A cynics look at things

[Chocaholic]

Here's another one. Ever see the cap on the Head and Shoulders bottle? There is NO WAY to take the amount you need...you always get doused with waaaay too much and it gets slathered all over the bottle, no matter how careful you are. Ingenious design to make sure plenty of product gets wasted.

[Buckterrier]

Originally Posted by island911

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

With 2/3 the box left? Did you engineer the machine to 'flip' the tissue?

[bivenator]

liquid dish detergent collects on the bottom and is impossible to get out, constant waste. On another note, we got a new trash collection company they brought out new bins for recycling when we still have bins from the old.

[Chocaholic]

BMW Motorrad (motorcycles) has a national dealer sponsored "high-mileage" contest with full coverage and updates in monthly issues of the Owners News. Guys are riding the ***** out of their beemers all over the country for the sole purpose of recognition in the club press. A great way to use up bikes and gear quicker than they would if riding was only for pleasure or normal transportation.

[Oh Haha]

Originally Posted by ruf-porsche

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


Toilet paper. It's been engineered for that purpose.


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

[imcarthur]

Originally Posted by bivenator

On another note, we got a new trash collection company they brought out new bins for recycling when we still have bins from the old.

Just wait until you try to throw a garbage can out. The basterds won't take it. You have to make a big sign for it or forget it. We have serious garbage Nazis here.

And can you recycle old recycle bins????

Ian

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by bivenator

liquid dish detergent collects on the bottom and is impossible to get out, constant waste.

Same goes for any product we buy in a pump bottle, 10-20% wasted in the bottom.

[widgeon13]

Originally Posted by 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!

That's very interesting because in Europe, you can order a MB or BMW with just about whatever options you want, crank windows, no problem; delete insignias, no problem. Over here is all shlt that can and will fail and is costly to replace. The dealers in the US love that, it's their bread and butter. They love screwing their customers!

[DARISC]

Ya know what really pisses me off? When a waitress (or waiter) gives me an inverted soup spoon! What the FK's up with THAT?

To make matters worse (and I've had this happen to me numerous times) they look at me with this stupid "Huhh?" look in their eyes when I bring it to their attention. Sheesh!

I'll never forget one wiseass waiter. I registered my complaint, he apologized, picked up the inverted spoon, slowly made a 360 degree turn, RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, rotated the spoon 360 degrees when it was hidden from my view and handed it back to me, apologizing profusely. WHAT FKN'G NERVE!

Aside from that, he was an excellent water and I tipped him 30%.

[ckissick]

Originally Posted by Chocaholic

Here's another one. Ever see the cap on the Head and Shoulders bottle? There is NO WAY to take the amount you need...you always get doused with waaaay too much and it gets slathered all over the bottle, no matter how careful you are. Ingenious design to make sure plenty of product gets wasted.

Also, "lather, rinse...REPEAT." I don't think so.

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by ckissick

Also, "lather, rinse...REPEAT." I don't think so.

Yup. That's a marketing classic.

Notice that they don't tell you HOW MANY TIMES to repeat. Oh, they're goood!

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by ruf-porsche

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.

I had a girlfriend who would chase after cats, after they used the little box, to wipe their butts.

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by red-beard

I had a girlfriend who would chase after cats, after they used the little box, to wipe their butts.

Did you dump 'er?

[Looking_for_911]

I go to a fast food joint, place my order - everything I want - and am then asked, "Would you like....?" No. I don't want or need anything else. If I wanted "Fries with that" or "make it a large" I would have said so. I've been ordering my own food in these places over 30-years, closer to 40, in fact, and I know how to do it.
Sheesh.

[Heel n Toe]

Originally Posted by 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.

I believe I saw a segment on the Discovery channel once that showed how they're ground up, the steel belts are separated out with an electromagnet and recycled, and the rubber chunks are mixed with asphalt and used to pave roads.

So relax... the world has been saved.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

I believe I saw a segment on the Discovery channel once that showed how they're ground up, the steel belts are separated out with an electromagnet and recycled, and the rubber chunks are mixed with asphalt and used to pave roads.

So relax... the world has been saved.

I saw that show too. Pretty impressive the way they can separate the parts of a tire.

[wdfifteen]

I'm skeptical of cynicism.

[Buckterrier]

Celebrities that give a million bucks to charity.
Good for the charity but two things... One it's like me giving ten bucks, second it's a huge tax right off. So don't feel so warm and cuddly about yourself.