Blogging Pet Peeves

I suppose I'm going to go on a mini-rant here because I have a few things about blogging that just drives me nuts. Not so much the act of blogging in itself, but things that I see other bloggers doing.

1. Acting holier-than-thou.
Essentially, were' all here doing the same thing, what makes YOU better than ME? Because you get better reviews? More subscribers? Different content? Instead of being against each other, why are we not a community? Why can't we all get along for the sake of having the same time filler/hobby/"job?" Because you have been doing it longer makes you a better person than me? Because you're recognized by this one or that one makes you a better person than me? Are you kidding me? Get off your high horse, cause guess what- your shit DOES stink.

2. Spelling errors.
I could care less about the spelling errors that I receive in my inbox, or in my IM or on forums or whatever, but when you're pimping out a company with your review, you might want to make sure that you're spelling the company name or the product correctly. And by the way, its sponsOrs, not sponsErs.

3. You think everyone owes you something.
No one is owed anything without a written contract. Taking someones word for something can only go so far. Having a relationship with PR reps is a wonderful thing, and those same PR reps don't OWE you a DAMN THING. Instead of thinking that the PR reps and companies owe you big time, why not realize that its not just about you? Why not realize that PR DOES NOT NEED to work with YOU. Its a wonderful thing that they choose to work with bloggers, but by no means are we owed that, lets not take a chance in effing that up.

4. Greed, greed, and more GREED.
A new coffeemaker or a pair of shoes to review is nice, but by no means should anyone EXPECT to have a car or a trip handed to them. What happened to the days where we worked hard to get what we wanted, what happened to earning things? Didn't get invited on a most expense paid trip? Get over it, it just wasn't your time... want to go on a family vacation? If you're not invited on one by a company then save your pennies and take your family on one...

I know that there's more that bothers me, but this is all I'm getting into for now... Geez... I hope I don't sound like too much of a bitch.... (or do I even care if I sound like a bitch at all?)