New Feature: My pet peeves

Okay, so I'm going to start listing my pet peeves to get them off my mind and let me vent about petty little things that just happen to annoy me. They don't always make sense, they don't always have a lot of sympathy for the masses of mankind, but boy, do they bug me. So when I get a pet peeve that is getting at me for one reason or another, I'm going to file it under "My Pet Peeves." Hey, this is my blog. I can whine if I want to.

Soooo...my pet peeves...

Okay, the first one on my mind at the moment...PEOPLE WHO WRITE IN ALL CAPS. IT IS LIKE YELLING AT PEOPLE IN WRITING. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO LEARN HOW TO TYPE WITH ONLY OCCASIONAL CAPITAL LETTERS, just dont capitalize anything. it is much less annoying and much less stressful for the person reading. trust me.

Honestly, I have a rule that if someone is selling something on ebay and they write in all-caps, I don't buy it. No matter what. No matter how badly I want it...BECAUSE when I was first doing ebay, I noticed that all-cappers merchandise was never really like what it appeared to be on the listing. Or they'd mail it way late, or something annoying like that. And then I thought, hey, if they can't take the time or trouble to type normally, then they probably aren't really details-oriented people, kwim? And Amazon.com reviews in all caps...I mean, do the makers of excedrin send out minions to write numerous reviews in all-caps just to drive the poor, caps-sensitive masses running to the medicine cabinet? They're probably the ones behind that "punch the monkey" add that jumps all over the screen and tells you to click on the monkey to make it stop. I just navigate away from those pages. Now, if I got to ritualistically torture the monkey after I clicked on it...well, I might rethink my position.

Nonetheless, I beg of everyone...just stay away from Caps Lock. It's a public service. Or buy stock in Excedrin's parent company. Your call.