Jaqueline, 1938 – “People who don’t put on their blinkers. You don’t even need to know hand signals anymore because all the new cars have blinkers. These people have new cars…I know they have blinkers.”
Gladys, 1941 – “At my age I have learned not to have pet peeves, I’ve learned to be patient.”
Claudia, 1935 – “the way people park…taking up two spaces and such.”
Gene, 1945 – “Bad Drivers.”
Alicia, Not Telling – “People who receive gifts and expect to get more and more.”
Douglas, 1925 – “Relatively speaking, I don’t have anything to complain about…because if you hold grudges it takes away from your life.”
Joy, 1923 – “Too much company; I’m loaded with company. When you’re from Canada, people always want to come and visit you for the weather. Then they want to use your house and your car. Is that bad to say? I mean, I like having company, but there is such a thing as too much.”
Peter, 1927 – “Ive got a gillion (laugh). I don’t like picky people, ya know, complainers.”
Irene, 1928 – “People that interrupt and don’t let you finish a sentence.”
Joanne, 1933 – “People that are late. Sometimes I tell people to be somewhere as much as an hour earlier than they need to be, just so I don’t have to worry about them being late.”
Carol, 1948 – “People who drive and talk on their cell phones, or eat, or are putting on their make up…oh and bad manners…parents are not teaching them [children] anymore, (gasp). Rude people.”
Albert, 1924 – “People are kind of discourteous; they cut in line…I hate that.”
Cookie, 1940 – “People who come to this country and don’t want to speak English. Both of my parents came from Italy and Russia and learned English.”
Phyllis, 1929 – “People talking on their cell phone when they’re driving.”
Mary, 1938 – “People who tell other people what to do.”
Sandy, 1935 – “Parents who don’t teach their children tolerance and patience…”
Mercedes, 1933 – “When people don’t take care of themselves emotionally and physically.”
Libby, 1923 – “Always having to watch my younger siblings. My mom worked. (Laugh) I’m still taking care of them…we’re very close.”
Sam, 1942 – “It has to do with crossing the streets…Cars that block the sidewalks because they don’t pull in all the way…Or people that drive in the crosswalks when I’m trying to cross the street.”
