Pet Peeve Of The Week
I have had this wire shelf for almost 10 years. We bought it in August of 2000, when we moved into our first RV. It is just the right size to hold a box of quart sized zip lock bags, a box of gallon sized zip lock bags, a roll of plastic wrap, and a roll of aluminum foil. Well, at least it was until the last time I bought a box of the quart sized bags.
I usually leave the empty box in the shelf as a space holder so the rest of boxes don’t fall over, until I can get a new box of whatever I am out of. So, when I brought home the last new box of quart sized bags, it wouldn’t fit. The manufacturer had changed the size of the box. I had to take the new bags out and put them in the old box that I just happened to have kept, because it is my habit to do so.
I am so pissed that they did that. Why do manufacturers think they have to keep changing things?
So, what is your pet peeve this week?
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HighPlainsCamp says
December 5, 2009 at 9:09 amHere Here! I agree!
My pet peeve is when they change a label! I scan the store shelf for my old familiar products, and vwa-la … they don't carry it any more. Well, they do, but they changed the label. Why slow me down & irritate me? Grrrr. Leave new labels for changes to the product.
Linda says
December 5, 2009 at 9:36 amTwo of my least favorite words are "new, improved"! It usually means they messed up something I liked. I have had to change away from many favorite products after they "improved" them in a way that made them useless to me. I hope Ziploc comes to its senses soon.
Gaelyn says
December 5, 2009 at 12:19 pmLOL! Pretty bad when we have to start measuring the packaging. Yet I've been known to because of the tight places. I agree that "new and improved" is usually not.
Ginger says
December 5, 2009 at 1:45 pmDoes it have to be about a product? If not, then it's people who don't pickup their pet's pooh. Especially when someone has graciously provided the convenient little pooh baggies. I always pickup my dogs' pooh. And often, I'm picking up other dogs' pooh, too. Thanks for letting me vent!
Karen says
December 5, 2009 at 3:43 pmGinger: NO, it does not have to be about a product–it can be about anything. And I agree with you–that is another one of my big pet peeves (HA! a pun!)–PEOPLE who do not clean up after their pets! I get so tired of stepping in dog pooh.
Devi says
December 5, 2009 at 7:53 pminconsiderate drivers. those that speed up so they might gain a second or two of drive time. almost running into you in the process. then they flip you off. sigh. tis the season.
Life At Camellia Cottage says
December 5, 2009 at 7:55 pmI think they change the packaging to keep us looking and guessing about what's new inside, only nothing is new inside!
My pet peeve this week – as it is almost every week – is squirrels! They are eating me out of house and home! I even get safflower seeds for my birdies because squirrels aren't supposed to like them. Pooh! The squirrels love them, and they keep the feeders busy so the birds barely have a chance. I want a gun! :o) Becky G.
Marilyn says
December 5, 2009 at 9:38 pmI wish they would go back to basic toothpaste. Everytime I run out and look for the one I like there is another new one on the shelf. Who needs 10 types of Ceest ???? :>(
Judy and Emma says
December 6, 2009 at 6:46 amMy pet peeve this week is mud. There has been rain and snow at Anahuac NWR near Houston this week, and I feel like my site is in the middle of the Labraya Mud Pits! It's a new site and the gravel/coleechee(sp) hasn't settled yet. That stuff sticks to your shoes and you can't get it off. My rugs are a mess! Can't wait til the refuge moves one of the FEMA trailers so I can have a paved site……….
Karen says
December 6, 2009 at 7:20 amMarilyn: AMEN!!! I never know which one to buy. It should not be so hard to pick a toothpaste.
Judy: oh, girl, I truly do understand. Here, it is sand, but big grainy sand. I have to sweep three times a day if we go outside at all.
JOE TODD says
December 6, 2009 at 7:28 pmI have founf the size is usually smaller and the price the same or more .. Go figure
lupingirl says
December 7, 2009 at 12:01 amI hate when they change just one ingredient in something or the source of the ingredient and make my reliable foods no longer GF. Ticks me off!