When running causes more stress than relief...

Every day that I go out for a run, I set out with grand hopes of burning off some calories and steam.  The calories are a foggy issue, seeing as we have a few boxes of evil confections from those evil little girls in green.  However, I definitely seem to be aquiring a positive net of steam.  

I live in egocentric, self-absorbed Orange Country, where there sure as heck is an "I" in team and even better if that "I" looks like a "1" so you can put a number sign in front of it because that's what people are looking out for.  That's the only way I can explain the things I come across all the time while running.  The following list contains people, things or situations that I encounter on a near daily basis.  Just this morning, I came across #'s 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, AND 9.  It's amazing I'm almost a nurse given my general disdain for strangers.

I present my list of 9 things that I encounter while running that I really, REALLY dislike.  This is in no particular order, because they all make me mad equally.

1) People that have enough money & sense to have a dog, feed it and care for it... but wouldn't dream of taking a plastic bag with them on a walk so they let the pooch poop all over the sidewalk.
2) Road bicyclists. So elitist. They think they're so awesome. But let me tell you, dropping a few grand on the latest & raddest road bike, some lame lycra outfit and then drafting your buddies on flat ground and then posting up on the patio at the local coffee shop while marinating in your sweaty Lycra once a week on Saturday mornings isn't awesome. When you stop condescendingly sneering at me for having to share the beach trail with me, then I won't make fun of you for shaving your legs.
3) People that won't share the sidewalk. The sidewalk is generally wide enough that two people going in opposite directions can pass each other without so much as entering the airspace of the other. I *love* these people that act like it is the most unthinkable thing that they would need to line up SINGLE FILE to make room for someone else on the sidewalk. " I have to walk BEHIND someone? That's insulting!" I'll tell you what's insulting, running me off the sidewalk and making me run in the dog poo minefield that is the grass edging the sidewalk because you're too good to share the walkway. I don't care what country you're from or even what your worldview is regarding sharing walkways with women, shaaaarree.
4) People that let their dogs roam to kingdom come and back, over and over, while on a leash.
5) Rolling through a crosswalk/stopsign while looking left the entire time you're rolling into your right turn to make sure you don't hit some car, almost taking out my kneecaps in the process. That whole look both ways concept? Doesn't just apply to pedestrians crossing the street, drivers can benefit from this practice as well. Also, stopsigns weren't invented to spice up the airspace at around 7-9ft- I'm pretty sure they were intended to be heeded.
6) Entering an intersection at a 4-way stopsign while I'm crossing it, edging closer and closer the whole time, just waiting for me to get out of your half of the road so you can keep going. Just so you can get to your destination 10 seconds faster than had you waited for me to cross. Also, if I see you doing this, I'm just going to slow down and make you look like a fool for sitting smack in the middle of the intersection.

7) In a variation of #6, coming in hot to the crosswalk at a stopsign, in which I am running, slamming on the brakes to stop on the line and then inching forward as I reach the curb.  For crying out loud- I'm running!!!  If you can't wait the 3 seconds it takes me to get past your bumper then leave your house earlier.  And yes, I WILL slow down to a 20min/mile walking speed just to make you more late and shoot you a dirty glare the whole time.  
8) Waiting for me to cross the street before making your right turn, but then deciding I'm "taking too long" and so you decide to turn in front of me when I'm about 5 feet away.
9) Failing to at least acknowledge the existence of the person passing within 3 feet of you that is giving you a wave or a smile. Looking at them like they have 2 extra heads is not considered acknowledgement. Seriously, if you're going to go out into public but then proceed like a dark cloud of anti-social gloom, just stay inside & run on a treadmill. And that's coming from the poster child for anti-socialism.

Just so you know, if you do any of these things to a runner- this is what they're thinking.  We're watching, and keeping score...