Self-absorbed and narcissistic
Yeah, the weather sucks here, but I can live with that. It's the people that get to me.
1. It never fails... every time I go for a run on Capitol Hill, I get bumped off the sidewalk by a pair of oblivious twits. Sweetheart, I'm sure that the new $100 boots that you got at REI for your 5-year-old ARE adorable, but I think you can pause that conversation for five seconds, eh? They'll see me coming, but it simply doesn't occur to them that if the sidewalk is only wide enough for two, we all can't pass together.
2. For a bunch of outdoorsy types, they sure are lazy. My building has very old, very slow elevators, but there are an awful lot of young, able-bodied residents who will waste everyone else's time so that they can avoid climbing one freakin' flight of stairs. And don't EVEN get me started about standing still, two abreast, on the DOWN escalator.
3. As somebody else mentioned here... diversity and tolerance, my ass. Note to all you radical non-conformists: have you noticed that you all look and sound exactly alike?
4. This one just makes me laugh. Have you noticed how Seattle-ites will stand at an empty intersection for as long as it takes until the signal tells them that it's safe to cross the street? Live a little, people!
I'm stuck here for three more years, when my youngest child will go off to college. Then I will be free to flee from this place forever!
I'm counting the days.