Welcome Fellow Curmudgeons!
Many, many thanks to Melia for setting this up for us. I've been thinking about doing some sort of blog for a long time, so I guess she's "Jo's Enabler." Maybe "facilitator" would be a better term.
Not really sure where to start, there's so much. Jo's all-consuming "gripe of the moment" is that Fred Wilson Jewelers has seemingly lost her mother's wedding ring that they were supposed to be re-sizing. That doesn't really fit with the theme here, though.
Tom's going to start making a list. The one he came to me with today was pretty good, so I guess I'll start there.
Aerosol cans that come with the long, skinny tube thing to supposedly enable you to accurately direct the spray (WD-40, canned air for electronics, etc.). As soon as you start spraying, the tube thing falls out. Aggravating as hell. So, why can't they make the tube thing go in just a little deeper? Nothing like a greasy, noxious substance all over your hand and project instead of the little connection you were aiming for.
That one was maybe a little dull, so I'll go way back in our irritation file and pull out "Progresso Minestrone" soup. It used to be so fabulous that we bought it by the case (literally). Then came the "NEW AND IMPROVED" version. It's vile. We initially thought it would be sort of like the "new" Coke, and they would revert to the old recipe. No such luck, because it's been years now. Damn.
We intend to spice this up with pictures from time to time (after I talk to Melia and find out how to do that). I know it's irritating to some people, but there will undoubtedly be pictures of Raymond and Davey (our cats). We don't want to get too "Andy Rooney-like" here.
posted by Jo @ 6:17 PM
4 Comments
4 Comments:
i've shot those plastic "guiding tubes" clear across the room. i don't know why they wouldn't try to come up with something better for, at the very least, the air-in-a-can products like dust-off!. i'd think that hooking up those skinny little things to an air propulsion system might constitute a safety hazard.
Dear Sourpuss Consumers,
Curmudgeon synonyms: grouch, crank, bear, sourpuss, crosspatch.
The emphasis on consumer products that misbehave or otherwise grieve the user is welcomed by me.
Instruction manuals peeve me. I have experienced several excellent manuals -- but they are few and far between. The manual developers need to solicit representative user input and then test it out on some truly representative users to determine if there are problems. Note the emphasis on “representative"; if they test their engineer or technical writer buddies it will be doomed to failure. They need to find real users with nothing to gain or lose by providing honest feedback.
If they did this they would not and could not produce such stinky manuals.
Ken J.
I cannot receive sufficient satisfaction.
Mick J.
Jelly - your comment will go in the irritation file. We've got more than enough to keep us busy for quite some time.
Love ya - Jo
Hey, thanks for thinking about me and letting me in on the grumbles. My major gripe right now is that, all too sadly, there are a whole generation of children out there who are considered to be disposable. Makes it hard to be teacher, let me tell you!
Lori
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