Oh no, not again: yet another one of my rants and tirades against the cruelties and injustices of the world
‘A Pang is more conspicuous in Spring. In contrast with the things that sing.’ (Emily Dickinson) If you’re one of my loyal, devoted readers who has been with us since the beginning, then you’ll know how much I love a good rant . If you’ve only read me a little, then be warned: I really love a good rant. Typically, most of my grumbling falls into one of these categories: * people and the idiotic things they do: I’m a misanthrope * technology and what a pain in the ass it is: I’m a Luddite * bad customer service and being wronged in restaurants: I love boycotting places (a recurring theme in these pages: I hold grudges) I don’t have statistics for this and I don’t even think there’s a way of checking, but if I were to do a text analysis of all my posts over the years, one of the most common phrases would have to be ‘one of my biggest pet hates/pet peeves/bugbears is…’ followed by a threat to one day put together an entire post comprising all of my pet hates. The p...