Are Rants Allowed ?

quote:

Originally posted by Al-The Mayor-Bowen


I want a Coke...Classic...bottle... Not diet, not lime, yes with caffine, non-returnable, kosher(with sugar)... 24 oz...

It is happening everywhere, with everything!

The one that gets me is toothbrushes. I'm only 26, but I remember being able to go in to buy a toothbrush and there were only a few brands- Oral-B, Reach, maybe a couple others. They had just a couple of variations, besides color- size of the head, angled/non-angled, soft or regular bristles. Then those wacky left-handed/right-handed toothbrushes came out and they all went nuts- now there's a zillion brands and so damn many features. The biggest annoyance is that they change and discontinue the styles so quickly. I'll buy a few at a time when I find one I like and when I go back to buy more, they don't carry it anymore, so I have to figure out which one I can tolerate now and buy a bunch of those, because in three months, they won't have them anymore! We were able to maintain decent dental health with the fairly basic toothbrushes, why do we need to have the rubber things that massage your gums and all that crap?

You're right about the toothbrushes. Now they cost $5 and are 'dental care system'.
I want a car mounted thermo nuclear device for those blissful mommies driving the minivan at 70 MPH in the breakdown lane while chatting on the phone. They all seem to have the rear view mirror adjusted so they can keep an eye on the kids in the backseat, rather than traffic. I just tell myself that natural selection works...
As W.S. Gilbert pointed out, " I've got a little list, I've got a little list.'

Super market clerks who micromanage the ten or fifteen item limits in their lines. I once had not noticed the sign and had a couple of items over. Instead of checking me out and asking me to be careful next time she told me she couldn't check me out at all. I told her, "Fine, you see how long it takes you to put these twelve items up. I'll go shopping at the store across the street."