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Recent causes of puzzlement for me in include:
1. Why so many women lend their boyfriends money. Every other case on Judge Judy is about some pathetic chick trying to get hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars back that she "loaned" her now-ex-boyfriend when they were dating. WTF?! And what do we call these guys who will take advantage of such desperation? Women who do it are called "gold diggers" and get a bad rap for it, but the guys? Definitely deserve their own moniker. "Jerk" and "a%%&*#$" just don't quite cut it - too generic. We need something more specific for this disgusting breed of men. The women who do the lending, well, we'll just call "stupid."
2. Daylight Savings Time. What exactly are we saving daylight for, and why can't we do it all year round? There's that whole farmers' workday thing, I guess, but even if there's truth to that, why bother ending it in the Fall, when we need all the daylight we can get as the days get shorter and people like me start to suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder?
3. When people send a text message saying, "Can I call you right now?" Why not just call and see if the person picks up? Why create an extra, unnecessary step?
4. The alleged "x factor" of Benecio Del Toro that Oprah and Halle Berry were raving about on yesterday's Oprah episode. The guy looks like a werewolf. Or a deranged Brad Pitt who's been punched hard in each eye. Same difference. It must be something you have to witness in his presence - strictly a pheromones thing I guess?
5. Why littering has become an acceptable and legal means of advertising. I think this phenomenon is more common in NYC than most other places, since food delivery and cab services are a significant part of New York life. But scattering 7 menus for your restaurant on my apartment building doorstep so that I slip on them in a pre-caffeine haze as I'm hurrying out to work in the morning will NOT make me want to order takeout from you. Same with dumping 83 business cards for your cab company on the subway stairs. Although, making your business's contact info so readily available does make it quite convenient for my lawyer to contact you when I fall and sprain my ankle after slipping on your environmentally-inconsiderate flyer.
And I bet Judge Judy would rule in my favor.
