1. People who wait until all their items are tallied and bagged before pulling out their wallet to hunt for money or a credit card should be quartered and hung to dry.
2. Those people who consistently choose the locker immediately next to me, when the locker room is completely empty (or close to it) need to learn a lesson about personal space.
3. A turn signal on the common auto was invented by Oscar J. Simler in 1929. After 90 years, you would think the American public would learn how to use them.
4. I grew up in North Carolina where I was taught (through osmosis) that people North of Rocky Mount, NC are "yankees and can't drive." It wasn't until I moved to DC and experienced driving in the area that I realized I was taught correctly.
5. Customer service ended with the invention of the personal computer.
(5a. "The system" and its up, down or sideways status is no excuse for a service employee's ignorance or laziness.)
6. I realized, dusting off my piano this weekend, that of the 88 keys, there are about 15-20 that are never touched. (Time to pull out Rachmoninov!)
7. During the same dusting experience, I realized dust can attach itself to the BOTTOM of anything.
8. I learned this week (through experience) that windshield wiper fluid that is "safe down to 20-below," isn't.
9. How many buttons must one push, levers must one lift, and choices must one make before a gas pump actually pumps gas?
10. Why, on a crowded commuter train, must there always be ONE person who talks so loudly, all other conversations must cease?
11. Why, for that same individual, is their conversation inevitably and unbearably boring?
12. Why are your favorite undershorts always in the laundry?
...maybe I'll add to these later...
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