tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81610723916639785482024-02-19T02:39:59.254-05:00PeevabilityJFC, can't you do anything right?Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-28858937361273905612010-08-30T13:44:00.001-04:002010-08-30T13:44:46.514-04:00Expectation FailedAnd here I thought that I would have at least 365 peeves.Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-36375312274232566622010-08-17T09:39:00.000-04:002010-08-17T09:39:59.583-04:00Presents from the PuppiesI do realize that helping the <a href="https://www.guidingeyes.org/home/">Guiding Eyes for the Blind</a> by fostering some puppies is doing good for the world, but could somebody please clean up after them <em>before</em> I step in it?Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-15649032495474506412010-08-17T09:36:00.000-04:002010-08-17T09:36:12.324-04:00Admit Your MistakesOK, who put the broken coffee cup away without washing it?Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-72608849354377642852010-06-29T14:13:00.000-04:002010-06-29T14:13:28.075-04:00Opting OutI don't want it. Stop asking me to opt out. Change your default to ask me to opt in. Better yet, don't even ask; I still won't want it. If I did, I'd come to you.Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-27242990259992913892010-06-28T14:30:00.000-04:002010-06-29T14:38:19.585-04:00Vox MachinaI don't listen to computer-generated voices. Your interactive voice response system is just wasting your cycles and mine.<br />
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No, really, I don't listen to them. If you want me to pay attention, put a human on the phone.Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-86626965497420643342010-06-27T15:04:00.000-04:002010-06-29T15:05:41.438-04:00Thanks for the Option!If you piss me off, I'll use the toll-free phone number every time.Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-6551460938325660432010-06-09T10:41:00.007-04:002010-06-09T10:41:00.844-04:00Upside-Down Ice Cream CakeI love your ingenuity in using temperature variations to create an upside-down ice cream cake that looks like a funnel, but I'd rather not have to clean the freezer again.<br />
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Put the lid on <em>tightly</em>.<br />
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Put the container in the freezer with the lid side facing up. That's called the <strong>top</strong> of the container. The opposite side, called the <strong>bottom</strong>, is what faces down.<br />
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Oh, and down is in the direction of your feet.Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-61546178765003831152010-06-08T10:41:00.000-04:002010-06-08T10:41:16.826-04:00Didn't I Say That Already?What part of _______________________ did you not understand?Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-24140997110550160972010-06-07T06:59:00.002-04:002010-06-08T10:40:18.416-04:00Putting the Empty Box Back on the ShelfWas there a particular reason we're saving the empty box of cereal?Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-64566342791405368392010-06-06T23:34:00.000-04:002010-06-06T23:34:00.429-04:00Using the Maximum Strength Glue on the Price TagI see you're worried that someone might accidentally swap the tag on this over-priced good for one not as over-priced.<br />
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But now I've bought it, and there's this sticky spot on my cocktail glasses that makes it look like I shop at the dollar store.<br />
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Did I mention it's sticky?Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-347681119544082962010-06-05T23:31:00.000-04:002010-06-05T23:31:00.486-04:00Less Than Absorbent TowelsTowels have a purpose: to dry things. If the towel doesn't absorb liquids, I might as well just use it to wipe my ass.Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-22411467097653296772010-06-04T23:11:00.000-04:002010-06-04T23:11:00.842-04:00Consuming Mass QuantitiesWas there a reason we have six containers of Philadelphia Low-Fat Cream Cheese with Chives?Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-54136800886608339342010-06-03T23:08:00.000-04:002010-06-03T23:08:00.369-04:00Don't Even BotherAdmit that you are unable to load a dishwasher without pissing me off, and just leave the dishes <i>neatly stacked</i> on the counter.<br />
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No, not in the sink: on the counter.<br />
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Oh, come on, just stack them. Didn't your parents buy you any stacking toys when you were a child?Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-51032441783053614162010-06-02T23:05:00.000-04:002010-06-02T23:05:00.877-04:00Closing the LidDue to height limits on the refrigerator shelves, it is acceptable to store containers of liquids on their side -- provided that the lid is completely sealed.Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-27405483325108203172010-06-01T23:05:00.002-04:002010-06-01T23:08:17.441-04:00Parking in the Path of Least ResistanceParking your bike right in front of the door, and dropping your bags right inside the door are not acceptable, and constitute a hazard to your health -- as soon as I can figure out which one of you did it.Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-53654766094820448592010-05-26T10:54:00.000-04:002010-05-26T10:54:50.872-04:00E-Mail from the FutureHoly crap, Microsoft, have you never heard of anyone exchanging e-mails with someone in another [multiple expletives] time zone?<br />
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Was it just OH SO DIFFICULT to record the time zone in the e-mail headers?<br />
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I can see that your <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-rd-for-tech-companies-2010-5">research budget</a> isn't helping to resolve any real problems.<br />
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<pre>From:
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:16 AM
From:
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:07 PM
From:
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 9:26 AM
From:
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 8:47 PM
From:
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 9:10 AM
</pre>Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-68662239873321838252010-05-20T08:53:00.000-04:002010-05-20T08:53:09.550-04:00ObligationsThere's something I should be doing now, but I don't want to do it, and would very much rather do something else.<br />
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But eventually I'll do the thing I should, perhaps a bit later than others desire.<br />
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Not right now, dear, I'm updating my blog.Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-80425955308822112872010-05-15T11:10:00.002-04:002010-05-15T11:10:54.460-04:00Bent SpoonsOK, who bent the spoons?! Now they don't nest.Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-25462768501889560342010-05-14T11:10:00.000-04:002010-05-15T11:12:42.319-04:00Over-Sized UtensilsI'm not a giant. The teaspoon should hold a teaspoon measure, not a tablespoon's; and the tablespoon should hold a tablespoon measure, not four of them.Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-69340664648255994862010-05-03T07:14:00.003-04:002010-05-15T11:13:17.184-04:00Sticky, Damp FloorsI forgot to close the windows last night, and it rained. The house is humid, and the floors are at once sticky and damp.Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-62753974810692333432010-05-02T07:24:00.000-04:002010-05-03T07:25:31.831-04:00Spills Left to StandThe spill itself is not so bad. But leaving it on the floor, and forgetting to tell anyone about it, so that it soaks into the wood, the carpet, and my socks? That's not good at all.Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04199440448904365072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161072391663978548.post-32483018632018989752010-04-29T15:18:00.000-04:002010-04-29T15:18:35.877-04:00Taking the Hard Way OutOh Outlook, you provide such fertile ground for hate.<br />
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It was so much easier to throw up a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_window">modal dialog box</a> then to simply close the window wasn't it?<br />
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