Pet Peeve #16: TV Weathermen Spout Mainly Filler
The burden of filling countless hours with TV programming has given rise to the annoying genre I disparage as “filler.” For example, every movie has its filler...
Pet Peeve #15: Demand For Politically Correct Season’s Greetings
I am sure that you shudder along with me as Christmas continues to get attacked from various politically correct angles. I thought I would pass along a spoof holiday...
Pet Peeve #14: Gas Station Prices Deceptive
The large neon signs advertising gasoline prices cannot always be taken at face value. Often there is small print that cannot be read by the driver on the highway....
Pet Peeve #13: Subscription Renewal Notices Arrive Months Early
Marketeers understand the value of money. They covet collecting your dollars early and enjoying the investment benefit for themselves. I find it annoying that...
Pet Peeve #12: Why Do Pro Athletes Make Lame Excuses?
The excuse that bugs me currently is: “That is a mistake I can learn from.” I am not so sure that is the case. Instead, it seems to me that if you have been playing...
Pet Peeve #11: Let’s Not Rock On Non-Rocking Chairs
My premise is quite simple: some chairs are designed to be rocking chairs… other chairs are not. I consider it a failure of my parenting duties that my children...
Pet Peeve #10: “Out of the Box” vs. “Outside of the Box”
I thought it was time for me to set the record straight on this important distinction that seems to get constantly muddled. In my marketing profession we are...
Pet Peeve #9: Pedestrians And Drivers Who Inch Out As Vehicles Approach
Our impatient society bugs me no end when either a pedestrian or another driver starts to inch out as I am driving by. Some people seem to delight in trying to time...
Pet Peeve #8: Income Tax Forgiveness TV Ads
As tax filing season approaches, you see more and more TV ads focusing on opportunities for tax forgiveness or remediation. Apparently if you owe the IRS enough...
Pet Peeve #7: Why Do Gasoline Prices Have To Keep Escalating?
One of my daughters touched a nerve with me when she noted that gasoline prices would soon far surpass the cost of a gallon of milk. It’s painful to watch all of...
Pet Peeve #6: Throwing More Money At Education Is Not The Answer – Sometimes Less Is More
It aggravates me when politicians and educators plead for the simplistic fix of throwing more money at their dilemma of how to fix the broken public educational...
Pet Peeve #5: Rottweilers Can Give Pets A Bad Name
Here I go alienating another segment of my reading public. How can Rottweilers be tolerated as pets when time after time you hear of horrific attacks? Where is the...