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Two things that annoy me:

1. When I make eye contact with, and smile at, a stranger, and in return they glare at me like I just insulted their mother and kicked their dog. Worse if it's someone I kind of know. Would it kill you to smile back? Or at least keep a passive expression?

2. People who can't be bothered to use words when communicating with cashiers and the like. Yes, it's not necessary, but it seems so nasty and condescending to just hand them your stuff and answer their questions with hand motions. Treat them like people, because they are.

Much longer and geekier post about Harry Potter coming soon.

Current Mood: annoyed

Every time you put an apostrophe in the word 'its' when one shouldn't be there, it feels like a slap in the face. So please, for the love of my face, STOP IT.

If you're in doubt about whether or not there should be an apostrophe, just leave it out. I don't react nearly so poorly to the missing apostrophe, thanks to texting.

For your edification: It's is a contration of 'it' and 'is'. Use it like this: It's really annoying when you move my stuff. You can sub in 'it is' and the sentence still makes sense. Its is a word showing that something owns something else. Use it like this: The dog showed its teeth to its master. If you sub in 'it is' for either 'its' in that sentence, it makes no fucking sense.

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this before. But maybe the more posts I make about it, the more likely people will be to stop doing it.