Last night for the first time our 3 year old son called me into his room.  He was crying and obviously scared.  He said he saw a monster. Obviously, I was concerned. But then again, I reassured him knowing that monsters don’t really lurk under the beds of toddlers.

However, what I chose not to tell him was that when you grow up, there really are monsters, and these are ones you really have to fear.  And, I’m not talking about Dracula and Godzilla.  I’m talking about the following monsters, that we all have encountered:

1. The IRS.

2. That voice on the phone at the cable/cellphone/utility company that says “Press 1 for English and Oprima los dos for Espanol”

3. That ungodly harpie at the office who insists on telling everyone to have a good day even when everyone knows that Mondays stink worse than rotten garbage.

4. The Kardashians

5. Bankers, especially the folks who brought us the meltdown of 2007-2008

6. Companies that spam your email inbox.

7.  The ownership of the Knicks

8. Members of Congress who have no problem accepting government-provided health benefits but don’t want anyone else to have them.

9. Airlines that have the nerve to charge you for food that tastes like it was scraped off the road.

10. Authors of diet books