I'm not overly cynical or critical. The surrounding world just repeatedly fails to meet my standards and expectations.
Dark chocolate - you are trying my patience.
Yes! You! Dark chocolate! I hate you!
Dark chocolate is not real chocolate!
Oh, I know, the chocolate aficionados are saying the opposite. That dark chocolate is the only true chocolate. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
I’ll tell you what real chocolate is about. Real chocolate is sweet and […]
Restaurants that think you’re “world famous” - you are trying my patience.
On Washington Boulevard in Venice, California, right by the pier, is “Thomas World Famous Chili Burgers“.
Of course not a single one of my friends living in the area have ever heard of the place.
Listen Thomas, you’re not world famous when not even the […]
Confidential content e-mail disclaimers - you are trying my patience.
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You people and organizations that claim to have all the answers - you are trying my patience.
Nobody has all the answers - nobody!
Today I found a flyer in my mailbox in which the organization responsible (I will not name them, but the seem to have “witnessed” something…) claims to have the answers to help:
Improve your […]
Websites claiming to offer an “Enhanced download experience” - you are trying my patience.
There are sites out there actually telling you that they can give you an “enhanced download experience“.
I accept that I as a customer can be offered an enhanced shopping experience, at least in a physical store. (Remember those?)
Walking the aisles filling my […]