(EDIT: The following is not a true rant, but actually me trying to explore why I was so irritable that day. I’m not really that mean a person.)
Almost everything annoys me nowadays. I am finding it harder and harder to stand the sight of my roommate, or constantly having to hang out with him and his friends. They smoke, they drink way too much, they frequently stay up well past 3 AM, and they seem to have all the time in the world to go to casinos or go shopping or whatever.
There are too many people in my lab, and they annoy me with their talking. Today the newest guy was complaining that it seemed that there wasn’t much to do in lab, or that the work was mostly boring statistics and data analysis. I can’t stand it because when I was in that position I didn’t spend my time complaining. If there’s nothing to do, then ask other people what they’re doing. If they don’t have anything, then read some tutorials so you know what’s going on, or look up relevant articles, or do any of a million tasks. Or just leave if it’s such a big waste of your precious time. I’m sorry, but if you waltz in after half the summer is over, having spent the first half traveling in Europe, then don’t expect people to spoon-feed you to get you up to speed.
Young people who go to Europe by themselves annoy me. I realize that a lot of people do this, but it bugs me that these people take these huge long expensive vacations rather than helping their families with their money or time. Or that they cause their parents to worry so much about them. Or that they don’t spend that much time with their families. One of those, I’m not sure which.
Shallow people who go only for looks annoy me. Ignorant people who act like they know stuff annoy me. My sore throat annoys me. People who buy bottled water and throw aluminum cans in the trash annoy me. Doing laundry with broken machines annoys me. People who don’t maintain good personal hygiene annoy me. People who take part in risky activities annoy me. People who cause unnecessary drama annoy me. Having to be with other people rather than alone annoys me. Being stuck someplace I would rather not be annoys me. People who eat and eat and don’t gain weight annoy me.
I’d be extremely happy if I could just live by myself and not have to deal with other people, except on a formal level. Or to shake my fist at them.
