Everybody has their pet peeves. For some people, it’s important things, like “people who don’t tip” or “people who chew loudly” or “people who don’t use their turn signals when they specifically know you’re trying to follow them to an unknown destination.” Oh, wait, that last one’s definitely one of mine.
But I also have one really weird pet peeve. It’s the stupidest thing ever, and yet it bothers me. A lot.
I hate it when people use the microwave, stop it before the timer is done, and then they DON’T HIT THE BUTTON TO CLEAR THE DISPLAY.
What if I want to know what time it is? I look at the microwave display, and instead of giving me useful information it’s blinking 00:23. Or, what if I want to cook something? I have to clear it out myself first.
This is not a new thing. This has been on my list of top pet peeves for many years. I once didn’t speak to my roommate for two days because she had repeatedly left the microwave timer un-cleared. Only, it was such a dumb reason to be angry that I never told her why I was so upset and in fact, I’m not all that sure she even noticed I wasn’t speaking to her.
But what makes it worse is the microwave in our new rental house. It has some sort of fancy vent that pops open whenever the microwave is in use. Or, in other words, any time the microwave timer is on, this vent bit thingie is sticking out. Which means that if you don’t clear the timer after your food is done, the vent bit thingie will continue to stick out indefinitely.
So now I don’t know what time it is AND the vent is open for no useful reason. *sigh*
