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A sampling of music from Boomer youth with lyrics we get wrong to this day, or that makes no sense whatsoever....

...like wow, man...
 
 
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_Last week I attempted to put all the annoying things people do into a top 5 list; I say attempted, because…well…there was overflow… I couldn’t keep it to just 5 things.
So, as promised, here is my continued list: the next top 5 most annoying things people do:

_ 5. Since companies are now people….what companies call “customer service” by phone… ...automated systems that try to resolve your issue without letting you talk to an actual person. But, here’s the work-around…don’t use your keypad if they give you the option to respond by voice; the voice option allows you to bypass the system by consistently repeating “agent” or “customer service” - whereas once you use the keypad, you’re stuck listening to all those options and pressing four more extensions before they finally give you the secret extension number for reaching a live agent…a number they change regularly, by the way, so don’t write it down for future reference…
4. People who sit at the machine at the gym, texting...
completely oblivious to the line of people, there to actually work out, waiting to use the machine…
3.  Becoming a member of Congress…
2.  Use junk contacts as a form of marketing...
...this includes junk mail, pop-ups and other unwanted banner ads online, unsolicited telemarketing and/or “vote for our candidate” calls, and junk emails like the latest one I’ve been getting about “100% free vouchers for SW Airlines!!!”; this does not, however, include emails from Nigeria about that lottery they’ve been running…I still hope to win that one!
1.  And the other number one most annoying thing people do:
Allow their children or grandchildren to run amok in stores and places of business like they’re on Old MacDonald’s farm, their idea of controlling the little monsters being something along the line of “now little Joey, you stop stabbing that woman’s leg with that sharp object that I’ve inexplicably given you to play with, and  ripping all the items off the shelf while screaming about the bag of candy you want, or I’ll give you a stern look before I go back to comparison shopping….”

If you have an annoying thing people do to add to my list, send it to terri@boomerradioshow.com.
You have been officially alerted…
 
 
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_This alert may sound more like a rant – OK, it is more like a rant – but it is an alert, too, because what I’m about to share is really annoying behavior that is either exhibited far too often by my fellow Boomers (so we’re setting a poor example), or impacts us more than younger generations.
Here is my list of the top 5 most annoying things people do:

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  • _ Drivers in the left lane going 40 mph in a 55 zone...while chatting away on their cell phone... you know, if you want to save all your catching up with the out of town family for when you’re driving, why do you plop yourself in the left lane – formerly known as “the passing lane”… I find that plenty of fellow Boomers are guilty of this, and, yes, I expect us to demonstrate safe driving habits by example as the older and supposedly wiser folks out on the road.  Hey, I guess I’ll count blessings…at least they’re not texting…
  • Speaking of lanes…People in the express lane of the supermarket with a cart full of groceries that don’t even come close to 15 items or less…..oh, and how about the ones, mostly Boomer ladies, who insist on writing a check….may I introduce you to a nifty new invention called “the debit card” – comes right out of your account like a check!
  • Boomer celebrities who use their notoriety to harm rather than help: case in point, Chef Paula Deen, who, rather than change her unhealthy diet now that she’s been diagnosed with diabetes (sorry, Paula…eliminating just sweet tea isn’t gonna do it as you continue to eat tubs of butter and deep fry everything); she will instead pop a diabetes pill, plus get a lucrative spokesperson contract while she’s at it…This is not the example we need to be setting, for each other or our children…
  • Professionals who print the contact information on their business cards in such a small font one would need to carry around a microscope to read it
  • And the number one most annoying thing is summed up in one small phrase: the medical profession; really important to us as we care for our elderly parents, and as we age and need increasing amounts of medical care; from doctors’ very poor listening skills, and ever decreasing patient care via less office hours and use of a new form of reduced care called “hospitalists” which means doctors don’t do their own hospital admitting, forcing patients to “admit themselves” through the ER, to staff making you repeat yourself from one person to the next when you call with a question for the doctor...
You have been officially alerted.