Trying My Patience

Things that make my patience wear thin

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I'm not overly cynical or critical. The surrounding world just repeatedly fails to meet my standards and expectations.

Archive for June, 2007

Bragging about a 24 hour website

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Companies bragging about a 24 hour website - you are trying my patience.
Our website is open 24 hours!
That’s the general idea you moron! Websites are open 24 hours. If they’re not, a serious technical error has occurred.
I’ll give you a rule of thumb: If it’s open 24 hours - it’s a website. If it’s not […]

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Fusion restaurants

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

Fusion restaurants - you are trying my patience.
Why are restaurants trying to be creative by mixing all sorts of concepts from different parts of the world in a single meal?
Whatever happened to a decent Italian meal? A well-organized Japanese bento box. Real Mexican tacos. Spice Thai that makes your toes curl. Or my personal […]

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The good old days

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

The good old days fans - you are trying my patience.
The good old days were just good in your head. Your selective memory is playing tricks on you, over-romanticizing your boring past, excluding the bad stuff and wildly exaggerating the good stuff.
You think you were free in spirit and could lead a simple life and […]

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Builders and buyers of expensive but-ugly housing n posh locations - you are trying my patience.
It must have been roughly around a hundred years ago when people decided that no more beautiful houses were to be built. Or did we just the one text book mankind ever had on decent architecture.
Every new house built lacks […]

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Cooperating airlines

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

Cooperating airlines - you are trying my patience.
Why can’t airlines give me tickets, plane, staff and check-in counter under one name? They always cooperate in more different constellations than soap opera characters sleep around.
I book my ticket on www.great-airlines.com, it says South East Airlines on my ticket, Go Up Airlines and Fly South at the […]

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