Wire clothes hangers. I like that hang up clothes, but I’m constantly fighting with them in the morning. I end up flinging them across the closet and storming out.
I hate the curly wire (easily but not cheaply replaceable) that goes from the charger to my phone. It has an open (what the uninformed call a “short”), and often doesn’t recharge when I think it should.
The piece of low-lying furniture that sits just inside our front door. You know what I’m talking about: the motherfucker I just cracked my goddamn knee on.:mad:
Hee - reminds me of “What do you call the useless piece of skin at the end of a penis?” “A man.”
Disclaimer: j/k, I don’t hate men.
Anyhoo, right now I hate my bathroom ceiling. Two years living there and it was pristine and now it decided to get all mildewy. :mad:
This, but especially the ones on timers that make me sit and wait for several minutes while there is NO cross traffic, then are green in my direction only long enough for about three cars to get through. And my wife laughs when I say this, but I swear they see me coming. No traffic in any direction, but as soon as I get within 100 feet of a traffic light it will turn red on me, just to spite me.
Leaf blowers (especially the gas-powered ones, and especially when not well muffled) AND
automated phone answering systems . . .
. . . are high on my list of inventions the world didn’t need.
The charger to my nook tablet. I’ve had the tablet a little over a year, and am on my 3rd charger cable, and will probably be on the 4th by the end of Feb. B&N was devious when it came to their chargers too. They made them look like micro usb cords, but they aren’t. They are slightly longer, so a micro usb cord will plug into the tablet, but it won’t charge the tablet. At $20 a pop for replacements, these things should last a lot longer than what they do. I’m not the only one with this problem either, googling about it will give tons of results showing others have the same problem.
Speaking of nook tablets, I hated mine until I rooted it and installed first ice cream sandwich*, then eventually jellybean* on it. (*Different Android OS for those who don’t know.) B&N had the tablet seriously locked down with their own version of android, which really sucked.
Neck ties. They serve no purpose what so ever, and need to go. Never owned one, don’t own one now, and never will.
I’ll second saran wrap. I’ve tried all the tricks, and it just hates me. Even the name brand versions. I’ll stick with my lidded bowls and aluminum foil. At least until someone invents the nullfield chambers from Dune.
Velcro. Excellent fastener, but can’t stand it because of the sound it makes.
As for the tangling of wires and cables, this phenomenon has led me to believe in gremlins. I can organize mine in neat columns, zip tie them, and go back the next day and it looks like a pack of epileptic kittens on speed has treated wires like balls of yarn.
My Roomba. It has a mind of it’s own, but it is retarded. Once it smeared dog vomit all over my house. Today it got lost and fell down the steps :mad:
Microwave ovens! They simply don’t work as advertised, never have. The ONLY things they do well are heat water and make popcorn, anything else ends up overcooked, undercooked, or ruined all at the same time.
That’s hilarious. Maybe it was drunk, the poor thing.
I hate the pillows on my bed. Using one is too flat, using two is too high.
Most electric can openers. The only thing they can do with any consistency is cause me to cuss a blue streak. Assuming I can actually get the opener to hold the the can without slipping, the blade gets all gunky when stuff splooshes out as the cut is completed. And the can lids become lethal weapons.
Having said that, I am madly, deliriously in love with the one I just bought that cuts the cans from the side.
Paper clips. I don’t know why but I just hate them. Whenever I come across one I throw it in the trash, and I work in an office so they’re everywhere. Ugh!
Check engine lights
I didn’t figure on posting, but this I can get behind.
I got one of these on my regular trips. I do a quick “cop check” then run that Sumbitch every time!
You can call that a “utility belt” all you want, but it’s a fanny pack.
I have just become unsold on the Roomba. I know a lot of pet owners and a lot of Roomba owners, many of whom are the same people, and not one has mentioned this “feature” to me. I’ve vacuumed over various pet productions by mistake before, and there is no way I’d want to chance a robot doing it all day long. I’m sure it doesn’t happen often, but once is more than enough.
I hate my new humidifier. I get that you need to have some kind of indicator that it’s plugged in, but what on earth possessed Vicks to install a GIANT GREEN GLOWING LIGHT that’s brighter than any night light on the very top of the damn thing? I generally need to run a humidifier because I’m feeling sick and am having trouble sleeping; this thing makes me have dreams about driving, it’s so bright.
Black electrical tape, Sharpie, duct tape…cover it up.
I stopped using them when “Mommie Dearest” came out.
Healthy Choice frozen dinners . . . the ones that have dessert. The dessert jumps out of its little area, and makes a puddle on the microwave’s turntable. I’ve tried adjusting the time and the power, and nothing works. The only way I can avoid the problem is to actually remove the dessert, then return it when the other food is half done. Total pain in the ass.
I’m sorry, but this gave me my only real laugh today besides Craig Ferguson; and that’s saying a lot! And I’m laughing again re-reading it. Sorry.
Perhaps you shouldn’t try to knock out “microwaveable, dinner, dessert, healthy” all in one package. 