There are a number of things that irritates me extremely and to the extent that my blood pressure goes up and I literally get hot under my collar. I am sure some of these things will also apply to you. Some of them may however be of no concern to you and others may even be some of your favourite behaviours.

Perhaps this post may provide an informal survey of the world's most irritating behaviours according to SoulCast bloggers! Here is my provisional list that may be expanded:

1. People going to the gym for exercise driving shiny 4x4's or SUV's and who then park illegally on kerbs and sidewalks to avoid walking some distance to the gym before starting with vigorous exercise.

2. Smokers who not only pollute the air of others, but who also stamp out there cigarette butts on the ground in public places and gardens spoiling these places with their waste.

3.Customer service staff who are eventually more annoyed with you when you complain about bad service delivery than you are with the bad service that you want to report.

4. Holding on for telephone service with companies, and especially the South African Telkom company, while listening to irritating music and then, after having been put through for hours to one number after the other without having been helped to hear the cut off tone.

5. Waiting in lines patiently just to be told, when reaching the front, that you have to actually go to another service point.

6. Official spokespeople and PRO's who answer whatever question they get with a rehearsed answer, more or less irrespective of the meaning and substance of the question.

7. Other people's beloved and dear pets whose slobbering, jumping up againdst you, uncalled for sexual acts with your feet and legs, bad odours and generally completely offensive behaviours have to be tolerated with feigned acceptance and a smile in order not to offend the pet owner.

8. Pet owners who do not even vaguely conceive of the irritation their pets cause when acting as in 7. above and who may even find Fido's offensive behaviour rather cute!

9. Trying to fix a small problem in a gadget, a household item, a piece of equipment your vehicle and while trying to do so getting into the situation where the actions taken to fix the small problem escalates into a downard spiral of catastrophic proprtions in which not only the item that you worked on is completley destroyed, but consequential damage threatens to destroy your whole environment!

10. People who make lists about things that irritate them.

So let us start to make the lists.