It takes a lot for me to be interested in a person and it takes little to nothing for that interest to vanish. What do you mean, you enjoy seeing others wait for you for an event you all woke up at the same time to prepare for? What kind of bad character is that?
If there's one thing I can't stand when it comes to people's actions around me, it has to be lousiness. Like why are you busy making so much noise and being dramatic over an issue that would be better off between us alone? I once heard a lousy person, say 'People think I'm shouting on purpose but it's just my nature'. Aunty please, it is not your nature anything. It is what you want yourself to be. Being lousy is not fun in anyway because I don't get why exactly you have to raise your voice to the highest because you and the people around you are laughing over something silly. It's annoying.
You ever been in a room filled with people, nobody's making a sound yet that one person is about to walk in and the sound of their slipper trailing the floor in every step, draws the attention of everybody in the room towards the person entering? As embarrassing as it is, some people do it. Dragging your foot across the floor is something I dislike. How hard is it to walk briskly?
There was this one time I went to the bank with a friend and as usual, everybody was doing their thing silently. I walked in with this girl and all eyes were on us almost immediately. I was so irritated by her because I remember her confronting someone on how they were dragging their feet across the tile. I didn't confront her though as one of the bank workers decided to do it in my place. We went to the cashier and the lady we walked to said to her 'Aunty, see how you're dragging your feet. Everybody must know that you've arrived abii?'. I felt second hand embarrassment on her behalf but low-key I felt she needed it since she's someone that enjoys calling out other's wrongdoings. And that reprimand went a long way. She never dragged her foot around me after that day.
Another of my pet peeves, is something many people I've come across, do. It recently became a pet peeve and since it's something that isn't seen as much of a big deal around people in my area, I've had so many issues with people that did it. Have you ever been asked a question by someone, you answer truthfully because life's not that deep and then they go ahead to hit you with these statements - 'That's a lie', 'You don't look like someone that does that', 'You're lying'. I don't know why, but these days, i seem to get very angry when someone says those things to me. What do you mean after telling you something, I should prove it just so you can believe me? Well, sorry to burst your bubbles but I'm too lazy for that.
There was this friend of mine, one particular day, we were together, talking about random things, when he asked me a question and I answered with the only answer that was there to answer. Only for this guy to open his mouth to say 'You're lying. It's not possible'. As someone who isn't so vocal when it comes to arguments, I threw him an 'okay', stood up and walked away. I didn't even have the energy to point out that I didn't like the statement. I just left. I don't get why people just don't seem to believe easily when they're told something about someone they aren't so close to.
I went my way, leaving him confused as to what he did and few days later, I decided to make him understand why. I explained, he apologized and we're good now. I'm still looking for the next person that'll fall into this category. Who knows, I might not be willing to forgive over text and still not agree to see you, lol? To avoid such, let's all be guided.
This is my entry to the Hive-naija prompt
Images are mine