"Pet Peeves"

I put the title of this in quotes because what really irritates me is when people complain about their pet peeves as a way to demand that you do/change something. Why should I have to change the way I do something just because it irritates you? How 'bout you change it yourself?

Like, for instance, if someone sends you a stupid email about toilet paper, saying that it is their pet peeve when someone doesn't change the roll. There are two rolls of toilet paper on the dispenser, and one is full, but the other is empty, and she expects me to change it. Hell no, I am not going to change it. If it bothers her that much, she should get up and change it herself. If there is a perfectly good roll right there on the other side of the dispenser I am going to leave it just as it is.

Why should we have to conform to everyones "pet peeves"? I am not talking about relationships and the adjustments you make in that, I am specifically referring to people that you have no relationship with who you have to interact with. I am also not talking about common courtesy things, but tiny, incidental, ridiculous requests to pacify someone who has always had all of their demands acquiesced to. Wouldn't it be easier for her to cater to her own needs and get over herself? I think so!

So I am standing up and saying, "NO. No I will not cater to your every request just because we happen to work in the same office. No I will not change my habits simply because you say you want me to. NO." I have things that irritate me too, but it isn't like I can say "My pet peeve is when you open your mouth and talk. So you should really stop talking. Forever."

I really should say that... It would be funny... well, at least to me... *chuckle*