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Paula Shablo

Paula Shablo⁠

Published Author. Loving daughter, mom, Grandma. Bona fide Geek with the graphic tees to prove it. Believer of all the fantastic things. Artist, musician & fan.

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That’s So Annoying! — A Pet Peeve ToT

This or That — which annoys me most?

6 min readAug 23, 2023

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Oh, the things that bug me most — how I could count them. All. day. long.

People who honk their horns the second the light turns green used to piss me off so much. I once had a driver follow me through half a dozen lights. At the last one, I turned my car off and just sat there in her way through the whole light cycle, shrugging and pretending the car wouldn’t start. Then, when the light changed again, I took off.

She was still laying on the horn, oblivious to the light, when I changed lanes and turned off a few yards later.

I’m a bitch.

I do NOT miss driving.

That example wasn’t my answer when I recently responded to a prompt about pet peeves, but for some reason, it was on my mind today, so I thought I’d share.

Another person responded to the same prompt and came up with a This or That prompt of her own as a result. Thanks for the chance to vent, Karen Schwartz! Here’s her article:

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Published Author. Loving daughter, mom, Grandma. Bona fide Geek with the graphic tees to prove it. Believer of all the fantastic things. Artist, musician & fan.