A cynics look at things

[Buckterrier]

Notice how every 8 to 10 tissues is upside down? Makes you pull out more than you need. I can just see some guy in a production/sales meeting saying, "All we have to do is turn one tissue upside down and we'll sell that much more"

How about NEW clump kitty litter. Clump my ass. Yeah it clumps alright and makes you use that much more.

Come on cynics let's hear it...

[Oh Haha]

Well, I am a cynic but I don't use tissues and I don't like cats but I agree with you on those 2 points.

[Aurel]

Salad dressing bottles with 1 inch diameter opening, dumps too much on your plate.

Then, there are auto updates on windows computers...I swear they are designed to mess up things before a new OS comes out.

And the swine flu scare, for selling more vaccines.

On and on...I believe that is why the global economic machine is crashing: forcing people to consume things they don't really need does not make any sense. Tricking people into consuming even more is bordering evil...

[Oh Haha]

Taking Old El Paso Gorditas off the market.

WTF is up with that?


Gotta write them a letter...........

[imcarthur]

Originally Posted by Aurel

Salad dressing bottles with 1 inch diameter opening, dumps too much on your plate.

I have that same problem with my current rum choice: El Dorado (The Liquid Gold of Guyana) It doesn't have the plastic thingie to slow things down.

Of course with booze, it just isn't as irritating somehow.

Ian

[TerryBPP]

Plastic window regulator parts.....really? The most used (no driving) part on a car and they make it with f'ing plastic! Destined to fail and cost you $300.

[Gogar]

The voice-mail lead in:

"To leave a message, press 1 or wait for the beep. To leave a numeric page, blah blah. Blah blah."


Lasts just long enough for your time on the phone to be 1:05, so they can bill you for two minutes.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Turbo calipers painted red, oh my!

[Buckterrier]

Wow you guys are good. Some things I haven't thought about, (except the red turbo brakes, SHAUN!!). What about the plastic water bottles. Poland Springs advertises their new bottle is more environmentally friendly because of the shape. Bull turds. It's more profit friendly as the wall thickness is thinner. Less material, more profits.

[URY914]

Tires.

We use less than 10% of the entire tire than throw the rest of the thing away. If you want to save the world find a way to make use of all that used rubber.

[cstreit]

Hot dog pack = 6
Hot dog buns = 8

You have to host 24 kids to reduce the waste. 'nuff said.

[ruf-porsche]

Originally Posted by Oh Haha

Well, I am a cynic but I don't use tissues and I don't like cats but I agree with you on those 2 points.

Don't use tissues? Than what do you use to wipe your ass?

If cats could be taught to wipe their ass with tissue than I don't see the need for kitty litter.

[island911]

Originally Posted by Buckterrier

Notice how every 8 to 10 tissues is upside down? Makes you pull out more than you need. ......

I believe that's done to remind the user that few tissues are left.

Originally Posted by Gogar

The voice-mail lead in:

"To leave a message, press 1 or wait for the beep. To leave a numeric page, blah blah. Blah blah."


Lasts just long enough for your time on the phone to be 1:05, so they can bill you for two minutes.

Don't know if you know this, but if you press 1 you don't need to (not) listen to that crap ...while waiting for the beep. ....if only they gave that instruction.

[Christien]

Originally Posted by Gogar

The voice-mail lead in:

"To leave a message, press 1 or wait for the beep. To leave a numeric page, blah blah. Blah blah."


Lasts just long enough for your time on the phone to be 1:05, so they can bill you for two minutes.

YES! ARG! That drives me f##king crazy! It's 2 thousand f##king 10, we all know how voice mail works, I don't need 30 seconds of instructions. The worst part is, my cell phone does this, and I don't know how to just make it go "please leave a message" beep.

An even worse one I've heard lately has some annoying young girl saying "hit pound to check out more options!". Just grates on my nerves.

[scottmandue]

New cars with power everything... what if I want to crank the windows up and down? And good luck finding a car without the (crappy) OEM radio or AC... when the advertised switch and bait price is for a car without those options!

[Embraer]

Self Checkout Lanes. I hate them with a passion. They are rarely faster (some idiot slows them down, because "the machine isn't working.").

6 Self Checkouts just relieved 6 cashiers a shift of their job. They hire one monkey to sit at a kiosk to "fix" it if something goes wrong.

We effectively become employees of the store.

If they were to offer, say, a 3% discount for using them, I might consider. Reducing their costs, while putting more burden on me....No thanks.

[herr_oberst]

How about the absolute crap that counts for comedy on TV - oh, and to make matters worse, they advertise this junk (using the raunchiest and most salacious clips from the show) on programs that kids might be watching, like sports events or movies, in the middle of the day.

[Pazuzu]

Stores that DON'T offer Self Checkout Lanes

I know where the item is in the store that I want, I know how much it costs, I know how to pay for it, let me just swipe the thing and I'll be in and out without having to listen to, explain anything to, or communicate with the morons working there!

[Pazuzu]

Originally Posted by island911

I believe that's done to remind the user that few tissues are left.

I dunno if you're kidding...

assuming that's true it's (1) a super cool engineering design that they put in there, and (2) the worst ever design because no one knows that, so no one can use it effectively.

[Chocaholic]

What about those grocery store, drug store discount cards? I refuse to stuff my wallet with CVS, Ingles, etc., cards and every time I go there, I get ripped off as a result. Cashier says..."do you have a _____ discount card?" "No I don't". Let the screwing begin.