TOP TEN
10. JERKS WHO TAKE UP 2 PARKING SPACES
Jerks who take up two parking spaces so that their precious car will not get dinged by opening car doors are a symptom of the selfishness that is endemic to our culture. Some people want to make life as easy for themselves regardless how difficult they make things for the rest of us.
9. POLICE WHO STOP YOU FOR TRIVIAL REASONS
I have an irrational fear of the police and nothing aggravates me more than a police officer who pulls me over for a trivial reason. While my mind is racing with thoughts of a 200 dollars speeding ticket he slowly ambles over to my car and politely and courteously informs me that my license plate light is out. Ugghh!!
8. OBESE LADIES WHO WEAR STRING BIKINIS
Allow me to preface my remarks by stating that we are all God's creatures and every single one of us is beautiful in his or her own way. However there is no way in God's earth that a 220 pound lady looks good in a string bikini! A lady of that size wearing a string bikini looks like a beached whale with a piece of fishing line caught in its rear end.
7. CATS WHO TOY WITH ME
Sometimes I chase my cat and right in the middle of a chase she will nonchalantly stop and groom herself and then right when I am about to grab her she takes off again. Then of course when I don't want to pick her up and play with her because I'm right in the middle of writing something she will jump on my lap demanding my complete attention.
6. PEOPLE WHO ASK YOU WHAT TIME IT IS ...
When they are surrounded by clocks. Some people will ask you what time it is when they are wearing a beeper with the TIME and have a cell phone in their purse with the TIME and are staring at a computer screen with the TIME.
5. DO YOU WANT FRIES WITH THAT?
I can't stand fast food clerks who mindlessly repeat like a moron reciting a mantra "do you want fries with that?" You can order a diet Coke with a salad with low cal dressing and they will still ask "do you want fries with that?" You can ask only for a cup of water and they will still ask "do you want fries with that?" I bet if you order only fries and nothing else they will still ask "do you want fries with that?"
4. DO YOU MIND IF I SMOKE?
I can't stand people who ask you "mind if I smoke ?" while they are lighting up their cigarette. It is as if they are saying "I don't care what you really think! I am smoking anyway! I am just asking to appear to be polite! Just try to stop me from smoking!"
3. PEOPLE WHO SIGNAL AFTER THEY CHANGE LANES
I can't stand drivers who signal after they make a lane chane on the freeway going 80 miles per hour. With a simple flick of the wrist they transform what should have been an act of courtesy and consideration into an act of defiance and disdain.
2. YOU KNOW? 
I can't stand folks who can't complete a sentence without saying "you know". After a couple of minutes with simpletons like this the only thing "you know" is that they are idiots who can't say a few words without saying "you know" You know?
AND MY NUMBER ONE PET PEEVE IS:
1. LITTLE WHITE LIES 
Little white lies are sometimes told so as not to hurt the feelings of someone; but usually little white lies are told to hide big ugly black lies. I can't stand lies of any kind. It's best not to say anything rather than to tell a little lie. The truth is not pliable. The truth does not bend. The truth is hard as cyrstal but it will break with just one tiny lie.
WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE PET PEEVES?
Let me know what your pet peeves are. I would love to hear all about it. Send me an email by clicking my email address RReyes4966@aol.com or EastBay57@aol.com
© 1998 Robert Paul Reyes
AND NOW PLEASE RETURN TO MY MAIN PAGE:
MY VERSION OF THE TRUTH BY ROBERT PAUL REYES