“Gettin’ Grown” is one of my favorite podcasts. I’ve been a fan of their weekly commentary on adulting for over a year. Hosts Keia and Jade have a segment called “Petty Peeves” when they discuss what annoys them or their audience. I tune in with excitement, knowing I was going to relate to the hosts or the audience members on annoying antics. However, in the beginning, almost every week, I learned that I was someone’s petty peeve.
I admit I can’t remember all the related petty peeve antics mentioned on the show. But one that stood out was about the coworker who’d cut a piece of a food item (i.e., pastry) and leave it for others to pick off of. The hosts sounded annoyed about people who do this, and I was probably turning red. All I wanted to do was try the free pastry.
I worked in the finance industry for all of 3.5 seconds. One day, a mortgage originator brought a box of doughnuts. Now I confess, I’m the first employee who gets up when there’s food or beverages offered. My petty peeve is when people know they want to eat and there’s (FREE) food available but refuse to take advantage of the blessing laid before them. So I take my blessings, thank you!
I went to the back room and saw the doughnuts. Honestly, I’m not totally into the doughnuts that were there (it was from a chain doughnut shop that shall not be named). I’ve been partaking in Rhode Island’s specialized doughnut scene for a while now and was becoming sort of a doughnut and coffee snob. But since it was free, I took a piece and went about my day. Never did I imagine, I was one of someone’s office petty peeve.
Being the first employee to eat is a title that is for only the strong. When it’s time for people to gossip and my name is thrown in the ring that’s one topic that comes up. “Oh, we have pastries in the back, bet Kou’d want some.”
“That girl can EAT!”
When it comes to breaking the ice for those people who don’t want to be the first to take free food, you can count on me. Therefore, LET me be your petty peeve if that day I only want a PIECE.
But I feel you; I’m a bit annoying.
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Kou T. Nyan 