TattleTeeny

They are Bad at Towel. I have my two hanging from hooks on the back of my bathroom door--they're perfectly drapey to allow the air to dry them. When he uses one to dry his hands, and it inevitably falls off, he for some stupid reason stuffs it over the hook all bunched up (as opposed to suspended from the hook). If I dare question this, he earnestly says, "How should I know how you want a towel hung?" Oh my goodness, you should know because not only was it hanging that way just two seconds before you used it, but there is another one hanging there two inches away from the place you just took that one from. What is so hard? Unobservant! I bet that guy never found Waldo.

I laughed when I first saw that video. But why do they have so little laundry and why do they keep the basket out in the open? Haha, my BF is doing laundry every two or three days because fills his hamper fast by using a different towel every time he takes a shower. He says I'm weird for not doing that. Maybe I am. But between the ages of 20 and 40, I had no washer and dryer of my own so keeping laundry to a minimum was a must.

Exactly. When I tried to tell them that, they looked at me like, "Silly non-hipster-geek." Fine--I'll take my entire $180 back instead of $25! I tried to be honest!

It wasn't supposed to be replaced free though; I had to (and did) pay for the new hard drive and its installation. But because they were dumb, they refunded that along with the fee for taking home my old one.

Yeah, I couldn't remember the reason but recall that it did actually kind of make sense once it was explained to me. Still, it's funny that I have to pay to take away something that (a) is mine in the first place, as it came with the laptop I paid for. And (b) is their faulty piece of equipment!

I got a free hard drive from Apple once because of their error. I had brought in my laptop and it needed a new one. But I wanted to take away my old one just in case a geek friend was able to extract some stuff (which Apple was not able to do). Anyway, Apple charges the customer for not leaving the busted hard drive (why, I forget). So, I paid the charge (to keep my own hard drive) but it turned out that my friend could do nothing with it. So, I brought it back to Apple and got my money back...and then some. Not only did they refund me for the hard drive itself, but they wiped out the charge for the new one's installation. I told them twice that they were giving me too much and tried to explain what I was doing. All that got me was an arrogantly slow talking-to as if I am stupid, so I just gave up and left with my credit.

Another peeve geared toward fellow full-time and/or freelance writers: Clients/bosses/colleagues who think that it is enough to simply state the topic of your assignment, be it an item, an event, or a customer-relations e-mail. There are a lot of words in the English language, and while I am flattered that you think can rattle off any and all pertinent info about this topic you've sent me (or that I can read your mind), I'll need to you to narrow it down a bit...e.g., the directive of "include three talking points" doesn't work considering I am not the one who will be making them at whatever stupid event you're holding. And, no, my asking for some clarification is not me being bad at my job, lazy, or the opposite of a team player (me calling you a dumb-fuck under my breath might be though).

I'm just amazed that anything ever at Old Navy anywhere is a "grab and go" purchase! I don't know where you are, but here in North Jersey, all of the ONs ive ever been too are complete madhouses with lines to the dressing rooms. I've given up ever setting foot in the place, no matter how badly the BF needs a damn pair of new shorts!

I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but my peeve today (and always) is people who say about onions, scallions, and the like, "Just pull them out and eat the thing anyway!" Sorry, that's impossible; the smell/taste doesn't leave. And why does it matter to the person anyway?

Oh yes. My BF is not messy or even exceptionally lazy. He's mainly unobservant and sort of naive in these things, as if he thinks, for example, that our place is just somehow immune to everyday dust; no one needs to do it because it just doesn't need to be done. Or something. I do see him trying though, and he says he'll do whatever I ask. BUT...I just wish we could get to the point that I don't have to ask anymore! And you can start a sentence with "and"--that rule seems to have gone by the wayside for many in the publishing industry!

Me too! Do I sit around and watch TV or read a book? That seems odd. I'm a good housekeeper but I don't really necessarily want to be (hear that, boyfriend? It's not that I like to clean; I like things to be clean!). While I doubt I'd quit entirely and my house would never be a "mess," it would be nice to have someone come do the periodic top-to-bottom endeavors, maybe once a month--vacuum my couches really thoroughly (I hate that), dust, and seriously sanitize the bathrooms and kitchen. Again, I don't mind doing it, exactly, but I find that I sacrifice recreation in order to get it done sometimes and then I feel kind of resentful (toward whom, I'm not sure--but it's there!).

Oy, yikes. They really should send someone else at least! Though maybe she had an off day and now wants to do right by you?

There is nothing to feel weird about for paying for a service that, for whatever reason, you'd rather not do yourself; it's why they're there! Life's too short and busy to do shit you don't want to (or can't) do.

I was unable to shower for two days last week due to an allergy patch test on my back. Luckily, I'm pretty unscented in general (and, no, I'm not at all nose-blind) and I work in an office so it's not like I get grimy. But still, it was annoying not to "clean the work vibes away" after I got home! And then, here's a peeve! The day I got the patches off, I was looking so forward to taking a good shower finally only to be told that I could do that...but could not wash my back, which at that point was torturously itchy, purple-Sharpie-marked, and sticky due to the adhesive of the patches (which I am also allergic too, incidentally). That whole patch test was a big stupid peeve, man. Ugh, my sister, man...I feel like such a bitch saying it but it's true. Constant selfies (and they are all almost the same--overhead angle with V-neck pulled down just so), faux modesty ("I look so bad without makeup, you guys!" or "Haha, look at this compliment some obviously crazy guy said to me on Whatever Dating Site!"). It's super-annoying and also makes me feel sad. Which makes me more annoyed!

I am impatient as hell but I still think this is so obnoxious! I had the opposite yesterday. Two left-turning lanes waiting for the green arrow at a four-way stop that takes forever. And not one but both people at the front didn't move when the arrow came--even amid so much honking. And it was a lot of honking because, like I said, it takes forever; that green arrow is a nice long one. We all had to sit through the entire go-round again! Then, while I was waiting, I saw someone in the right lane do the same thing when that arrow showed up! WTF?

I don't disagree, but in terms of visual layouts and design, I'm fine with more than two. It's actually fun and relaxing finding fonts that work together!

There's one called Schmutz that I love and another actually called Broken Typewriter that's pretty fabulous too. I'm a bit of a font geek, in the fonts themselves and how the fonts are used. Which brings me to a peeve! Don't use a million different fonts in your layouts/projects! Just stop that (even if all you are doing is simply making a description for an item you're selling on eBay)! Keep it to three, maybe four if you don't count the font of the running text of the main copy. And not all fonts are equal in terms of all caps!

My favorite fonts are old typewriter-looking ones.

Haha, in order to have food that looks like it does in a commercial, you'd also have to be OK with eating glue, hairspray, etc...

I think that, unless you're working with a publisher of some kind, no one would care.

I can tell too. Often, the first thing I do before editing anything is find & replace two spaces for one.

Well...I finally complained to a big boss on Friday about some stuff* that's been going on for a while at work, and I feel actually physically better right now! * With the bad Excel department, though my complaint wasn't about that...or not exactly, at least; actually Excel does play a role in it, hahahhahaaa!

Again, I don't use it for the numbers stuff, but my spreadsheets are the most orderly! That other department, ugh...all inconsistent-looking and they think they need a new tab for EVERYTHING!

Google Docs is a pretty similar setup to Word; if you can use one, you can use the other. The only thing I noticed was that it's missing the function that allows you to skip to a page--there was no field at the bottom to enter a number. That was a real pain in the ass while I was editing a 250-page book! It also won't let you right-click with a mouse to copy/cut/paste; you have to use keyboard shortcuts (also a pain for my clicky self).

I think these building are less than 20 years old, so I assume they do have that. It stinks that maintenance is so lax here--there are only maybe 30 units and everything is generally very nice, in a simple "no one here is filthy rich" way. Plus, the layout of my place is pretty cool; it was the reason I chose it over other places with more amenities but also the "standard" floor plan.