15 Things I Don't Like — Rants From An Old Boomer
I'm late to the party, but what else is new. I'm new(ish) to Medium, and like many, I need good writing prompts to stir my creative juices every now and then.
I've always had a cranky streak. In my twenties, a friend said, "I had the personality of a cranky old man." Now that I’m in my mid-50s, I decided not to deny — but embrace.
In that vein, here's my list of the 15 things I don't like, written with all the subtlety of Frank Costanza airing grievances during Festivus.
Telemarketers
They fucking annoy me. I'll be writing, and the words are flowing onto the page when the phone rings. It's some idiot trying to convince me to extend my car warranty or convert my home to solar. You ruined my flow asshole. Now I'm going to torture you. On a good day, I can make a telemarketer cry.
Sitting In Traffic
I live in New York City, the area where Robert Moses is celebrated for building bridges and hundreds of miles of highways, parkways, and expressways.
However, this genius didn't account for one thing — traffic.
