Pet Peeve #28: Overly Officious Airport Parking Cadets
Sometimes when you give a person a uniform and a citation pad they take themselves and their official position a little too seriously. I find that to be consistently...
Pet Peeve #27: Toilet Roll that Doesn’t Roll
There’s not a whole lot I ask of a roll of tissue paper. Sure, you don’t want sandpaper consistency (like we saw over in Germany). Likewise you don’t want paper so...
Pet Peeve #26: Broken Glass Left on the Street After Accidents
Doesn’t it irritate you when you come up to an intersection and have to dodge a pile of broken glass left from a previous accident? Of course the problem is...
Pet Peeve #25: Ridiculous Attempts to Redefine Reality
Sometimes companies try to redefine reality to shift liability away from their operations. It would be nice if just saying something would make it true … but that is...
Pet Peeve #24: Home Depot’s Presumptuous Slogan
“You can do it. We can help, ” confidently asserts the professional hardware store spokesman. Is that so? Has he seen me in action? Has he had the opportunity to...
Pet Peeve #23: Novelty Is Usually Heresy
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance...
Pet Peeve #22: Speed Cameras Designed to Fleece Normal Driving Patterns
I have already been nailed at least 4 times in MD by the $40 speed camera infraction. In each case, the speed limit was only 30 miles per hour and I was branded a...
Pet Peeve #21: Replacement Pen Ink Cartridges Not Standardized
I have always been a pen lover. I fixate on one particular pen that has the weight and appearance and ink flow that I prefer and I carry it with me every day. In...
Pet Peeve #20: Fast Food Cashiers That Don’t Listen to Your Order
Most of us are very experienced when it comes to ordering fast food from whatever chains we frequent. We are familiar with the menu options. We understand what...
Pet Peeve #19: Intimidation Tactics Of Insurance Companies
Insurance is an industry that can get under everyone’s skin. Who really gets a sense of “perceived value” as they mail in their outrageous checks for various forms...
Pet Peeve #18: Don’t Mess With My Favorite Pen
Normally people would characterize me as fairly laid-back, non-combatative, extremely patient . . . that is until someone messes with my favorite pen! I am quite...
Beware Of Any Comments Prefaced With An Up-Front Apology
Don’t you hate it when people preface some nasty remark with an insincere up-front apology – as if that justifies their tone or gives them leeway to be ungracious. I...