being used by a group of guys. I simply went over to them and asked where they got it from and if i could have it back. I did end up getting the pencil back, and i know that it is just a pencil, but can't people just ask first?!
I think that people have a tendency to "borrow" objects without asking first because they may not think about it, that if something is left unattended it is just free to take. Or maybe they simply think that the person that the object belongs to simply wont mind if they just take it without asking. Although, in the case of my sister, she just takes/uses my stuff without asking because i tell her not to. After all, what else would younger sisters be good for if not to be annoying, and act like they don't have ears.
Factors that may contribute to this behavior may be obliviousness, due to the fact that people don't think about what the owner might feel or think. I don't think that the person taking is aware that it is bothersome to the person whom they are taking from, because if they did know, then they wouldn't take without asking. People may be dissuaded from committing this action if someone took something of theirs without asking first, but thinking about it, I think that this has happened to everyone multiple times, and people still choose to take, so I'm not sure what the ultimate dissuading factor might be.
At the end of the day, there will always be someone taking, and someone looking for what was taken, because this isn't exactly a perfect world, but would it kill to ask first?!?

Don't drink and take the bus

Something that I see a lot on the bus is drunk people. The way they act is a very unusual thing to expect when out in the public. I usually notice this when I am a taking a bus that passes Downtown. The fact that they are drunk does not bother me but the way they act and the things they do really gets to me. I understand it is a safe way to get home after having a few drinks but the way they talk or walk is pretty irritating. One thing that takes it over the roof would be the smell of their breath.
During last summer, I was on my way to work early in the morning. When the bus was passing through Downtown, a short middle-aged man stumbled on the bus. The bus is fairly empty at the time, but this man chose to come all the way to the back and sit beside me. He intended on staring a conversation with me right away. If it wasn't bad enough that I am on a bus with a heavy odor lingering around early in the morning, now I have a drunk person who will not stop talking to me. His breath made the bus odor seem like roses and his body odor did not help the situation.
I could not really make out what he was saying but from the few words I did recognize it seemed that he was talking about pirates. Every one in a while he would turn around and yell "Aaarghh", the stench from his breath would smack me right in face.
For the first few minutes I tried to be as polite as possible but as time went on he really started to get on my last nerves. He tried to make me laugh by telling me jokes but I didn't find this very interesting. Being nice I kindly responded with a smile on my face. This went on for about ten minutes or so. At one point it looked like he was going to throw up. As he leaned over gagging, I immediately rang the bell to get off at the next bus stop. I was relieved to have gotten off the bus but I was about ten blocks away from work.
The reason I didn't do anything was because I felt bad for the guy and didn't want to make a big scene in the bus. Sure I could have done something in the moment, but seeing as he was intoxicated, I didn't want the situation to escalate into something big. I am sure he had no idea what he was doing and he probably does not remember a second of it.
Obviously the cause in this situation was alcohol but more specifically the amount of it and given the place and time. This can be avoided by simply not drinking at all or just not drinking on a regular basis. There is a time and place for everything and being drunk on the bus in the morning is not an option. So the message I am trying to send out is that it can be fun to drink but their has to be a line to how much and maybe some more strict laws should be introduced about being intoxicated in public.

Face Your Problems, Don't Facebook Your Problems!

You know what bugs me? People that facebook all their problems. It really irks me because your blowing up my news feed about whats bothering you in your life and im sure, all your friends on that site don't really care. It takes place on facebook where there always is a couple people that start drama over the site or makes a new status every couple minutes about their life and what's going on. I have not directly talked to someone about posting all their stuff onto this site. But i have made a status saying ' Face your problems, Don't facebook your problems '. And i happened to get a lot of " likes ". People engage in this behavior because facebook is a site where you can post anything, but they their problems. Maybe they do this to seek others attention a way to stop this behavior could be talking to a close friend or a parent, or anyone that are close to them. So the whole world dosen't need to know your life and the problems in it.

Bad Driving Habits

Driving is a very useful thing. You can get around the city without much of a problem. You don’t have to go and wait for buses or wait for a taxi to pick you up if you have your own vehicle to drive.

I have been driving for almost a year. In the past 11 months. I saw a lot bad driving habits from other drivers and that annoys me. One of these habits is when someone just doesn’t signal when they’re going to change lanes or make a turn. It isn’t hard at all; you flick the bar in the left side and flick it back when you finish changing lanes.

A few months back, I was going to church with my family and I was the driver. Someone in the other lane was trying to make a turn and it was pretty busy. As I was driving, some guy just changed lanes without signalling and I was pretty close to hitting him. I’m like “What the s***?” in my head. I remember the guy driving was a talking on a cellphone too. Changing lanes without signalling is a habit that just really bugs me. It is a habit that can be prevented easily. You just flick the bar whichever direction you’re going, left or right. You shoulder check, check your side-view mirror and then change lanes when safe. It’s that simple, just turn it back off when you finish.

Another habit that bugs me is when there’s a red light and the car behind decides it would be a good idea to tailgate me. Like seriously, do they really have to do that? They can just stay still for a minute or two. They don’t need to bring their car that close. They can just wait for the green light then they can move.

When someone drive like they’re on a highway when they’re really on a residential area. That just annoys me because that it isn’t safe at all. You’re not in a highway; you’re in a residential area. You’re supposed to drive under 50km/h, not 80 or 90. This is a habit that you can easily prevent from doing.

There are a lot of reasons why people develops these habits. It’s possible that they get used to it when they drive and there isn’t much cars around. It can be just that they get impatient. These people might not even be aware that others get irritated by their habits.

Chasing the light, driving too slow, driving too fast, there are so much bad driving habits out there and pretty much all of them can be prevented. Driving is very useful but sometimes there’s this group of people that just have these irritating habits. So do you have one of these habits?

Waiting..

What really irks me is when people tell me to wait… over and over again. They act as if I have all the time in the world or as if I have nothing to do. To top it off, it really irritates me when that person apologizes and they yet do it again.

I have encountered this behaviour a countless number of times in my life. It seems as if it will never come to an end. Friends, Family, Teachers, you name it, everybody does it. A lot of people take this over the top especially over the phone. Usually that person tells me to wait for two seconds and 5 minutes later they come back saying

"Yo, can you hold on for two more seconds?"

Now, I’m a person who has patience and being the person I am, I always end up waiting another "two seconds". I understand there are times when things do come up but if they know it might take a little longer, I don’t see why it is so hard to let the other know how long they will take. Beside I don't like taking all that radiation to my brain!

It doesn't just happen over the phone, but in person as well. Most of the times i need a ride home afterschool. My mom usually calls me and tells me to come outside and she tells she'll be there in two seconds. I usually end up standing in the cold for much longer than the duration of the call.

No matter what I say, how many times I say it, people continue doing the same thing. I really don’t think people realize they do this at all, but some actually do, thankfully.

I do have patience, I’m a very patient guy buy it’s something I cannot stand. I’m sure nobody likes to wait at all but this constant waiting, I’m just annoying. If I did this to the people that constantly make me wait, I’m sure it would bother them just as much. Also it would change their perspectives and have a little more courtesy.

borrowing or taking?

I am usually a kind, and generous girl. I share my food to my friends, my pencils, loose leaf, notes...and all that jazz. Some people seem to take it for granted though. People think that just because I'm nice and would let them borrow anything, it's okay to just take it without even asking. May it be food, my notes, my shirt or whatever!


I have this friend who is really lazy in class but she says she doesn't want to fail. She would usually ask for my notes a day before the test and says she would give it back by the end of the day. Of course, the good friend I am, I say yes but eventually people snap at one point.


I have a Biology test tomorrow so I tried to complete my notes in class. I leave for 5 minutes to go to the washroom and I left all my stuff on my desk. When i got back, I saw that everyone was getting ready to leave because class was almost over. I packed my stuff and left the classroom along with my classmates. Everything was all good until I got home and checked my binder. I was going to study for my Bio test but guess what? My notes weren't there! I tried looking for it in my bag, I checked my binder from cover to cover but unfortunately, it wasn't there. I wasn't sure if I just lost it or if someone took it without asking. Obviously, I didn't get to study at all. The next day, I saw my friend by her locker and asked if she studied for our test. "Yeah i did! I forgot to give back your notes though, here you go." she replied. I asked her when and where she got it because I totally don't remember giving it to her. "You left for the washroom and I figured you'd say yes anyways!". By that point, I didn't even wanna talk anymore. I might start cursing or saying mean things about her. I just took my notes and said "thanks" while I was walking away.


Why do people do this? i don't know either. People have to realize that taking other people's stuff is really rude and everyone gets fed up eventually. We should all be sensitive enough to think about what the owner would feel if we just did that to them. Imagine it happened to you. Wouldn't you get mad too? Now I learned to say no sometimes and think about myself before anyone else. I mean, you're the one who needs it, the least you could do is ASK! ☺