When companies, that have me under a barrel, ask as if I had a choice, “is that o.k. with you?” I have had the unfortunate experience of returning two relatively (at least for me) high ticket items for service to the manufacturer. Both of these items have been less than three months old.  I’ve called [...]

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I hate it when people call me, after having had a brief conversation with me at some point in the past and start talking as if we were friends who had just spoken 10 minutes ago. I had this conversation yesterday. Me: This is M&Co. Them: This is X and I talked to you awhile [...]

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People who put the lid of the toilet seat down. About 99.99 percent of the time, the lid of the toilet seat is up in the women’s bathroom at my office. That .01 percent that it is not, is always the time that for whatever reason I have waited too long to go to the [...]

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To add to my list of things I hate. People who return calls to numbers that appear on their caller ID. There are five attorneys in my office. On any given day there are as many, and some days more, support staff there. There are probably four or five telephone numbers coming into our phones. [...]

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People who call and make appointments and then just don’t show. Did they forget? Did they not intend to come in the first place? Are they just slugs? Oh and something else I hate! Spam. I especially hate e-mail spam. I have a Gmail account. I only use it for those lists I read. On [...]

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When I make my list of Things I Hate, I need to be sure to add, Automatic Flushing Toilets. Today when I went to the bankruptcy court, I decided to stop and use the facilities. My mother always told me to go when I had the opportunity because you never know when the opportunity will [...]

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People who talk on the cell phone while in the bathroom. Do I really need to say more? There is nothing worse, particularly in a public bathroom where it is possible, someone could have seen you walk in and is talking to you, than to be sitting on the toilet trying to pee and hear [...]

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You wanna know what I hate? I hate, despise, abhor, can’t stand, curse, detest, disdain, loathe people who call and leave these rambling, convoluted, disconnected, confused, disjointed, incoherent, long-winded, wordy messages on my voice mail and then get to the end and leave their phone number in one long un-understandable breathy sigh. So you get [...]

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