Carrot Cake

Don't you hate it when you've sworn to watch what you eat and someone brings in a carrot cake to celebrate someone's birthday? You've always felt that having piece of birthday cake was good luck. And carrot cake has the gloss of health about it.

Bananas

Don't you just hate it when the bananas have bruises?

The Grump and the Cheery One

Don't you hate it when you feel all grumbly, and someone fairly cheerful steps in and walks with you and then you realize you seem churlish and you wanted to impress this person...and somehow you didn't?

Green

Don't you hate it on St. Patrick's Day when people come up to you and ask you where your green is?

Bad Blogger

Don't you just hate it when someone says they'll be posting on their blog everyday, and then they don't?

Fax

Don't you hate it when a fax you were expecting arrives and somebody else, thinking they know more about things, takes it, puts it in an inner-office envelope and gives it to someone else?

Good Idea

Don't you just hate it when you think you have a good idea, and then someone tells you why it isn't? And then you're not sure what to do?

Detest

Don't you hate it when someone you really haven't liked at all, and in fact detest and think poorly of, suddenly becomes a bit softer and nicer, and you wonder if maybe it was you that was wrong?

Why didn't you

Don't you just hate it when people ask you why someone else didn't get back to them?