Don't You Just Hate That? 2nd Edition : 947 of Life's Little Annoyances

An obsessive and curated collection of life's little irritations, injustices, grievances, and petty pretensions. Because it's about time someone wrote this stuff down. It's so annoying: 85. Sitting in a chair that is shorter than everyone else's. 762. That bacon will never be considered a vegetable. 17. Watching a movie with your parents that shows full-frontal nudity. 284. When someone you're not really with breaks up with you. 1. When everything a cynic warns you about ends up happening. "Don't you just hate people who view karaoke as their chance to shine? Sitting in a chair that's shorter than anyone else's? Holding the ketchup bottle over your French fries and the first thing that comes out is red water? Trading bad date stories with someone you're having a bad date with? In 2004, Scott Cohen wrote the first edition of Don't You Just Hate That?, a backlist gem with 159,000 copies in print. But while the rest of us moved on, occasionally muttering under our breath at all the things that aggravated us, Scott never stopped adding to his finely honed list, and voilà-Don't You Just Hate That?, Second Edition, an update both timely and timeless, now with 904 of life's little annoyances, irritations, gripes, grievances, and petty pretensions. A true connoisseur of the vexatious, Scott Cohen returns with a selection of exasperating things, people, situations, complaints, and attitudes that everyone who's ever had a bad day can appreciate. Like: Watching a movie with your parents that shows full-frontal nudity. Having to make that face to people in the hallway that implies "Hey." When it takes a scissors to open a plastic package that the scissors is in. Yoga instructors who smoke. Pop-up ads that offer the removal of pop-up ads. That bacon will never be considered a vegetable. When everything a cynic warns you about is happening"-- Provided by publisher Don't you just hate people who view karaoke as their chance to shine' Sitting in a chair that's shorter than anyone else's' Holding the ketchup bottle over your French fries and the first thing that comes out is red water' Trading bad date stories with someone you're having a bad date with' In 2004, Scott Cohen wrote the first edition of Don't You Just Hate That', a backlist gem with 159,000 copies in print. But while the rest of us moved on, occasionally muttering under our breath at all the things that aggravated us, Scott never stopped adding to his finely honed list, and voilA'Don't You Just Hate That', Second Edition, an update both timely and timeless, now with 904 of life's little annoyances, irritations, gripes, grievances, and petty pretensions. A true connoisseur of the vexatious, Scott Cohen returns with a selection of exasperating things, people, situations, complaints, and attitudes that everyone who's ever had a bad day can appreciate. Like:Watching a movie with your parents that shows full-frontal nudity. Having to make that face to people in the hallway that implies "Hey." When it takes a scissors to open a plastic package that the scissors is in. Yoga instructors who smoke. Pop-up ads that offer the removal of pop-up ads. That bacon will never be considered a vegetable. When everything a cynic warns you about is happening Cover Dedication Acknowledgments Five Annoying Things About Being a Woman Working in a Men’s Maximum-Security Prison Six Annoying Things About Being a School Nurse Eight Annoying Things About Being a Comedian/Comedy Writer Six Annoying Things About Being a Feature Film Casting Director Five Annoying Things About Working at a Café Five Annoying Things About Being a Hairstylist Seven Annoying Things About Being a Personal Trainer Five Annoying Things About Being a Voice-Over Artist Five Annoying Things About Being a Company’s IT Person Five Annoying Things About Being a Waitress at a Trendy Restaurant Five Annoying Things About Being a Female Bartender Five Annoying Things About Being a Copy Editor