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 […]
Cell phone ringtones that sound like alarms - you are trying my patience.
I could rant for hours on the general subject of ringtones but I’ll limit myself to the ones sounding like alarms.
Don’t people distinguish between different alarm and alert signals anymore? Am I the only one left who thinks that a distinction should […]
Confidential content e-mail disclaimers - you are trying my patience.
At the end of an e-mail:
This e-mail is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Long Gone Inc. If you are […]
Companies and websites claiming that they care about my privacy - you are trying my patience.
-We care about your privacy.
-Oh, you do, do you?
Is that why I, in order to use your service, am required to give you my first name, last name, age, gender, occupation, street address, state, ZIP code, country, phone number, […]
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 […]