Random Things That Annoy Me

Because life is full of annoying crap, and this is my place to complain about it.

I'm expecting to have a whole slew of weather-related stuff at some point on this topic, but that will be better at another time.  For now, as the father of a one-year old, I want someone to explain why some baby clothes opt to increasde the level of difficulty in dressing one's children by adding about twenty buttons as enclosures, because little kids will obviously sit still while you get those buttoned.  Better yet, I'm pretty sure the price goes up based on the number of buttons.

Random Things That Annoy Me

Because life is full of annoying crap, and this is my place to complain about it.
I've been receiving free copies of Newsweek in the mail, unsolicited, for the last two months or so.  I would even use Newsweek to line a birdcage (the magazine's already loaded with crap).  But today, they sent an invoice offering to continue to send me issues if I pay up.

Personally, I want them to pay me, for the time I had to spend dropping their magazine in the trash every time it shows up.

Random Things That Annoy Me

Because life is full of annoying crap, and this is my place to complain about it.

Can anyone explain why there are so many car insurance commercials on TV?  Are the margins that high in the business?

Many of the commercials are more entertaining than many network TV shows -- Cavemen was bad, but networks greenlight much more offensive shit pretty regularly, and some of it stays on TV for years (Full House was on television for what seemed like a decade). I just find it offensive that writing talent is being wasted on car insurance commercials... says the guy toiling away on a blog for no reason, but whatever.

Random Things That Annoy Me

Because life is full of annoying crap, and this is my place to complain about it.
I'm watching Disney movies with my daughter too often.  On the latest viewing of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, I found myself wondering why the Evil Queen needed to get Snow White's heart in a chest if she had a magic mirror that would tell her if Snow White was dead or alive.

Yeah, I need a life.

Random Things That Annoy Me

Because life is full of annoying crap, and this is my place to complain about it.
A request to all of you folks who stand in front of me at an ATM machine, contemplating the meaning of life or whatever it is you do when you're staring at the screen.  Stop, and finish your friggin' transaction.

Seriously, it's not that tough to actually withdraw money, deposit a check, buy stamps, whatever.  You have to remember a pin, enter it, and then click buttons on a screen.  Yet I'll watch people who seem mystified by the entire process, like they're trying to understand the health care bill.

And while I'm at it, on behalf of the entire contingent of people from Southeastern PA, why did "ATM" win out as the appropriate abbreviation?  Why didn't anyone else pick up on calling it a MAC (Money Access Center)?  We used to smack MAC for cash.  Now if you say that, people think you're shaking down Irish people. 

Random Things That Annoy Me

Because life is full of annoying crap, and this is my place to complain about it.

I get to fly a lot.  On the rare occasion when the in-flight movie or entertainment are any good, I'm constantly frustrated by the fact that the pilot's announcements seem to interrupt just as we're getting to a key point in the movie... which is made even worse by the fact that the friggin' movie can't be paused.  Any chance you can fix this, guys?