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Everyone has pet peeves. Things that for one reason or another, irritate us. I’m not immune to this, and as irrational and silly as it is… I disliked those mass produced motivational posters. You know the ones, block mounted with a big black frame, a picture of a landscape or something similar, and a ‘motivational’ phrase underneath.

These have been very popular for the last decade or so, and you’ll often see them in offices, waiting room, and schools. When I go see my GP, I think to myself, ‘What could possibly make waiting in a small room with annoying elevator music going for forty-five minutes more irksome? Why, an onslaught of hackneyed and generic motivational posters. The room has six of them. I know them all by rote now. I don’t want to, but I see them there, the same ones for the past seven years, and they’re ingrained in my memory.

Ah well, if that’s the worst of visiting my doctor then I should be thankful! I am thankful for my good health! I’m also considering donating a set of new pictures for the waiting room as well!

Whilst I was looking for unusual gift ideas for my wife, I found a site called ThinkGeek. I was looking for an excellent USB memory drive for her as her old one is becoming unreliable and I wanted to get her one that was cute and fun. Whilst there I was browsing and found that have a substantial list of ‘demotivational‘ posters which are quite fun! I wouldn’t want those up around me, either, but at least it’ll bring a quite chuckle to me when I’m faced with the regular motivational ones again as I’ll be remembering the alternate versions!

So what are your pet peeves, dear reader?

I remain, looking for those new waiting room pictures,

Morgan D