by Paul Apple | Apr 18, 2023 | Pet Peeves
OK . . . this classifies as one of those silly Dad jokes. But I still wanted to capture it for the Pet Peeve files.
by Paul Apple | Apr 18, 2023 | Pet Peeves
I want to be a good citizen as much as the next guy. But I fail to see how a blaring text alert message in the middle of the night accomplishes anything. The other night my wife and I were jolted out of our sleep by piercing Alert messages exhorting us to help track...
by Paul Apple | Sep 4, 2021 | Pet Peeves
There are too many examples to cite and I don’t want to get your blood pressure boiling. But here is a recent absurdity that the Post Office in my home town of Catonsville MD has just tried to justify. They have removed the public mailboxes on both sides of the street...
by Paul Apple | Mar 22, 2021 | Life, Pet Peeves
It started with the closing of Dan-Dee restaurant. My family lived for a time in Frederick MD and I came to love the country style meals with the relish dish and the fritters. But it catered to an older clientele and eventually was shut down. Haussner’s in downtown...
by Paul Apple | Mar 22, 2021 | Pet Peeves, Sports
The role of baseball announcer used to be sacred — the seat would be occupied by a legendary figure for decades. Kids growing up with their loyalty to their favorite team would find the familiar voice of the radio broadcaster both comforting and inspiring — a true...
by Paul Apple | Oct 10, 2020 | Pet Peeves
Why do you need a bag for your purchases at any local pharmacy or grocery store? Not because of the item(s) you bought but to have a place to stuff the annoying long paper trail of useless coupons attached to your cash register receipt. Who has time to sort through...
by Paul Apple | Oct 10, 2020 | Pet Peeves
What makes for a good pencil? Actually it is not the writing point. Every pencil does a fairly good job of writing. It is the quality of the eraser that makes for a good pencil. I hate erasers that smudge instead of effectively performing their intended function. I...
by Paul Apple | Mar 3, 2020 | Pet Peeves, Top Ten Lists
It doesn’t get any better than this for those of us that enjoy venting our frustration! I would like to think that my promotion of the category of Pet Peeves on my blog site here has helped pave the way for this type of national recognition.For the most part, I don’t...
by Paul Apple | Mar 3, 2020 | Pet Peeves
One practice I have found disconcerting on the highway is that of motorcycle riders using the narrow space between two lanes of slowly moving traffic to roar on by. Besides the danger element for the biker, I guess it bothers my sense of fair play that these...
by Paul Apple | Mar 3, 2020 | Pet Peeves
Sometimes when you give a person a uniform and a citation pad they take themselves and their official position a little too seriously. I find that to be consistently the case with the parking police at major airports (like BWI) who take great pleasure in forcing cars...
by Paul Apple | Mar 3, 2020 | Pet Peeves
There’s not a whole lot I ask of a roll of tissue paper. Sure, you don’t want sandpaper consistency (like we saw over in Germany). Likewise you don’t want paper so thin that you have to double or triple it. But I guess my main pet peeve is that it must ROLL off the...
by Paul Apple | Mar 3, 2020 | Pet Peeves
Doesn’t it irritate you when you come up to an intersection and have to dodge a pile of broken glass left from a previous accident? Of course the problem is Who should be responsible for cleaning this up? Certainly the EMT responders cannot be diverted...
by Paul Apple | Mar 3, 2020 | Pet Peeves
Sometimes companies try to redefine reality to shift liability away from their operations. It would be nice if just saying something would make it true … but that is not how things work in the real world. My favorite example is the sign which I saw recently on the...
by Paul Apple | Mar 3, 2020 | Pet Peeves
“You can do it. We can help, ” confidently asserts the professional hardware store spokesman. Is that so? Has he seen me in action? Has he had the opportunity to critique my work? What makes him so obnoxiously sure that I can handle this open-ended, unspecified home...
by Paul Apple | Mar 3, 2020 | Pet Peeves
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires.” (2 Timothy 4:3) It’s no surprise that the current generation has an appetite for...
by Paul Apple | Mar 3, 2020 | Pet Peeves
I have already been nailed at least 4 times in MD by the $40 speed camera infraction. In each case, the speed limit was only 30 miles per hour and I was branded a transgressor for traveling at a very normal rate of 41-43 mph on a road that was a fairly main...
by Paul Apple | Mar 3, 2020 | Pet Peeves
I have always been a pen lover. I fixate on one particular pen that has the weight and appearance and ink flow that I prefer and I carry it with me every day. In fact I feel naked if I leave the house without my one special pen. I don’t like anyone else in the family...
by Paul Apple | Mar 3, 2020 | Pet Peeves
Most of us are very experienced when it comes to ordering fast food from whatever chains we frequent. We are familiar with the menu options. We understand what information is required by the cashier to complete our order. We certainly subscribe to the mission that our...
by Paul Apple | Mar 3, 2020 | Pet Peeves
Insurance is an industry that can get under everyone’s skin. Who really gets a sense of “perceived value” as they mail in their outrageous checks for various forms of insurance? With heath costs rising so rapidly, it’s good that the money is extorted by means of...
by Paul Apple | Mar 3, 2020 | Pet Peeves
Normally people would characterize me as fairly laid-back, non-combatative, extremely patient . . . that is until someone messes with my favorite pen! I am quite willing to share my worldly possessions with others, but I must have some kind of possessive fetish when...
