One of my pet peeves is manners. While I’ll be rude occasionally (obviously, everyone is or is perceived as being rude sometimes) it really annoys me when people seem to act in a way that takes no account of the other people in the world. I’ve been spending a lot of time in the library in UCD really (ah the joys of final year) and have seen this more than ever. There are people who take and make phone calls, who don’t mute their laptops, who chat away and who let their phones vibrate away on the table for hours. What annoys me the most, though, is the lack of etiquette that guys display in the toilet. On dear oh dear. I’m sorry, but I have to tell the truth. Guys can be absolutely disgusting. Really. This ranges from the seemingly innocent but ultimately unsanitary leaving-the-toilet-without-washing-his-hands (we all have to touch the door lads!) to the unbelievable but true pissing-all-over-the-seat-then-not-even-cleaning-up-after-himself. It’s disgusting. This is sober behaviour, by the future bankers, lawyers, engineers, scientists, psychologists, teachers, whatevers of the world. Oh dear me.

Rant over.

– Conor