Archives in Category: Annoyances

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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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Restaurant Etiquette

Posted on December 12, 2019

We went to dinner at LakeHouse (There’s no space between those two words, for those who don’t live here.) with good friends tonight. Our table of four was seated next to a table of fourteen, which was probably a holiday

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El Rodeo

Posted on December 8, 2019

Last night we had dinner at El Rodeo. We’d gone there recently, and Earl found the Nachos al Carbon much to his liking. Which is why we returned. It’s a very generous serving of nachos, beef, pork, and shrimp all

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Cookie Tins

Posted on December 6, 2019

This afternoon I went in search of cookie tins, since I’m having a luncheon/cookie exchange next week and wanted something attractive to store the goodies I plan to make. My search took me to several local stores but I ended

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Puzzling

Posted on November 10, 2019

Earl and I are avid jigsaw puzzlers. We really like 500 pieces with Americana themes: old cars, farm life, the town square, the country store. I haven’t kept track of the number we’ve done, but we probably average 30 to

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Knots

Posted on November 7, 2019

Knots are annoying. It doesn’t matter if they’re in a fishing line, a silver necklace, a shoelace, a ball of yarn, a length of thread, a watering hose, or the hair on your head.

But the worst kind of knots

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Winding Down

Posted on November 3, 2019

Last night Daylight Savings Time ended for this year. Well, at least in some parts of the United States and the world. Other parts have their own change dates, so nobody is on the same page about this.

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