Things that Stress Me Out that Shouldn’t

1. Opening my umbrella on the street with people watching. I can never get it to latch, it takes me forever and is really embarrassing.
2. Eating anything crunchy at my desk for lunch. It is really quiet in here and I think everyone can hear me manging.
3. Becoming a regular at the deli by my office. I usually switch between two different kinds of wraps, so now they like call me out. Sometimes I want something different but end up getting one of those because they see me coming in the door and start to reach for one of the two wraps. It’s terrible.
4. The whole elevator corridor/ waiting area of my office. It’s a social deadzone: you never know who you are going to have to ride with and it’s socially and professionally rude to put in your ipod and not chat.
5. The thought of having to cook in front of other people. Not even the action, although that too- just the thought of it makes me stressed.
6. The decision of whether to stand on the subway train or take that seat squished in between two people, possibly pissing them off.
7. Going shopping with wet hair fresh from a shower after being at the gym. People think I’m sloppy.
8. Signing my credit card receipt after buying something. This, obviously, happens a lot. It’s minimally stressful, but still stressful. My signature sucks and I take a long time to write it because I still don’t have it down pat. The automatic pen one is worse because half the time I can’t get it to work.
9. Scheduling/ going to a meeting in my office. After 6 months at this job I still don’t really know what meeting rooms are named what and always end of having to ask one of the admins where to go and watch them look at me funny.
10. Poking on Facebook.