They're right next to you in the stall. Yes, I'm talking on planes, trains and automobiles. Or in Fortune 500 companies, government offices, McDonalds and Ivy League schools. You've smelled it - that stinky, foul aroma. Sometimes, before you walk into the restroom it hits you; you become overwhelmed; you lose focus; and it interrupts your peace-o-sphere and mood-station. The stinky stuff we face in life is all around us. It's the person who doesn't acknowledge your "hello" by pretending to look at their phone. It's the person who doesn't let you merge into traffic. It's the person that...

"Men are what their mothers made them" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
They love to drive us crazy.
It's pick up this. Pick up that. Do this. And do that. They give you a bunch of sayings and cliches that have entirely no meaning whatsoever. Everything becomes you'll understand when you grow up. Or they tell you that you better pay attention to what I say because it's all for your own good. After chores you feel like you just had a boot camp-style workout. That's when you give them the reply, "You just had me so that you could have a servant around." Caution: depending on the parenting style...