G.O.M.
I don't know if you saw the movie "Grumpy Old Men" (1993), starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Burgess Meredith, but that's what gave me the idea for this subject.
I am normally a pretty cheerful chap. I wasn't born grumpy, nor was I grumpy for most of my life, but in my old age (80) grumpiness, sadly, has begun to take a hold. There are many things that annoy me nowadays: TV commercials that are an insult to the intelligence of a 10-year-old...and more especially the stupefying barrage of medical ads ("You may have acid reflux disease - talk to your doctor")...drivers that don't have the common courtesy to let you merge into their lane when yours is blocked off...invasion of one's privacy by phone callers begging for money for their charity...the flood of online and postal offers for credit cards and mortgage loans (to sink you further into debt)...people who greet you with "Hi, how're ya doin'?" but don't really want to know...politicians that will tell you anything you want to hear so you will vote them back into their $165,000 a year jobs in the House...
I can probably come up with a few more, but that will do for a start. One saving grace about my grumpiness is that after I have vented my spleen in private about these annoyances, I invariably feel better.
Do you have any pet peeves? If so, please share them with me and others.You may qualify for membership in G.O.M. (or G.O.W. Grumpy Old Women).
Pete
posted by Pete @ 11:10 AM
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1 Comments:
Pete you ARE NOT a GOM - just realistic. Some of the ads drive me banannas also. I had a part-time job for 7 years with a company that was doing ad research. My position was an interviewer and called people who had attended a special presentation. For many years I really enjoyed the job, but oh yes some people were rude and there got to be a point when I could hardly stand it any longer. One thing though I knew all about the ads without having to watch them on the TV. I did enjoy talking to many of the people and we called not only the US, but Canada and England. (nappies - hee I about cracked up the first time I heard a person in England say that, but hey that is their language and yours). Also I would call Australia and oh how I love their accents. Makes me want to go down there. It was an interesting job, but I think as one matures some things start to get on our nerves more. Personally I think there is to much sex and violence on tv and in real life - hey I'm not totally against sex, just the way it is presented as if you just do it with everyone and anyone. Anyway I love to hear the comments from you and Wendy and since I'm on the retirement email I'm enjoying that also. (just joined yesterday) lol
I do appreciate the work you and Wendy do on Inky Trails and I enjoy writing and seeing my articles published. There is so much to share with others and this is a wonderful way to do that.
Keep up the good work.
Judy
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