Well... he is history, isn't he?

Those "Nightlife" commercials. The very young girls, trying to talk in sexy voices and always.......always the shoulder shrug thing. What's up with that? My least favorite is the one where the girl says and I quote: "I don't like dating guys at work. Smoky bars, forget about it. And the internet....it's too hard". TOO HARD?? ROFLMAO!

I despise all the infomercials and gadget selling ones. I saw an interesting program about the in-fighting these guys do. Billy Mays sued the Sham Wow guy about something. It's a highly competitive job market for them being so "specialized". And, yes Billy Mays is history.

Car repairs.  My car has been in the shop for one week awaiting a door lock switch.  One came in, but did not work so another part has been ordered...I am missing this beautiful weather for the ragtop!

Dry poultry, dry stuffing, whole cranberries, under cooked yams, pumpkin pie without whipped cream..... (yeah, I'm already looking forward to Thanksgiving grub!)

Spot welded toilet paper???? What are you using? Sheet metal?

Close.

Finding a product that I/we love and it gets discontinued. Either the company stops making it or it just isn't offered here any longer. My first experience was St. Ives Body Wash (the original). That stuff rocked! It kept my skin soft and got rid of the dry skin bumps I get. Then, they decided to keep up with the flood of body washes hitting the marked and totally quit making it or any semblance of it. GRRRRR! Haven't found one yet that works as well.

Then, there was our favorite soy sauce. Made in Canada and the BEST I've ever had. A good, rich sauce without an overpowering salty taste. One day, there was none on the shelves and we couldn't find it anywhere. Turns out that the production facility was being re-tooled, lol. Soon it was back and we stocked up, just in case.

Now they are messing with my peanut butter. Jif. It's no longer being offered anywhere in Canada. Poor sales is the reason, yet I've read a ton of posts on various sites and everyone is ticked off. They just didn't market it well and it was always sort of "hidden" on the grocery shelves. I wonder if companies pay to have their stuff stocked a certain way? I know that Nabisco did at one time. They paid grocery chains to be able to  stock their products at eye level and had their own staff who did the stocking/rotating. (I used to live by a "rep" who would bring me a huge cardboard box of Nabisco stuff that was near the "sell by" or expiry date every so often) 

It's bad enough that I can't find so many of my favorite products here, but when they are here.....then disappear, I get pissed. Sigh. Another product on my list next time we go south of the border.

"I wonder if companies pay to have their stuff stocked a certain way?"

Absolutely. Grocery store chains make huge dollars by selling positioning on the shelves. It's why the obscure brands stay obscure... they can't afford the shelving fees.

Finding a product that I/we love and it gets discontinued.

Funny I just read this and I had bought the "Mineral Therapy" this past weekend to try, lol. I'll let you know.  I have "hypersensitive" skin and many frangrances they add will cause skin problems, so I must try them out first. The St Ives Collagen and Elastin was perfect for my skin. Sigh. Oil of Olay doesn't work.

Chaos, rofl @ Febreeze. I found a great shampoo several years ago.....umm, the "heat activated" one. Can't remember the brand name. It worked GREAT and my hair was healthy! Do they make that any more?? NOPE!

Funny story. I have a favorite fragrance. Alyssa Ashley White Musk. After my first bottle, I couldn't find it anymore even on their web site. I did find it in the US during one trip and bought 2 bottles. It was even on sale half price because it was "being discontinued".
 The other day, we were at Walmart and guess what? There it is!! LOL  I'm wondering if they had a glut of emails and brought it back. 

It would be nice if the people who carp about such things (such as on BB's) emailed the manufacturer. I always do. Always. I've emailed Walmart about their convoluted traffic pattern at the entry doors even, roflmao! Sometimes I get a "we'll look into it" email, but many times I don't get a reply at all.
At any rate, I always feel better for letting them know how I feel.

  

I hate that too Chaos- I always think the shop wrecks something for every problem they fix but it has never been their fault.

On the car theme, I love/hate automatic headlights.  I love not having to turn them off, but I hate how often I have to replace bulbs, and how they never burn out on the same day but about a week apart grrrr!

The BIG question for me, Chaos, is if hubby did the work on your van ~

Sooz

Parts that get equal wear should get replaced together.  Tires, brakes, lights etc. should all be replaced at the same time regardless of the condition of the remaining duplicates.  That's just a fact of life.

  

Tuna fish breath. 'Nuff said!

I've never smelled a tunafish's breath.

Employees who arrive 10 minutes late for work and drive very slowly through the parking garage, braking every few seconds,in seach of a space on the lower levels.  Really, everyone just got here- no on left in the first 10 minutes of work!  Please proceed at a nominal speed to the top floors, where you will find several spaces left, and get the hell to work!

Today my pet peeve is Immigration Canada. I am finally in the process of renewing my PR status, paperwork, pics etc. They ask for all the goddamn times you've left the country in the last five years, with dates (only month and year thank goodness) and length of stays. Of course, I have all of that info stored in my brain somewhere.
IF they would stamp my damn passport everytime I cross the border, I would KNOW. Now, I'm depending on some old photos taken on a 35mm camera and the dates I had them developed, along with the digi photos I took later and one trip with no photos, so who knows when that was?

Then there is the signature, which MUST be in a box the size of a microchip and if it's outside the lines at all, it will be rejected. Plus the photo to be adhered to one document that MUST fit perfectly straight in their freaking box with some sort of adhesive. That means if I get it crooked, tough luck. It ain't coming back off the page.

After all of this hassle, I will for sure get my citizenship. It's what I get for putting it off. Sigh.