Category Archives: Annoyances
The Deception of Website Design
That businesses will design their websites (which offer subscription style services) and pull subtle tricks to either make it very difficult to unsubscribe, or coerce the user to maintain a subscription they do not want is nothing new. I recall … Continue reading
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There is no such thing as bad press, thank you Atheism!
Columbia restaurant gets OK to give discounts to patrons with church bulletins Now I’ve got nothing against Atheists. They don’t believe in any sort of God or organized religion, that’s fine by me. What truly drives me up the wall … Continue reading
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Maybe Best Buy would be better off if pretentious gits just stayed home?
Maybe Best Buy Would Compete Better If Their Employees Acknowledged Customers The commenting system at The Consumerist has been offline since the last time mysterious hacker types caused problems… so when I see posts like this come up I’m forced … Continue reading
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Zen, and the art of the close call…
Heading home from work today, I’m coming into Florida doing about 40mph, a couple carlengths off the Mitsubishi in front of me… Up ahead, a UPS truck is waiting to hang a left out of a parking lot, and a … Continue reading
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Dell Tech Support Chat
I cannot express how FRUSTRATING some online chat support is. Normally I will give it a shot as my first round of getting help on an issue, some companies have a very good setup – like Checkpoint – where you … Continue reading
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Ready, set, knee-jerk
Folks, for as long as I’ve been breathing I’ve been a firm believer in the idea that Greenpeace is full of shit. Their latest extortion campaign is focused on the mighty Unilever corporation, parent company of none other than my … Continue reading
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The Annoyance List
Everyone gets annoyed. For some time now I have considered setting up a master list of everything that annoys me – in the hope that once I list it here and share it with all of you, it won’t bother … Continue reading
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