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10 Things I Hate About Me

Jillian Spiridon
14 min readJul 2, 2021

It sounds more dramatic than it is.

Ever feel like you’re just the oddball in the universe? And that no one could ever understand you because you’re just too weird? Yeah, that’s me.

Here are just ten times I made myself cringe because of how… eccentric I can be. These memories will probably haunt me to my dying day-and now they will also be immortalized on the internet for all of time. Oh, joy!

10. That time I put my debit card in the wrong way in the card reader — in front of a cute postal worker

I’m not usually someone to people-watch. Sure, if I’m sitting in a bar or restaurant, I’ll casually observe the other patrons, but most of the time I keep to myself.

But sometimes people just catch my eye. It could be a smile, a voice, an outgoing way of talking. If something snags my interest, I latch on in a tumble of fervent attention.

This time, I was standing in line at the post office — just minding my own business as I waited for each person in front of me to get through — but I couldn’t help noticing the guy manning the till. He had this way about him that made him appear gregarious and open, and he seemed to know the regulars who frequented this location. If anything, I had to give him credit that he…

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Jillian Spiridon
Jillian Spiridon

Written by Jillian Spiridon

just another writer with too many cats

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