17 Comments

1. Jessica R. says:

   January 13, 2012 at 1:59 pm

   You would HATE Japan.

   • katie ett says:

     January 13, 2012 at 2:21 pm

     I mean, if they’re protecting themselves from the sun, I’m cool with that. It just really randomly angers me when the rain has obviously stopped and people are still hustling around like they’re really doing themselves a favor with those umbrellas. I kind of want to kick puddles at them.

2. Cassie says:

   January 13, 2012 at 5:49 pm

   It angers me that I can NEVER use an umbrella. I lack the arms.

   • katie ett says:

     January 16, 2012 at 1:24 pm

     I never thought about that! OMG, another reason I can’t have kids. You know my hair can’t handle hats and hoods.

     P.S. When I first read this, I thought you meant your arms weren’t strong enough to use an umbrella. And I was really weirded out.

3. Mrs. Bachelor Girl says:

   January 13, 2012 at 6:51 pm

   Maybe they’re channeling Mary Poppins. Which is still annoying.

   • katie ett says:

     January 17, 2012 at 1:06 pm

     I’d forgive them if they were carrying carpet bags that could produce entire bedroom sets for my lounging pleasure while waiting for the bus.

4. bluzdude says:

   January 13, 2012 at 7:17 pm

   In Baltimore, they use umbrellas in the snow… not big snowstorms, I’m talking about little flurries. It’s insane and I just want to go yell at them.

   • katie ett says:

     January 16, 2012 at 1:31 pm

     These are probably the same people who don their rainboots the moment they see a cloud. I hate those people, too.

5. Gena says:

   January 14, 2012 at 9:06 pm

   Not only does that bother me, but it’s really annoying when people use those stadium sized umbrellas on the street.

   • katie ett says:

     January 16, 2012 at 1:35 pm

     I think our shared hatred of that was the thing that made Kamran and me know for sure we were right for each other. The problem is that every time my teeny-tiny umbrella gets turned inside out by the wind, all I can think is how great life would be with one of those things. It sucks that I can’t get past how disrespectful it is to other people.

6. two birds says:

   January 16, 2012 at 8:57 am

   you are too funny. i am not sure i have ever noticed people doing this. or maybe i am one of them and didn’t know it. i hope not! it does seem like an annoying thing to do!

   • katie ett says:

     January 16, 2012 at 4:47 pm

     Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe it’s just that since you do so much walking in NYC, you’re sometimes out long enough that it goes from raining to not-raining in the course of your walk.

     Or maybe these people are just totally oblivious. Which seems much more likely.

7. Christy says:

   January 16, 2012 at 12:45 pm

   I’m cool w/ it as long as I don’t get poked in the eye. Then all bets are off.

   • katie ett says:

     January 16, 2012 at 4:49 pm

     I do have serious concerns about my eyes with these crammed sidewalks. I like to hold my umbrella down really close to my head and just plow through the throngs of people walking on the wrong side of the sidewalk. They deserve to get eye-poked, I figure.

8. SpilledInkGuy says:

   January 16, 2012 at 12:59 pm

   Hahaha… probably doesn’t annoy you as much as watching me trying to figure out how to properly fold one back up again would!
   :)

   • katie ett says:

     January 16, 2012 at 4:51 pm

     Once it’s been opened once, there’s no such thing as “proper”. Duct tape that sucker and go one with your life. You can worry about how to unfold it again later.

9. Megan says:

   January 17, 2012 at 10:04 am

   Haha, it’s never bothered me much but now it does that I think about it!! I get annoyed when the rain stops but my fiance leaves the windshield wipers on without noticing… HELLO!?!