100 Things That Annoy Me

It's been awhile since I've done one of these things.

Thanks to Cindylu for the inspiration.

Let's get it on

1. Akon's voice
2. People who claim to be die hard fans but can't name more than five people on the team (you can just be a fan of a player)
3. That face Eli Manning makes when he botches a play
4. Any article by Bill Simmons about Boston teams (except this one)
5. The current exchange rate with US Dollar and any country across North Atlantic Ocean
6. Being stuck at work late because I'm waiting for someone to send me something or respond to something
   
7. Southern hip-pop especially when the song is just an excuse to do a variation of a "kick, twist, finger snap" dance
8. Meetings/Conference calls at work scheduled between 12:00-1:00 PM
9. E-mails or phone calls requesting work that requires more than 30 minutes of your time 15 minutes before you're going to leave
10. People who talk on Bluetooth headsets but don't think they look strange
11. Isiah Thomas' continued existence on the Knicks sideline
    
12. A-Rod interviews
13. People who talk throughout the movie
14. People who look at their cell phones/Blackberrys during the movies (Thanks, Andrea. I was letting that one go until I met you)
    
15. People who talk about a movie or television assuming you've seen it and spoil something
16. Paying extra money for a comic book and just getting 4 extra pages and 8 more pages of ads
17. That point in a book where you know you don't like it but you've come this far so you have to finish it
18. Spam comments on my blog
19. Invites to add more applications to my Facebook page
20. Myspace pages that are so busy they crash my browser
21. E-mail spam that starts out like "hi" in the subject line but then in the message in says "Do you want a bigger penis?"
22. When something I want goes on sale the second I decide that I'm not going to spend anymore money
23. Skunky beer
24. Celebrity tabloid culture
25. When people act like my racial identity is tied to my interests or my social activities
26. Couples who act like "schmoopies" in public
27. Fox News Channel
28. Waking up 30 minutes before your alarm goes off
29. When a McDonald's has a different Dollar Menu than the one I'm used to in Harlem
30. The sound of cat murders/orgies that goes on every other night behind my apartment
31. When they have block parties on my block and play offensive music despite being across the street from a church
32. When you order a DVD online and it arrives but the DVD got lose in the packing and it is all scratched up
33. When my DVR/cable gets messed up due to inclement weather
34. When someone gets to the register at a fast food place and acts like they've never been to a fast food place before
35. Chappelle Show: The Lost Episodes
36. When a presidential address disrupts my favorite television show
37. When I get lost or stuck in a video game
38. Friend requests on Facebook or MySpace from people I am 100% sure I don't know
    
39. When people complain about how much the Yankees spend on their roster, especially when those people are fans of other big city/big spender teams like the Mets or the Red Sox
40. The "Why are you single" question
41. Jessica Alba's acting
42. When an album has more shitty songs than good ones and no great ones
    
43. My own debilitating laziness
44. When a new female character appears on The L Word and she just happens to be gay
45. When people are cast in movies because they are famous, not because they can act
46. When I'm downloading something off a torrent and it stops at 99.7%
47. When people try to manipulate you into doing something, not by asking directly, but by trying to make it seem like it's something you wanted to do anyway and you notice and you would have done whatever they had wanted if they just asked but now you almost want to say "no" just because of the shitty attempt
48. Run-on sentences
49. Close talkers
50. Stuart Scott (just talk like a normal human being)
51. When good shows not only get cancelled but don't get a chance to wrap up the show semi-cleanly
52. When shitty shows never end (especially if you find yourself hooked on it for some reason)
    
53. When Yankees fans boo Yankees (except for Kyle Farnsworth)
54. Bandwagon jumpers
55. People who don't believe that you aren't a bandwagon jumper
56. When comics come out a day late because of a holiday
57. When the office is closed on a Tuesday or Thursday but you don't get Monday or Friday off respectively
58. When a comic book I love is turned into a really shitty movie (i.e. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
59. An itch in my lower back that is out of my reach
60. Being put in the friend zone before you get a chance to make your move
61. When girls make sure to tell a story that includes the phrase "So my boyfriend..." and you weren't even interested in her like that
62. When girls make sure to tell a story that includes the phrase "So my boyfriend..." and you thought you had a chance
63. When a concert I want to go gets sold out in less than 15 minutes
64. Standing behind a tall person at a concert
65. Expensive umbrellas that fall apart after the first strong gust of wind
66. Losing a good umbrella at a bar
67. When multiple projects come in around the same time with the same deadline (give or take a day)
68. When something you want is on sale but not in your size
69. When you buy something and then it goes on sale but too much time has passed to get a price match
70. Rude people at the register (especially at fast food joints)
71. Beers that cost more than $7
72. Having to go to Brooklyn for a party that starts at 10 PM
73. Any "no panties" pictures of Lindsay Lohan/Britney Spears/Paris Hilton/etc.
74. Poorly choreographed wrestling matches
75. When people can't take a joke
76. Junk mail
77. People who don't know how to walk on the sidewalk
78. Tourists in Times Square
    
79. People who don't flush the toilet after use
80. When people complain about not getting answers in Lost
81. Women who don't like to be on top
    
82. People who treat their opinions like facts
83. When I buy a DVD and five months later a 2-disc special edition comes out
84. When people show up 10 minutes before a movie starts on opening weekend and complain that there is nowhere to sit
85. People who call you 5 minutes after they sent you an e-mail and say, 'Did you get my e-mail?"
86. Seeing a bad movie in the theater
87. When you order food to go with special requests ("medium well", "no tomatoes", etc.) and you get home and they didn't do it
88. That look the Chinese food delivery guy gives you when he feels you haven't tipped him enough
89. That tone friends at work (or co-workers pretending you are friends for the time being) get when they are going to ask you a favor they think is unreasonable
90. My paycheck
91. Calls from headhunters
92. Calls from vendors looking for business
    
93. When people treat politics like they are voting for High School Prom Queen or King
94. When people who try to walk into the subway car before everyone gets off
95. When people jaywalk with baby strollers
96. When the bartender can't mix drinks properly and there is either too much alcohol or too much chaser
97. UPS
98. When an article of clothing you love gets ruined in the wash or gets a mysterious hole
99. The quality of toilet paper at the office (it's apparently 0.5 ply sheets)
100. In the summer, when you are about to get on a subway car and it's pretty empty but before it's too late, you realize you are in either the no A/C car or the "homeless guy who has shit himself" car (or both!)

So what annoys you...besides me?