March 2008
21 posts
Complaint #183
“If my neighbor doesn’t take his Christmas lights down soon I’m calling the city to complain.” -Whine by Grant Kerner
Complaint #182
“I’m just not feeling a connection to these new Top Chef contestants, ya know?” -Whine by Me
Complaint #181
“I spent several hours downloading torrents of old episodes of The Wire and now I don’t even have the right codecs to play them!” -Whine by Joseph Burke
Complaint #180
“Why can’t Zappos sell books? By the time I get my order from Amazon, I barely want to read it anymore.” -Whine by Matt Enstrom BTW, have you read this Zappos customer service story? It’s amazing. That’s exactly what’s wrong with this country, nobody cares about the customer anymore. Ugh.
Complaint #179
“Why can’t Amazon separate their print and audio book reviews? How can I tell the difference between a good read and a good listen?” -Whine by Matt
Complaint #178
“Whoa! I said ‘with room’, not ‘tall in a grande cup’!” -Whine by Alec Kretchun
Complaint #177
“Explain to me how health insurance doesn’t cover pilates class. Typical.” -Whine by Brendan O’Colmain
Complaint #176
“When I put a case on my iPhone it doesn’t fit in the charging dock!” -Whine by Pete Holmes
Complaint #175
“I wish there was a future in professional lacrosse. My boys are just so good at it.” -Whine by Brent Campbell BTW, I moved my personal blog over to Tumblr. Won’t you be my follower? Streeter.Tumblr.com
Complaint #173
“3 of the shirts I want to buy on Threadless are printed on Fruit of the Loom and not American Apparel” -Whine by Sean Graham, via Patrick Henry
Complaint #172
“How is it that Microsoft Office always defaults to “My Documents” when I click “Save As…” Doesn’t it realize that I’ve saved everything for the last 3 years on my network’s share drive? Could it be more annoying?” -Whine by Rich Strayer
Complaint #171
“Do they have to put a sticker on every piece of organic fruit that I buy? They’re a pain to get off and such a waste!” -Whine by Matt Long
Complaint #170
“I don’t know why I downloaded the new Firefox beta. It’s still so buggy and half my add-ons aren’t even compatible.” -Whine by Thomas Henry
Complaint #169
“The weather really needs to warm up, so I can start drinking iced coffee again… comfortably!” -Whine by Lily Gedney
Complaint #168
“You mean I have to update my computer’s clock for daylight savings manually? Way to drop the ball, Microsoft.” -Thom Pfiffner & Eric Atkinson
Complaint #167
“The Simpsons used to be a satire. Now it’s just a cartoon.” -Whine by Ben Falik
Complaint #166
“Honestly, you’d think that when my Landrover is getting worked on at the dealership they’d give me another Landrover to drive in the meantime. A Honda Accord? Really?” -Whine by JSullivan
Complaint #165
“Airborne! I want my money back, NOW!” -Whine by Bradley Vee
Complaint #164
“I don’t know what I was thinking when I bought these black on black sole shoes…they just scream service industry.” -Whine by Vincent Cox
Complaint #163
“They’ve cancelled The Sopranos, Rome, and Deadwood. Now it’s the last season of The Wire. I get this horrible feeling that HBO has lost its creative raison d’etre.” -Whine by Brian Moore
Complaint #162
“I hate it when my clients’ e-mail server can’t display my signature properly. What stone age system doesn’t recognize Monotype Corsiva? “ -Whine by Erin Murphy