What are the top 10 things that irritate you?

 

Yesterday my car broke down on the freeway. Today, because I’d borrowed a friend’s car, I was driving the speed limit in the slow lane.

Big trucks kept passing me. That’s when I decided to write this post.

Here are the top 10 things, in no special order, that annoy me:

• Trucks that exceed the speed limit.

• People who don’t communicate positively.

• Low-quality and poor customer service.

• People who crowd in front of me in a line, and drivers who cut me off.

• Salesmen and women who use high-pressure sales tactics.

• Conservatives who distort the facts.

• Telemarketers who call and try to sell me things I don’t want.

• Fast food with low nutritional quality.

• Violence.

• Bad movies and television.

As a baby boomer consumer, what are the 10 things that irritate you most about life?

The article “Researchers Figure Out the Most Irritating Things” points out that the reaction of a person to stress may negatively influence one's health, increasing blood pressure and leading to problems in relationship and nervousness.

The researchers recommended being assertive to come up with a “win-win” outcome.

My next post will be on “What Are the Top 10 Things That Bring You Joy?”

Copyright 2009, Rita R. Robison, Consumer Specialist