Hawkeye did not tag me, but here goes.

1) I hate to be woken up.
It’s just one of those things. I feel better when I wake up on my own and somehow my day gets messed up when someone else wakes me up.

2) I hate to make small talk early in the morning.
Until I step into my office and check my mail, I am going over my things to do for the day. If someone interrupts me with a question like “What did you think of the Dallas game last night?” I start fuming. Call my grumpy, but I am NOT a morning person.

3) I will not let anyone drive my car / I hate it when someone moves the position of my seat / Steering wheel.
Like most men, I love my car and for a combination of reasons, I do not let anyone drive my car, there have been exceptions. One of the most important contributing factors is the fact that when someone drives my car, they move the seat, steering wheel and when I get back in the drivers seat, its all f’ed up and it takes me a couple of days to get it right back to where I want.

An old car has to be handles in a very particular way, given the fact that my car will officially be antique in another 3 years, it likes to be treated in a special way. This comes with practice, patience and knowing the workings of each specific car. It annoys me when people get things wrong.

Just to make sure that I do not piss anyone else off, I try hard to not drive someone else’s car, except when I think it is safer for me to do so and I try hard on not to change the settings of their seats or steering wheel.

4) Talking on the phone / voicemail that says, “Call me back” without any explanation.
When I cannot see the other persons face, I like to get straight to the point. Not knowing what the person is thinking / doing makes me crazy. Another reason I have over a 1200 rollover minutes on my cell phone. Maybe I should just call movie phone before I cancel my contract.

I also hate messages that just say “This is x, call me back”. WTF mate, if it’s important, tell me what the issue is. If it is not, then do not leave a message or do leave me a message, but explain the fact that you are just catching up. At least, I wont assume that you just got arrested.

5) Using the same cologne.
I hate to smell like everyone else.

For whatever reason, when I am on a road trip, I seem to be the one of the few people carrying a bottle of cologne. This creates a very interesting situation. As soon as I start smelling good, people want to borrow my cologne.

A couple of road trips later, I found the solution. Two bottles of cologne, now when someone wants to borrow some, I give them the one I did not use.