1. Restaurant servers who try to memorize my order versus writing it down , especially when we ask for changes to how the dish is prepared – it usually never shows up as ordered.
2. People who start statements with , “Can I be honest?” No, lie to me to see if I can catch you.
3. Flight attendants who are annoyed with the passengers being on the plane.
4. Parents at their children’s sporting events who lose it with a referee or official on what they perceive as a bad call but yet pride themselves on the strict discipline they impose on their children about the right social behavior.
5. People who insist on using all capital letters and multiple exclamation points or question marks in either e-mails or text messages to make a point.
Related: Get Past the Emotion to Get to the Solution
6. People who allow fear to either “freeze” them in place or allow others to take advantage of them so much so that they become victims and self-sabotage their abilities to live a meaningful life.
7. People who live to make lists to show how busy and productive they are but yet cannot get anything, let alone the right things, done – they need an “Only I should do these things” list or a “Not to do” list.
8. Trying to understand the difference between “full or completely full” when it comes to airline boarding announcements or the difference between “unique and very unique” when it comes to describing a product or experience.
9. When a telephone service rep (usually the cable company) ends all calls – whether they help you or not – by saying “have I helped you today?” Sometimes individual thought needs to replace the scripted response.
10. Entrepreneurs / business owners who throw themselves at the feet of lousy customers , who are complaining – usually without merit, allowing the customer to the pull them around like a toy on a string – when they’re wrong, tell them they’re wrong! Dump them and go find the better customers who are out there.