1.
Small Airplane seats
a.
Airlines try to fit the most amount of people in
each plane to maximize profits.
2.
Short notice requirements
a.
Some time requirements are not known by the
person in charge right away, so it is short notice for them as well.
3.
Libraries without outlets
a.
Most UF libraries are older, along with some
small town coffee shops, and they are not equipped with outlets at each table.
4.
When Chipotle is out of guacamole and they don’t
tell you that until you get to the end of your order
a.
Chipotle does not know until the end of the line
that you wanted guacamole, and they do not know how important it is to your
meal.
5.
Nail polish that chips right away
a.
Hands are constantly being used, and it is
impossible to not chip even the highest quality of polish.
6.
Roommates who leave dishes in the sink
a.
People are in a hurry and they will come back to
the dishes left in the sink.
7.
The door being left open, wasting the air
conditioning
a.
People forget things and I need to give grace,
because goodness knows I need it too.
8.
Dry Gainesville water
a.
The water may not be that dry, but I am used to
a different type of water, therefore my skin and hair are reacting harshly to
it.
9.
Packages that don’t arrive on time
a.
Tracking can be wrong, weather can delay
packages, and mail carriers can be overloaded.
10. Waiting
longer than 10 minutes after your appointment time
a.
Advisors, doctors, and stylists give their time
to the customer they are currently with, so sometimes patience is necessary. I
also know that when it is my turn, I will receive the same undivided attention.
11. Clothes
being taken out of the dryer before you have a chance to fold them
a.
My roommates don’t have time to fold my laundry
and they may need to dry something right away.
12. People
talking during your favorite shows
a.
Not everyone wants to listen as intently to the
Bachelor or to a makeup video as I do, and if I don’t want people to talk, I
should watch it by myself.
13. When people don’t respond to your message
a.
Not everyone is as tuned into texting back as I
am. People open up messages without realizing it and they don’t mean to not
respond purposefully.
14. Waking up before 9am
a.
I need to get over this one because the world doesn’t
start at nine in the morning for most people.
15. Going
to the store, only to see that they are sold out of what you came for
a.
The store can only keep in stock so many fresh
items, especially the popular foods.
16. Burning
your tongue on hot coffee
a.
It burns my mouth for the next few days, making
it difficult to taste food, but I need to know that the coffee will probably be
too hot for me.
17. Forgetting
to turn of my flat iron
a.
I worry about burning my dresser down or even
possibly the house.
18. Messing
up my eyeliner after I’ve done my whole face
a.
I have to go back and take off makeup that I
have already taken the time to apply.
19. Not
having one ingredient you need for a recipe
a.
I need to be more prepared and check the
cabinets before I start making something.
20. One-sided
conversations
a.
I can talk too much if I am feeling out of place
or awkward. And other people talk too much about themselves if they don’t know
what to talk to me about.
I found this list difficult to come up with, because I don’t
want to pick out everything I think is wrong in the world and write about it.
Most of the tings that bug me are reasonable to understand, like people being
late for example. But I know that people are late for a reason, and I am often
late as well. I need to give grace to others, as I expect grace in return. Things
happen, and not getting hung up on the small bumps of life will help me to get
less stressed out, more understanding of others, and more patient when the
bumps happen.
