Pet Peeve

What bothers you more, always running late or eating a meal with someone that always has their mouth open? Throughout my life, I have experience so many things that bother me like people chewing with their mouth open, or people being lazy at work while I am working hard. I would say though that my number one pet peeve is being late-for anything. In my life being on time is the key to success, and if you’re late for anything you have lost at the game of life. Some people have wondered where this pet peeve of mine has developed. It most likely was born from living with my dad and his military way of thinking, from participating in high school theatre for four years, and enduring my mother’s lack of time consciousness. Every day when my brother and I went to school our dad drove, and that meant that we had to leave when he wanted to leave for work so we had to be fast or we would regret it. If either one of us did not get ready in time we had to wake up earlier the next morning and be waiting at the door for dad to go back to our normal wake up time. For me, this happened too many times to count, where I would wake up at the same time as my dad …show more content…
I loved it so much and wanted to give it my all! I learned very quickly that being late for any rehearsals or shows had severe consequences. My theatre director, Mr. Grizzle, has impacted in my life and taught me important life lessons. He always said, “The rehearsals and the shows will not stop if you skip or are late. They go on without you. The same goes for life in the real world, like when you have a job or when you are attending a college class. Then being late or skipping could get you fired or failing a class.” His lectures to our thespian troupe has really helped me to realize that if you don’t show up, people will continue doing what they’re doing but you will lose something in the end. Being successful is important to me and being on time is one key to