Cheeky's Top Ten Pet Peeves About Rain

10. Wondering if you’ve just been hit by a Thailand-sized tsunami…and then realizing it was an inconsiderate driver hitting a puddle.

9. No one is creative enough to start a conversation on a rainy day with something other than “How ‘bout this weather?”

8. Getting poked in the eye with someone’s misguided umbrella and wondering if you’re going to have to sport the pirate look.

7. Hoping your hair’s reaction to the humidity isn’t going to look like you enjoy sticking your fingers in light sockets in your spare time.

6. Pant legs that look like you spend your free time wading in kiddie pools.

5. Puddles that look shallow but are more deceptive than a timeshare salesperson telling you ‘there’s no obligation to buy’.

4. Weather forecasters that predicted a sunny day.

3. Driving in the rainy day traffic and realizing you could get to work faster if you were walking there shoeless with a refrigerator on your back.

2. Cursing yourself for forgetting an umbrella and wearing a white t-shirt (if you're a female). Of course, this is on the list of Top 10 Joys of Rain for the men out there.

1. Forgetting your Cheeky Umbrella at home and getting soaked!

Umbrella Etiquette

Sick of getting poked in the ribs by umbrellas in elevators? Tired of getting wet from inconsiderate umbrella owners who lean their wet umbrellas on you as you ride the bus? Wondering if you'll need an eye patch if you get poked in the eye with one more umbrella tip? Writer Randy Shore wrote an editorial on this very issue for the Vancouver Sun this week. Here are his tips for Umbrella Etiquette:

• When passing by other umbrella-carriers, the taller person lifts, the shorter scrunches down.
• It is never okay to let your umbrella touch another person. Life, shift or wait for space; those metal tips are a hazard to eyesight.
• Shake the water off your umbrella before you board a bus and never put your umbrella on a seat.
• Do not walk under the awnings, you already have one.
• Do not carry your umbrella in a horizontal orientation on elevators, escalators or in any crowded situation.
• "Golf umbrellas" are for "golfing." Sheesh.
• It's Vancouver; it rains; get over it.

Let's talk about rain

We are Cheeky Umbrella, a Vancouver, BC company that offers rain protection that is a stylish accessory rather than just something to keep you dry...and this is our blog! We love to talk about anything rain or umbrella-related...especially if it's fashionable or funny. Please leave us comments and feedback...we're sure there are many of you out there that can relate because you live in rainy cities yourselves!