Personal Narrative: My Pet Peeves With My Family

I have many pet peeves. While they may seem insignificant or noticeable, I certainly noticeable. Also, a lot of these happen domestically, with my family. My first is the light in an empty room. I have a strong desire for the light to be off in a walled off room if there is no one in it. Every night when I go to bed, I turn off my room light and blindly trip and high step my way through my room until I can reach my bed light. Purposefully, this is within arms reach of my ed where I can find the switch and turn off the light when I am feeling tired, without having to get up or even open my eyes. Somehow, this does not apply to foyers or lobbies. This habit is frequently practiced by my parents and brother. My brother tends to forget to turn his light off and I have the urge to do it myself. My parents, however, know they are leaving the light on. They believe in the morning after they take their showers, that leaving the light on will help steam disappear even faster along with the fan in the bathroom. I do not have a problem with the fan, it is doing its job. However, the light does nothing. If anything, iots miniscule amount of heat is actually adding to the steam. …show more content…
My family has a dishwasher that has a handle that creates resistance units the door clicks in and is closed to inform the user that the door is indeed closed. Nonetheless, my family does not have the strength, mental capacity, or know-how to close this door. Because of this, there have actually been a couple times where we have started the dishwasher and had to stop a couple seconds in because there was water spilling onto the floor. This happens so often that I have developed a habit of leaning against the door of the dishwasher to make sure its closed every single time I am within the vicinity of the