We've all seen it.  You go to a counter or drive through at a store to make a purchase, they announce the price, you hand them some money and they make the change, then they put the bills in you open hand and dump the coins on top of the bills ( Read more... )

Every time I see someone use the word "X-mas" it gets my blood boiling. Are they so lazy that they will give up Christ just so they don't have to write a few extra letters? How would they feel if instead of Christian, people called them "X-ians"? As far as I am concerned that is the same as calling a black person a "Nigger", a hispanic person a " ( Read more... )

I haven't ranted in a long time, so this one is probably overdue...Which of the following business practices bug you the most?

If you have any to add, feel free.

A. Robocalls -- a computer calls you and places you on hold. To me this is insulting. If you have business with me, then you had darn well better call me personally.

B. Can't take " ( Read more... )

It's been a long time since I got up on my soap box, so this one is probably long overdue.  I just can't help thinking that others get as peeved by this as I do.

Robo calls that put you on hold.

That is automatic dialers that call you on your home phone, and when you answer the phone, you get a recording that tells you to please hold for an important ( Read more... )

It's one of those things that gets under my skin sometimes.

I spend a fair amount of time online and occasionally get into chats with other people.  They all seem hell bent on using leet as if it is a status symbol showing their online prowess.  Well, that isn't fair.  Not all of them do.  Most of the older folks still prefer to write in a manner ( Read more... )

I have a pet peeve.  No, call it a personality quirk.  It drives Jan crazy and a few others who have to deal with me on a daily basis ( Read more... )

I was investigating the possiblity of continuing my education by taking some classes.  I was into some preliminary application work and came to the point where I had to request transcripts from college in order to show that I have already taken the core classes and do not need to repeat freshman algebra or basic English.  Get this ( Read more... )

Just this past week the big to-do about the use of steroids in professional baseball hit the fan.  To be honest, I was very pleased that of all the players on the list, only one was an Atlanta Brave at the time when he was using steroids.  There were several ex-Braves, but at least they had the decency to wait until after they left the Braves to ( Read more... )