Archives in Category: Annoyances

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Time . . . to go

Posted on April 23, 2024

I’ve subscribed to “Time” magazine for decades. At first, when it was in its heyday before there was instant news, I looked forward to its drop in my mailbox every week. It was contemporary, informative, and succinct.

But that was

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Thank You, Now Please Go Away

Posted on April 5, 2024

Dear Allison, Jared, Michael, Lisa, Tony, and Janet,

Thanks for your unsolicited telephone calls offering financial help. I appreciate your concern about our debt, although I don’t understand how you know what our debt is. Or if we actually have

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Brioche

Posted on April 2, 2024

I don’t know if it’s a national trend or a local one, but brioche seems to be taking over where I live.

Pronounced ‘bree-osh,’ this bread is sweeter than its regular counterpart, and I’m fine with using it in various

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Inquiring Minds . . .

Posted on March 12, 2024

Even though we ‘re vacationing in Florida, I am compelled to answer a blog reader who asked, “Can’t the geese fly over the fence?” in response to recent posts about the geese versus me. (See March 7 and March 5

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Grouchy

Posted on March 5, 2024

You’ve been warned: I am grouchy. I could wait until tomorrow to blog under the assumption that I’ll feel better. And I probably will, since I don’t hold grievances tightly. Still, things I thought were handled have become unhandled.

There

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Cutting to the Chase

Posted on February 28, 2024

You’ve all had experiences when you called a major company and gotten into the automated queue where Robot Voice first suggests we go online to resolve our issue. Believe me, if I thought my question was that easy to solve,

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Drive-by Goodbye

Posted on February 24, 2024

I was talking with C. yesterday; his week included what I call a drive-by goodbye from a client he’d had for over four years. This client sent him a text that her firm had hired someone else for their online

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Survey Fatigue

Posted on February 15, 2024

It seems everybody wants a piece of my mind: Joseph A. Bank, Wal-Mart, Mackenzie, Tastes of Chicago, JP Morgan Chase, even my local car dealer and supermarket. They’ve all sent me questionnaires asking about my most recent experience with their

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More on Macy’s

Posted on February 7, 2024

My displeasure with Macy’s is long-standing and didn’t begin with the current credit card issue. In fact, when Macy’s purchased that Chicago department store icon, Marshall Field’s, in 2005 I vowed I’d never set foot in any store with Macy’s

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Buyer Beware

Posted on February 6, 2024

It’s that time of year where I return items purchased for Christmas that didn’t make the grade. There’s the shirt from Joseph A, Banks and the three joggers from Macy’s. I was very pleased with how the former handled a

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