What Are Pet Peeves

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To start off this blog let's talk about what I ran into.

As we know most people have pet peeves. I definitely have a several of my own, actually it's more like a list, but any way. Today, I was at Costco with my mom. I happen to hear I lady yelling Maria this, Maria that. I guess I was intrigued because my mom's name is Maria. I wanted to know who this Maria was because of the tone this lady was using was the type you use on your kids. It's the kind of tone you use to call your child when they are irritating you.

Once my mom and I were in the line to pay for our stuff, I ran into them again. I finally saw Maria, she was an older Spanish lady who seemed to work for this lady. She was like Maria you don't do this you

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