The List

Introducing an occasional feature devoted to creating an Index of Petty Annoyances, which are legion since I am easily annoyed. Contributions to the list are welcomed.

Recent sources of aggravation:

- People (inevitably young & working in advertising/media) who have cultivated an idiotic fake American accent.
 - People who, although they can see you are deeply involved in a conversation with someone else, decide it's crucial that they interrupt in order to say 'hello'.
- DVDs with encryption that selfishly defies all known methods of piracy.
- Having a file in which the receipts for significant purchases are religiously placed, only to find that the one receipt needed in order to return a faulty item has vanished.
- Pathetic modern vacuum cleaners with delicate filters needing to be removed and washed after virtually every use or else they explode.
- People nearby hosting a party (not a crime), but then playing 'YMCA' (unforgivable).