Impatience
I was just watching television and a commercial came on for Crest 3-D whitening kit. They promise noticeably whiter teeth in one day. ONE DAY. The woman needing white teeth has a photo shoot the next day and of course, wants to look her best. But what ever happened to planning this out? How long has your photo shoot been on the books lady? This really is petty compared to other things but honestly, it just irks me.
The hCG diet.
We are so obsessed with weight loss in this culture that we have stooped to shooting ourselves up with pregnancy hormones, while all the while maintaining a 500 calorie a day diet. This is the daddy here. Studies have shown that men who have testicular cancer have elevated levels of the hormone hCG in their urine. It's just NOT SAFE, but you'll sure as hell see results. You'll probably drop 50 pounds in 4 weeks, but you'll gain ALL OF IT BACK IN TWO. Enough said.
Anti-Oxidant EVERYTHING.
We have found out that pomegranates, blueberries, raspberries and the like do amazing things for us and our health. They replenish the skin and fight off disease. But how effective is a pomegranate if it's in your shaving cream? I mean, honestly. I just have to laugh at how we now think that just because pomegranate is good for us, we need it to be in everything we consume or use on a daily basis. From febreeze to mani/pedi treatments, it's literally everywhere. I'm sorry, but your pomegranate body scrub won't do anything for you but smell good and after a while even that wears off.
Being "PC"
Recently in my life, I was screwed out of a fabulous job opportunity. I will surely get over it and have had an outpouring of support and love from friends and family. But what really irks me the most is when I received a phone call from a very dear friend telling me that I really just need to take it all in, be PC and be graceful about it. Don't talk or share my feelings in order for the company to keep its good name a reputation. Funny, because along with being jilted in a sense, my reputation was trashed to hell and back for four years prior to this opportunity. I chose to rise above it, because I am in fact better than this person who attacks me, and I kept quiet. I felt like I was taking the high road by not speaking out. Now that I look back, I wasn't. I was letting people walk all over me and I was never able to stand up for myself because of fear that the "company" would get upset and it would ruin my chances for the job. I think this happens to women my age every single day. For fear of being called a bad name and it forever tarnishing your reputation, you keep quiet. Well not anymore. I have played by the rules for four years and it got me nowhere. I wasn't ever offered a leg up because I was the meek and mild one. I am staying true to me and standing up for myself from now on.
