tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post1234385658421085802..comments2023-11-05T02:49:49.453-08:00Comments on 40 going on 28: Things that infuriated me todayTKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08123364195474763594noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-15632924789208944852011-04-18T18:37:52.755-07:002011-04-18T18:37:52.755-07:002.: I was subjected to a great deal of the "T...2.: I was subjected to a great deal of the "There are a lot of changes coming with the new merger, and I think you'll like them" United/Continental video in the past week or so. Then I found out that my friend I was visiting was equally annoyed by the way the "like them" is pronounced by the CEO. It was the butt of jokes for several minutes. Not quite the same as urinal-washing, but everyone does their part...<br /><br />Also, I just got Bank of America (the United Airlines of the finance world) to refund my international ATM fees, so there's that. Small victories...<br /><br />4.: Did the vet people give you tips on how to prevent this? I feel I should start now because I am sure I do not want to pay any amount that you are embarrassed to share.<br /><br />5.: It's the same for nightclubs, too. I am sure, as Dan indicates, that it is the business owner's insistence or misconception that is the root of the problem. Designers are actual people, remember.Tamagosanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583066213197379712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-78243817507080588152011-04-11T21:20:38.149-07:002011-04-11T21:20:38.149-07:00I am a designer, sometimes of web sites. I was jus...I am a designer, sometimes of web sites. I was just having an excruciating debate with a client (not in the restaurant business... a residential developer... but still) who STRONGLY felt that their website 'should' have music playing to make the product seem more 'elegant'. Arrrgh. The frustrating thing is that the clients she speaks of are rich Russians with horrible taste, so she might actually be right. But anyway, I struggled to compose a factual, even-keeled rebuttal to this idea, and now wish that I could have just pointed them towards your post instead if you'd gotten your act together to voice your frustrations a few weeks earlier.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04952231172820035359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-4593340401282471592011-04-08T17:13:34.695-07:002011-04-08T17:13:34.695-07:00Thank you for pointing out the autoplay on restaur...Thank you for pointing out the autoplay on restaurant websites thing. For so long I've loathed restaurant websites, not really knowing why, and I think that's the reason. As if I'm going to go to a restaurant's site, hear NO music, and go "NOT FOR ME THANK YOU". The one guy who makes all those sites must secretly hate restaurants.madalynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915599018193523965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-82322400605875754102011-04-08T15:22:52.171-07:002011-04-08T15:22:52.171-07:00He doesn't have an AmEx. I think he just got l...He doesn't have an AmEx. I think he just got lucky when the tickets went on sale. <br /><br />As for the wiener dogs, there are people who travel all over the country and race their dogs. They probably inject them with performance-enhancing drugs, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-50166032285623236492011-04-08T15:14:23.541-07:002011-04-08T15:14:23.541-07:00Did he have an AmEx? Is that how he did it?
I ...Did he have an AmEx? Is that how he did it? <br /><br />I would never come between a man and a pregnant wife, boring-ass or not.<br /><br />I didn't know anyone could enter the Wiener Nationals! Makes sense, though. Hard to picture a circuit of professional racing wiener dogs.TKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123364195474763594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-1028808034133239302011-04-08T14:53:26.508-07:002011-04-08T14:53:26.508-07:00I tried to race my wiener dog, Homer, in one of th...I tried to race my wiener dog, Homer, in one of those races once. It was pathetic. Usually he is super fast, but I guess he got stage fright. He sat there like a lump and then wandered into the crowd and begged for food.<br /><br />Oh, and my husband David was able to get tickets for TV on the Radio. Maybe you should try to convince him that he doesn't want to take his boring-ass pregnant wife and take you instead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com