Instead of another self-serving Thanksgiving week recitation of things for which some writer is grateful, in the interest of balance, here is my very abbreviated annual list of irritants.

People who want me to enter my address into some app so a computer can send me a Christmas card. Christmas lights that only last a single season. Evites. People who fill a leaf bag with empty beer bottles, knowing the bag will rip the moment someone lifts it. Weedeaters; how is it that weedeater cord hasn’t changed since the 1980s?

The following words and phrases: nothingburger, weaponize, absolutely, at the end of the day, existential, misinformation, reimagine, thought leader, curate, and bro’. Any sentence that begins, “I heard that they…”

People who wait until they get on the elevator to have their final post-smoke break exhale. The sound of someone repeatedly using a stapler. The sound of ESPN announcer Beth Mowins talking. The ESPN streaming app. Drama queens. People who stop at the top of the escalator. Restaurants with QR code digital menus.

Television news readers who butcher the English language when they go off teleprompter. The three local television stations that fill their social media news feeds with eye catching (clickbait) stories – from other cities.

Booger McFarland, Marty Smith, Bruce Pearl and Lane Kiffin. Stephen A. Smith, Steven Miller, and Steve Harvey.

Pennsylvania’s election officials; the New York Stock Exchange correctly accounts for the 1.4 billion stock shares within 30 seconds of the closing bell each day, but every 4 years it takes Pennsylvania a week to count 7 million votes?

Shoe companies with inconsistent sizing. The nurse at my doctor’s office who, after at least 10 years, still thinks that my middle name is my last name. People who include their cash app account on party invitations and announcements – especially anyone older than 14. The smell of marijuana that permeates New York City. People who use their religion for business purposes; I’m guessing God doesn’t want you to buy a variable annuity anyway.

People with authority over roads and bridges who believe automobiles are immoral. The unpredictability of downtown Knoxville road closures. The closure of the Gay Street Bridge. The fact that the Tennessee Volunteers’ baseball stadium sits empty during most of the Tennessee Smokies’ baseball season. And that the Tennessee Smokies’ stadium sits empty during most of the Tennessee Volunteers’ baseball season.

People who don’t wear seatbelts and just let the bell ding the entire ride. Uber Eats drivers who don’t understand English. Meeting invitations that automatically appear on my Outlook calendar. Hotel rooms without a power outlet on each side of the bed. Boom boxes on the beach. Airline PA systems. When people say, “my alarm didn’t go off.”

David Moon is president of Moon Capital Management. A version of this piece originally appeared in the USA TODAY NETWORK.