People piss me off. Past acquaintances, complete strangers, close friends, it could be anyone at any moment. Here is a small sampling of the people who have pissed me off in recent weeks.
To my ex-boyfriend: You’re an idiot. You are doomed to live in financial Hell for your entire life because you just can’t resist any little toy that strikes your fancy, whether it’s a Star Wars figurine or an electronic gadget. Have you already forgotten that you’re unemployed and that you have had to stoop to the level of selling your personal possessions on Ebay to make some needed cash? So what possible justification could you have for buying a brand-new Droid X? Sure it looks cool and does fun things, but you don’t need one, and you can’t afford one, so what makes you think you should have one?
Why does this piss me off? Because it’s people like you that default on loans, that file bankruptcy, and that live on the dole whenever they can. You take advantage of the hardworking people in this country that scrimp and save, pay their debts, and most importantly, pay their taxes. How could I have dated someone like you? I get mad at myself just thinking about it.
To the twenty-something that I read about in a recent article: you’re just out of college, looking for a job in an economy with a stunningly high unemployment rate, and you’re living off your parents. You were offered a job for $40,000, but you didn’t take it because you thought that the salary was too low and it would somehow ruin your career path. Sure, it wasn’t what you wanted, but no one said you had to stay forever, and have you heard of these things called “networking,” “working your way up the corporate ladder,” and “supporting yourself?” But heaven forbid you should have to work at a job you don’t like, because geez, no one ever does that! It’s no surprise that you’d rather sit around eating snacks and watching TV all day while your parents work their butts off. Well, maybe when you get off your proud, entitled ass, that job or another similar one will be waiting for you. Or perhaps you’ll have to work at Burger King. I can only hope.
Why does this piss me off? I graduated from college at a time when there were few jobs available, and so I took the first one that was offered to me. It didn’t pay well, and no, it didn’t lead to an awesome career. But you know what it has done for 15 years? It has paid for my food, shelter, clothing, cars, and everything else I’ve needed or wanted, including a beautiful house, a grand piano, and an adorable son. Without that job, I wouldn’t be where I am today, and where I am is very good. I didn’t have the luxury of waiting for the perfect job, and it’s a good thing that I didn’t. Doing something is almost always better than doing nothing, and you’re not going to be much of a person if you don’t figure that out and get moving. And really, why should you get a free ride when the rest of us have to work?
To my gluten-free friend: if I have to hear you say one more time that a gluten-free diet is “nutritionally void,” I am going to have a fit. All of the fruits and veggies are gluten-free. All of them! Eat enough of them and you will have good nutrition. But the problem is, you want to eat wheat products, so you buy things that are like them, such as rice waffles. Then you complain because there are no vitamins and minerals in them. First of all, a waffle is essentially a cake, and to expect good nutrition from cake is asking too much. Second, the only reason wheat waffles have vitamins and minerals is probably because they were fortified (i.e., someone sprinkled magic vitamin dust on them). Third, one main purpose of food is to provide energy for your body. Even a rice waffle provides that, so to call it “nutritionally void” is to completely misunderstand the purpose of food. Seriously, eat some fruits and veggies, take a multivitamin with your rice waffle, and give it a rest.
Why does this piss me off? In effect, you’re saying, “I am on a gluten-free diet, and since it’s not nutritional, I shall never be well! Woe is me!” Bullshit. Not that a gluten-free diet is easy. It’s not, and if you want my sympathy for that, you have it. But don’t give me this garbage about how you can’t eat well, because it just isn’t true, not by a long shot. There are people all over the world living healthy AND gluten-free.