Archives in Category: Annoyances

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Taking My Own Advice

Last month saw my website go on the fritz. While visitors could get on the front end, the back end – that place where I post new material – decided to shut down. Which meant that I could not access

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Crqzy Summer Night

It’s the second of June, but it feels like the end of September. We should be used to these weather changes by now, because the end of February felt like the middle of July. So maybe it IS the middle

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Swimming with Obstacles

I started early enough, heading to the main resort building and its pool. As I walked, I felt confident that the pool would belong to me alone. After all, it’s Monday. Haven’t families checked out so the parents can return

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Just One, Please

The world of the super-pack is upon us, and I don’t mean the political version. I mean the world where you have to buy twos and threes when you only want ones.

For example, I needed a roll of paper

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Still No Credit

It’s been six days since I last jousted with AT&T, which was supposed to give me a credit on my telephone bill. Today my new bill arrived and, with it, a sinking feeling. The amount we owe does not reveal

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Bookkeeping Error

AT&T and I will never be best friends. In fact, we will never be friends at all. I don’t congregate with stupid people, and I congregate as little as necessary with stupid corporations.

Tell me if I’m wrong. We have

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Susan G. Komen

Last week’s brouhaha about the Komen Foundation’s withdrawing its breast cancer screening support for Planned Parenthood – and then rescinding that decision in the light of public outcry – has made me want to go public with my complaints about

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‘Tis the Season

We’re coming to the end of the year and my telephone is bearing the brunt of it. So is my email account. I don’t know what to do.

My landline is on the “Do Not Call” list, but I still

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Helpless

Verizon and I are still battling about our account, the quality of the phones involved, the costs, and the lack of customer service. In all instances, I am losing. About the only resource I have left is to complain publicly

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How Many Does It Take?

There’s an old joke going around about how many folk singers or how many therapists it takes to change a light bulb. I have a new twist on it.

How many men does it take to fix an ailing driveway?

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