The Last
our opinion: COLUMN
BY MARK BROWN
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Life’s Little Annoyances
OK, I guess I just like to gripe about small
stuff a little bit, so here’s my top 10 favorite
little annoyances from this month that came
to mind.
1. Tic Tacs — I bought some last week. I
won’t do that ever again. World’s loudest
mints! I never realized. When you try to use
them, everyone looks at you as if your cell
phone rang at a funeral.
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2. Cinnamon Rolls — They smell great —
especially when you’re at the airport. They
give you a warm and fuzzy feeling, just
catching a whiff of them. But, then you buy
one and they never taste as good as they
smell.
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3. Websites — Always hard to find what you
need, like store hours or phone numbers,
then when you find them they’re wrong.
Why is that? Doesn’t seem that difficult to
do. Have you ever tried to find something
on the website of one of the big Insurance
companies? It’s almost like they don’t want
you to find anything helpful, or understand
it, so the next step is to call, but guess
what? You can’t find the number to call, and
when you do, you can’t get through.
4. User names and passwords — I’ve
dubbed them “The traffic jam of life.”
5. Airlines — it is so sad and so wrong to
rip-off the public like this. Airlines have
simply decided to charge for everything. Buy
a ticket, then pay extra for your bags, and
then you have to buy a seat. Really, unbelievable. But we pay it, don’t we ... ?
6. TSA - Incompetent! Wear shoes. Can’t
wear shoes. Keep belt on. Take belt off.
No two airports are the same. Lines open
sometimes. Lines closed sometimes. Kinda
reminds me of the Post Office. There are
25 people in line and only one window
open. Except with the airport and TSA
there will be one checkpoint open and
hundreds of people in line, with your flight
time closing in on you. Plus, on top of all
that pressure, sometimes you will get a TSA
agent yelling at you like you’re in a prison
line. Regular business couldn’t survive 10
minutes doing business that way.
7. Lists that aren’t complete.
Oh well, I’m sure the Tic Tac company will
start putting their mints in rubber containers, and the TSA will start treating us like
humans, and the airlines will start to realize
they need us to fly and will begin to charge
realistic rates, and we will start having chips
inserted that will work like the car key fobs
– they recognize you when you walk up to
your car. So, no more user names and passwords, and all websites will be easy and
effective. I’m looking forward to that day.