We recently renewed our AARP membership, maybe optimistically, for another three or so years. It\u2019s a worthwhile organization and their publications often have articles of interest to me. Recently there was an article that discussed some things that older people don\u2019t enjoy as much as when they were young. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I thought that might be an interesting thing to blog about, but when I started to think about it, I realized that a subject like that might result in a very<\/em> long blog. But nonetheless, here\u2019s some things that annoy me now that didn\u2019t (at least not as much) when I was much younger\u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mail \u2014 yep, the stuff delivered by the U.S. Postal Service. When I was a kid, living in Maysville Oklahoma, everyone got their mail at the post office, and I think almost everyone in town had a \u201cpost office box\u201d\u00a0 so you didn\u2019t have to go the window and ask if you had any mail. I used to love to get the mail \u2014 I remember always stopping after school to see if there was any mail in our box. My parents would often not pick up the mail during the day, knowing that I liked getting it so much. I rarely got anything addressed to me, except when I sent in some box tops from cereal or something like that and the company would send me a very valuable gift \u2014 like a whistle or something just as valuable. I remember being excited to see what came in the mail every day. But \u2014 not so today. Nothing good ever comes in the mail. We don\u2019t get a lot of mail, but what we do get usually falls in the category of bills, political advertisements, or requests for money from some worthwhile organization. We still get our mail in a \u201cmailbox\u201d but the excitement is gone. We recently renewed our AARP membership, maybe optimistically, for another three or so years. It\u2019s a worthwhile organization and their publications often have articles of interest to me. Recently there was an article that discussed some things that older people … Continue reading
Another thing that really bothers me a lot more than it used to is other drivers. I honestly can\u2019t believe how stupid the average driver today is \u2014 they tailgate, drive over the yellow centerline, don\u2019t signal if they\u2019re going to turn, run stop signs\/lights, etc. Driving has become more tiring to me, not so much because of my age, but because of the constant monitoring of all the other drivers\u2026.
Social media \u2014 all of it, although I confess I\u2019ve never checked most of the sites. The first time I ever saw Facebook, I thought is was potentially one of the most dangerous ideas I\u2019d ever heard of. I still believe that \u2014 now more than ever. And from what I can tell, that\u2019s one of the \u201cmilder\u201d social media platforms. It\u2019s just something that I can\u2019t find anything good about.
I\u2019m not big on shopping \u2014 unless it\u2019s someplace like Home Depot, I just want to get in and get out as fast as I can. And I especially hate that stores constantly rearrange their merchandise. If I\u2019m looking for soup, I want the soup to be where it\u2019s always been, not at the front of some isle or somewhere else. I understand the marketing strategy of moving stuff, but I still hate it.\u00a0
Something that has fairly recently started to annoy me is Apps. I spend a lot of money for a phone, or a computer and it seems like every time I want to do something, I have to get an APP to do it. I think there\u2019s pretty much an App for everything\u2026.. won\u2019t be long before you\u2019ll need a special app to make a phone call.
The news \u2014 I get annoyed at the news. Everything is a breaking story \u2014 usually about how many people got shot in the last 24 hours. And all the news seems biased today \u2014 whatever happened to \u201cjust the facts?\u201d Maybe there\u2019s just too much news \u201coverload\u201c \u2014 the evening news used to be 30 minutes, or maybe a hour \u2014 now it\u2019s 3 hours\u2026 maybe more. And of course, a lot of it is \u201call about the ratings.\u201d
Waiting \u2014 for things or people. I\u2019ve never been particularly patient in this category, but but it seems to annoy me more these days\u2026 I seem to wait for everything \u2014 car to be serviced, pay for something, wait for a meal to be served in restaurants \u2014 I even wait for my computer to do something lots of times.
I don\u2019t like people with no manners and I don\u2019t like the lack of compassion in the world or how my optimism that the world would get better has declined. Seems like we\u2019re going backwards \u2014 especially the environment and the rights of just about everyone.
And I guess this list should include \u2014 people. I used to be a people person, but people ruined it\u2026.
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