Summertime Pet Peeves, and how people actually LIVE here.

I have got to vent. All of a sudden the summer crowds are here, and already I can feel my patience being tested. Breathe....breathe.....yoga is in order. So, here's some of the pet peeves that drive me NUTS in the summertime.

1. And this is number one because it happens almost everytime. When people walk down the sidewalk, 2 - 3 or more people across. I am walking to the far right, hugging the edge of the sidewalk or boardwalk, and this wall of people refuses to drop into single file or even TWO across. So the unfortunate single person is either forced to a) hold their ground and become a human battering ram or b) get forced into the gutter/grass/sand. Rude.

2. Bicycles riding on the wrong side of the road - or right down the center of the road....slowly. We have a lot of wrong side of the roaders - and they're usually not wearing helmets. Around here, if you don't look left AND right before pulling out, you'll wipe one of them out.

3.) People who stand in a parking spot to save it for someone. (Yes, people do that...and it's amazing how pissed off people get at these crazies for doing it. It's also illegal.)

4.) People who wait for what seems like an eternity for someone to pull out of a parking spot. There's only 2 lanes going into Rehoboth, and it backs traffic up for miles. If they're not ready in a few seconds, move on.

5.) Putting out cigarette butts on the beach, leaving trash on the beach, putting your beach towel 12" (or less) away from the person next to you - so they can enjoy your 4 kids under 10 and your cigarette music and Nascar on your radio, kids who play football/frisbee/anything with a ball-in the middle of a crowded beach - and can't throw. Nothing like a football in the head when you're half asleep.

Enough whining for now. More to come. I'm sure.