Sometimes I find myself getting annoyed at character traits that have absolutely nothing wrong with them at all. Then I get annoyed with myself for getting annoyed!
Here are two examples, both of them women in my bridge group:
One woman, a very nice, friendly person, has a habit of breaking into song as a response to every other remark anyone makes. Everything reminds her of a song! She's like someone in one of those old-fashioned movie musicals. Yesterday I said, "I can't get any decent cards. It's just one of those days." The minute I said it, I knew it was a mistake. Of course, she burst out with, "It was just one of those days" (instead of things), sung off-key. Sometimes I change what I am saying at the last minute, because my original words sound too much like a song.
Why do I find this so annoying? Beats me? Maybe it's just the predictability of it.
Another woman in that group has the most extreme Brooklyn accent I've ever heard. If she's bidding four hearts, it comes out "Fooah hawts." That is slightly annoying, but mostly I just feel sorry for her, going through life with a voice like that. She might have something perfectly intelligent to say, but it's hard to take her seriously when it comes out like that.
I realize that I am not perfect either, and am trying to work on my tolerance skills.