Archives in Category: Annoyances

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Mustard

Posted on April 26, 2024

One casualty of the Wild Game Dinner was the sleeve of my light blue spring jacket that went home with bright yellow mustard stains.

Anyone who does laundry knows mustard is one of the more difficult condiments to get off

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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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