The Daily Peeve / Rant

[JaneV2.0]

I have an opposite problem--when I was out and about, limping and using a shopping cart as a makeshift walker, people inevitably leapt to my assistance, offering to carry things, opening doors, offering their arms..I told one lady I'd probably take her down with me. It was disconcerting and embarrassing to be so obviously needy, when I've always been so independent. (I loved the guy who told me I had a "bad doctor" because I didn't have a handicapped tag...--giving new meaning to "Dr. Who?") I don't have much complaint about the people around here, in general, but I really appreciate porch delivery.

[SteveinMN]

Come on--can't you get a dozen words right before blasting them out to the internet stratosphere??

Your absolutely wright.

Which brings up a related (albeit extremely minor) peeve: don't people know what wrought iron is? I've seen ads on-line for "rot" iron (that would be rust, to you), "wrot" iron, "rod" iron,... Many people have it but don't seem to know what it is.

[happystuff]

Daily Peeve: Facebook memes widely shared that are no more than a dozen words, yet have spelling or grammatical errors in them. Come on--can't you get a dozen words right before blasting them out to the internet stratosphere??

Trigger for this peeve: A meme a cousin-in-law shared: "There is more airplanes underwater than there are submarines in the sky."

Awww... I'm shore there trying there best to spell write!

[JaneV2.0]

I have a pit in my stomach just reading this...

[iris lilies]

Your absolutely wright.

Which brings up a related (albeit extremely minor) peeve: don't people know what wrought iron is? I've seen ads on-line for "rot" iron (that would be rust, to you), "wrot" iron, "rod" iron,... Many people have it but don't seem to know what it is.

Yes, “ rod” iron bugs the crap out of me. But at least it makes a certain amount of logical sense if you’re talking about an old wrought iron fence because it is made of iron rods.

[razz]

Seeing a lot of humour in the various threads to day - Idahl's bet about Erdogan's group name and now the misspelling. IL, think about it carefully - how would a direct word by word translation of - "rod" iron bugs the crap out of me - sound? Just imagining this made me chuckle.

A friend asked me for a paper serviette recently. As I handed her one, I chuckled and told her some people had told me that it was called a napkin in the US. She laughed outright and told that some visitors to the US had asked for a diaper at a restaurant. Receiving puzzled looks from the staff, the visitors queried their own use of English. Turns out that a napkin in their country was called a diaper. Language is a fun topic to explore.

[frugal-one]

Your absolutely wright.

Which brings up a related (albeit extremely minor) peeve: don't people know what wrought iron is? I've seen ads on-line for "rot" iron (that would be rust, to you), "wrot" iron, "rod" iron,... Many people have it but don't seem to know what it is.

So funny!

[Yppej]

Offshored "customer service" centers. Today I dealt with AT&T out of Mexico. Certain features of my phone are not working in the new year and in another year the phone itself will not work because it will be "too old". I bought it maybe five years ago for $50 and I definitely am not interested in upgrading but it looks like I don't have a choice. Does anyone use Consumer Cellular? They look like they might be the right price point for me for a monthly service plan but I don't know about reception, customer service, and the actual phones.

[Teacher Terry]

Y, I hate the foreign customer service centers. Many times I can not understand their English. We have had phones that wouldn’t take updates and freezes up forcing you to upgrade. Ugh!

[JaneV2.0]

Offshored "customer service" centers. Today I dealt with AT&T out of Mexico. Certain features of my phone are not working in the new year and in another year the phone itself will not work because it will be "too old". I bought it maybe five years ago for $50 and I definitely am not interested in upgrading but it looks like I don't have a choice. Does anyone use Consumer Cellular? They look like they might be the right price point for me for a monthly service plan but I don't know about reception, customer service, and the actual phones.

My sibling is happy with Consumer Cellular. This is from their website re customer service:
Help is always just a phone call or a click away.
Our knowledgeable, compassionate team is 100% U.S. based. In nationwide studies conducted by J.D. Power, Consumer Cellular has been ranked “#1 in Customer Service among Non-Contract Value Wireless Providers, 9 Times in a Row.”