arggh!

well, today is monday. this means one thing for sure -- Hacky will be at least 30 minutes late to work. today, she arrived at 9:15. did anyone say anything to her?? NO. maybe i should try coming in over an hour late, or leaving an hour early on fridays....i wonder how long it would be before someone said something to me. about 1.2 seconds. guaranteed. uugh. i'm not sure if i'm more irritated by her being late, or that when she gets here.... she hacks for at least 5 minutes before sitting down. you know, it takes oxygen to walk from her car, to the elevator, to the office we share.... and being that her lungs are filled with nicotine, tar, tobacco, and some nasty mucas crap - i'm betting she doesn't get very much O2 in her body. her hacking is really a source of irritation for me, and more than anything -- it's just gross. for those of you who smoke - quit now while you still sound like a human being!

update on chompy: now she is "sick." what's funny is that her "stopped up nose" sounding voice only happens when someone else is around, or she's on the phone with a client. also, today she has changed her name. i wouldn't normally post someone's real name on this thing, but hey - it's needed to explain how ridiculous she is. her name is teresa. she, and everyone else in the world, pronounces this "tuh-reese-uh." right? well, today - she is calling herself "to-raye-suh." wtf. this lady is in some serious need of attention.

anyway, on to something else i can bitch about. :-) another thing i don't really like are email forwards. i rarely send them, and when i do -- you can bet they're worth reading. today, my WORK inbox contained about 10 forwards from my co-workers here. i don't mind the funny jokes, and what-not ... but the "send this on to 10 people or you'll have bad luck for 10 years" ones drive me nuts. i got one this morning about "natural highs." you've all seen it. it's the one that lists things like: "you're first kiss." "laughing til it hurts." blah blah. although sweet, wouldn't be more fun to list things that really irritate you? for example:

• having to wait in the express line at walmart for one item, when grandma in front of you is WAY beyond her 10 item limit
• screaming babies at weddings/during movies
• people who use incorrect grammar and still think they're smarter than you
• mouth noises
• bad hair days
• people driving slow in the fast lane
• left turns
• know it all's
• customer service reps who don't speak english
• hypochondriacs
• close talkers
• uncomfortable underwear
• unwanted hair
• girls who say "what.ev.er." (timmy, that's for you!)
• pens that won't write
• people who take the last of something and leave empty containers in the fridge/pantry/etc., b/c they're simply too lazy to toss it in the garbage can
• people who cut you off mid-sentence

i could go on, but you get the idea. got anything that really irritates you?