November 6, 2007 – 8:19 am
It’s Election Day here in the Commonwealth. And besides being one of the few states to call itself a “commonwealth,” we are also one of the few to hold elections for statewide offices in non-Congressional race years.
Which means that we do not get this year off from all those annoying political phone calls (funny how [...]
August 20, 2007 – 2:35 pm
Well, probably not. I just received one of those standard spam messages from some stranger wanting to transfer $15.5 million to me.
This one, however, was a little nervewracking in that it was personalized. The subject heading had both my maiden and married names, and the body of the text refers to someone in the UK [...]
Dear Driver of the White Jaguar:
You may be wondering why the back end of your car was hanging so far out of the space in the supermarket parking lot.
That would be because it was not a parking space at all. I’m not sure where you come from, but around here we call those metal bars that were [...]
Would you believe that the air conditioning is still out? The manufacturer reshipped the part, and it arrived Friday. Broken again. They’re blaming the shipping company. I think they need to take a look at their packaging. The new plan is to ship the part on one of their own trucks, because apparently they will care [...]
Remember how our air conditioning was out last week? The tech told me that the part would take about 3 days to come in. That was last Monday. I hadn’t heard by Friday, so I called the office and was told it should be in early next (now “this”) week. No word again, so I called back this [...]
March 30, 2007 – 12:22 pm
I was appalled to read that a major electronics chain is firing its highest paid store workers in order to replace them with new (cheaper) hires. All is not lost, of course, as they are allowing these employees to reapply after ten weeks–as new (cheaper) hires. That’s assuming any jobs are left by then, of course. [...]
February 16, 2007 – 10:37 am
You know those commercials with the Maytag repairman sitting around with nothing to do?
The idea, of course, is that their appliances are so reliable that they never need repair.
I have, however, discovered the truth behind those ads.
They have recently recalled a few dishwashers. 2.3 million, to be more precise.
When I learned of the recall (through [...]
November 21, 2006 – 9:01 am
Dear Voice Recording,
Please stop calling me.
You claim to be a Canadian company trying to collect on a debt. Odd, since I haven’t received any overdue notices. And a recorded phone call seems even odder. Yes, I can tell the difference between a live person and a recording. Especially since I’m smart enough not to pick up the [...]
November 4, 2006 – 2:04 pm
Three more days.
Three more days of recorded calls from “unknown caller” and “tollfree number” telling me how to cast my vote.
Three more days of fliers in the mail that waste trees without providing any information that really helps determine what I should do with my vote.
Three more days of mud-slinging commercials convincing me that none [...]
September 13, 2006 – 1:00 pm
Mr. B and I recently went out to dinner at one of those sports bar chain restaurants.
We’ve been there a few times, and always enjoyed it. What we didn’t realize is that we’ve always gone for lunch, not dinner. They were blasting loud music, they didn’t have the Reds game on, and we were surprised at [...]
