2,501 Things That Really Piss Me Off: A Catalog of Insults and Intrusions That are Sure to Ruin My Day

By Herb Reich

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Complaining, psychologists assert, is good for the soul. It acts as a relief valve to help dispel the pent-up energy generated by our frustration. If we weren’t able to complain, we would no doubt exhibit more physical violence and engage more frequently in destructive behavior. Our neighbors outrage us, our children mock us, strangers insult us, government agencies mistreat us, unscrupulous entrepreneurs victimize us, and even inanimate objects conspire to screw up our lives. Compelling inner voices harass us, the crowd in the Agora thwarts us, and irrationality surrounds us everywhere. It’s enough to make someone paranoid! 2,501 Things That Really Piss Me Off demonstrates that misery loves company, and that we are the company that misery loves. Intended as a catalog of everything irksome in our lives, 2,501 Things That Really Piss Me Off reviews the broad spectrum of affronts, annoyances, nuisances, grievances, vexations, mortifications, and molestations that disrupt our equanimity and that daily pervert the simple pleasures of living. It gives voice to the time-honored practice of people everywhere in the world—griping. Within these pages the reader will find items of anger, reflection, humor, social comment, and even the occasional non sequitur. For its octogenarian author, it is pure catharsis, but it is also the author’s intention that the reader be entertained, and, with a little luck, enriched by the realization that the demons that confound him confound the rest of us as well. That he is not alone in his Weltschmerz.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Jul 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781620875100

Herb Reich

Herb W. Reich is a man of many parts, some of which are frequently misplaced. When gainfully employed, he has served as a senior editor with John Wiley & Sons, editorial director of the Macmillan Book Clubs, and an invited contributor to several editions of The Random House Dictionary of the English Language and the Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology. (Odd, but true!) He is also the author of Lies They Teach in School and Numberpedia.

Reviews for 2,501 Things That Really Piss Me Off

[montzaleew · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

2,501 Things that Really Poss Me Off by Herb W Reich is a clever and witty book! There is probably more than 2500 things in here from everyday things to crazy things. Nothing is off limits. Then he shares dumb quotes! Other things too. Pretty fun reading!