Rant 😤 on Lost In Haste

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 22:31:36 -0500

Well this just seems totally normal, right?! 😱

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 17:54:30 -0500

Oh good, AT&T just texted to let me know I should try restarting my router because there might be an issue…an hour and a half after the power went out in my neighborhood. 😆🪫

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:04:20 -0500

So much is going on in the world, so many evil things…2026 was already shaping up to be a truly awful year but now…to loose her…

…I’m gutted… 💔

Goodbye Moira Rose, thank you so much for all the laughs. 😭

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:14:09 -0500

I don’t know what it is about incoming snowstorms in the Midwest, but people turn into absolute lunatics; grocery stores and gas stations are jampacked, full of panicking people. 🤪

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 11:00:09 -0500

Ok, so I tried…I really tried to like the “new” Spotlight…but it just doesn’t work for me; if the search tool I use can’t find applications, then it won’t work for me. 😮‍💨

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:47:56 -0500

It always amuses me when a web site asks for your information (usually so they can email you the quote and sell your address to everyone) but is unable to process the data. 🤣

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:02:47 -0500

This is why I don’t shop at Walmart…yea, it was $20 cheaper than Amazon but they didn’t include the charging case and the headset had hair on it! 😤

Tue, 06 May 2025 11:59:52 -0500

Hey Apple, maybe instead of finding new ways to squeeze money out of developers, perhaps you could focus on better spam control? I mean, it’s awful my Apple Pay account was hacked and I really need to you so I can get my $439.56 back but come on, you can fix this, you have all the money. #sarcasm 😡😤

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 11:23:33 -0500

I’m done giving out free financial advice to friends: spent hours across multiple weeks explaining Roth IRAs to a friend, setting one up and build an investment plan (even set up some CD ladders)…all for them to get cold feet, cancel everything, and close the account. 😮‍💨

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 12:07:02 -0500

One can never ever trust FedEx when they give delivery dates / times. #burnedEveryTime

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:29:00 -0500

The DMV might be the 7th circle of Hell, polling is still out on that question. 😵‍💫

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:40:43 -0500

I’ve been (unwillingly) using H&R Block for years (ever since Turbo Tax jacked up their prices) and this is the first year I tried to use it on a Mac. Paid for the Deluxe but the software wants me to buy the State package again. Their representative’s “fix” - install on Windows. #WTF 🤬

Sat, 11 Jan 2025 15:51:08 -0500

😡 …and this is why I do my best to avoid using Windows. Upon a restart I was greeted with this “lovely” advertisement.

NO, I do not want to give you more money or data, why are you asking…I already have a backup solution…and just to make sure that you’re “really sure” they ask you again. 😱

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:53:29 -0500

It’s never fun driving on snowy roads (especially when the snow is still coming down) but I’m so glad I spent the extra money to get all-wheel drive for my new car. Some person nearly sideswiped me while they were putting on makeup (who does that?!) but my car handled it just fine. ❄️🚗💄

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 23:41:16 -0500

Experiencing the oddest tech issue of my life: my Mac Air won’t connect to some domains, including ”captive.apple.com” which means I can’t get on this crappy hotel WiFi. 😭🤷 It might be time for a nuke ‘n pave… 😱

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:57:06 -0500

I haven’t had to worry about insurance for a couple years now, my current employer had the best plan I’ve ever seen. Found out this week my company is being “merged” with another (aka, we’re being acquired) and our insurance costs are going to sky rocket. 😱😤😭 #Screwed #FirstWorldProblems

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:21:53 -0500

Ah, nothing like getting the rug pulled out from under you during the Holiday season @ work.

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:26:01 -0500

Yes, I’m the kind of person who will call and spend hours on the phone to dispute an improper bill for a doctor visit, no matter how many times your systems “accidentally” hangs up on me. 🤣😮‍💨😤

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:57:20 -0500

I weep for the future but at the rate we’re going and the decisions we keep making, one wonders if our species deserves to continue existing. 😮‍💨

Sat, 09 Nov 2024 17:06:43 -0500

I truly hate the car buying experience. 😭

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:55:33 -0500

Feels like it should be an hour later than it is right now…oh, right… 😮‍💨

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 14:29:25 -0500

Oh how I hate coming into the Apple Store (selling back my Apple Watch); I don’t know why they hate lines but when you’re told to go stand “by that table” and then no one comes to help you, it’s incredible frustrating. 😮‍💨 ⌚️

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 18:57:25 -0500

My insurance wouldn’t refill a prescription, so Walgreens offered to fill it for me without insurance…the price: $256. 💊 The same medication / dosage at Costco: $10. 😱😡😤 Gotta love healthcare in ‘Murica. 🇺🇸

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:50:51 -0500

Congratulations Apple, I will never again buy AirPods from you.

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:32:36 -0500

Apple: “it just works." …until it doesn’t and then you have to fight tooth and nail to get ahold of anyone who will actually help you. 😱

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 11:20:31 -0500

Trying to get my legal affairs in order (aka, a will and medical power of attorney)…and a law office I talked with wanted a $10,000 deposit / retainer. 😱 WTF…it’s just a few hours of work, my life isn’t that complicated… 😮‍💨

Sun, 01 Sep 2024 16:09:36 -0500

Smoking right next to the gas pump as you fill up your massive truck that’s clearly never seen a spec of dirt in its existence…I’m starting to think natural selection might be a thing. 🤔😔

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 14:55:43 -0500

It’s becoming rapidly apparent that my Synology DS3617xs is not long for this world or even my network set up. Just had to forcibly restart it, the second time in just two weeks. I can no longer trust this to be the backbone of my home infrastructure. 😭😤

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 09:10:22 -0500

Ah, the US Post office…once again a package came halfway across the country, stopped in my city and then continued onto the other side of the county and is now “in transit to next facility." Please excuse me while I scream into the void. 😱

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 09:04:53 -0500

I was listening to the latest @atpfm podcast, about the dust up between Apple / Creators / Patreon and I’m in agreement with the hosts: it’s just yuck. I love their hardware but with the focus on squeezing more revenue out small devs / creators, it’s getting harder to justify giving Apple money.

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 12:24:05 -0500

Our old one kicked the bucket, so yesterday I bought a new lawnmower…and today, when I opened it up, the mower came out but one of the wheels didn’t. 😮‍💨 I’m sure I could have filled out a bunch of paperwork to get a new wheel and attachment but honestly, I was so pissed, I just took it back. 🫠

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 10:47:01 -0500

Forcing me to give you my phone number to buy something online when you already have my email address means I will not be buying from you. 😱😤🤬

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 17:21:27 -0500

My father just bought a Mac with no input from me and set it up without my help…and now can’t remember the password; trying to remotely help him was painfully frustrating. 😮‍💨 Oh the joys of being tech support. 🤣

Irony: he has a computer science degree and used to write SQL for a living. 🤣

Mon, 05 Aug 2024 15:41:20 -0500

Does anyone out there know how to scrub your number from all of the political texting lists? …asking for a friend… 😮‍💨

Sat, 03 Aug 2024 15:36:26 -0500

Someone once said “hell is other people." I would like to modify that: hell is Costco on a Saturday afternoon.

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:39:55 -0500

I’m so damn sick of unsolicited text messages about politics and upcoming elections. Yes, I’m going to show up and vote…you know that already so why are you bothering me with this crap?! 😱😡🤬

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 12:53:00 -0500

Dear Microsoft,
If you’re going to override default behavior on a Mac in Teams (like taking away the spell-check functionality), please make sure “your version” works. I find it silly I have to type out message in notes to paste into Teams.

KThxBye

Mon, 27 May 2024 11:50:52 -0500

I will never again get a phone directly through my carrier, even if it’s significantly cheaper. We’re up in Canada 🇨🇦 on vacation and my phone is locked…I can’t even add a secondary eSIM for cheaper mobile data. 😮‍💨😱

Sun, 24 Mar 2024 15:13:19 -0500

Working on my taxes this afternoon and wanted to double-check there were no documents for an old retirement account. It’s nice to know some things never change: Empower Retirement is still an awful company with awful tech. 🤣

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 16:31:53 -0500

Is it just me or is advertising in podcasts just getting…awful? I just listened to five minutes of “sales stuff” and…yuck (it was he same commercial, repeated three times). I’m all for paying for podcasts but some of them, there just isn’t a way to avoid the advertising.

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 10:29:59 -0500

You know it’s bad when the representative from the Insurance company tells you to try GoodRX instead of using your own bloody insurance. Ah, healthcare in America. 😱🤬

(The generic version is out of stock and back-ordered everywhere in the City and the name-brand has a 110% markup.)

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 14:37:32 -0500

Can’t get a 90 day supply of mediation filled b/c of an unspecified error in the computer system my mail-order pharmacy uses (they wouldn’t confirm if the big cyber-hack was the cause), so I have to use a local one but they don’t do 90 day supplies. 😱😡 #HealthcareInAmerica #FirstWorldProblem

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:35:13 -0500

It’s the very definition of a first world problem but I’m unable to rent / reserve skis for an upcoming vacation because someone didn’t check to see if the latest deploy didn’t contain breaking javascript changes on the site. 🤣😱😭 #ScreamsIntoTheVoid

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 12:23:08 -0500

🔗 HP CEO evokes James Bond-style hack via ink cartridges

It's clear that HP's tactics are meant to coax HP printer owners into committing to HP ink, which helps the company drive recurring revenue and makes up for money lost when the printers are sold.

This is why I will never again buy an HP printer; claiming you're _"protecting"_ consumers from viruses when in reality, you're protecting your bottom line...at least have the fortitude to own up to your ~~financial priorities~~ greed.

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:12:20 -0500

Kinda amazed and dismayed at Nintendo right now: lately, every time I try to sign into their store to buy a game, the login process crashes / fails. Do they not want my money…?! 🎮

Wed, 03 Jan 2024 11:49:53 -0500

Tried out the Copilot app but this isn’t going to work for me. I want to love it (it’s so pretty) but it’s missing fundamental features I’ve seen / used in other app (bulk-import, transaction renaming rules, the ability to import Apple Savings transactions). 😭

Tue, 02 Jan 2024 09:14:52 -0500

I always find it ridiculous companies (in this case a gym) make it so easy to sign up for services but if you want to cancel your membership, you have to go do it in person. 🤯 (The backstory: I want to move to a cheaper gym.)

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 11:41:52 -0500

Dear Apple
I’m pretty darn sure you know that I keep marking emails with “Payment Completed” as spam, esp when they contain image attachments and ask me to contact the support team (with a very odd URL) if I have concerns. Perhaps you could just block them moving forward?

Thank you,
Unhappy Geek

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 11:24:41 -0500

Follow-Up (Part 2): I was trying to listen to some Holiday music this morning, only to realize none of my Sonos speakers worked with AirPlay. After digging online, it turns out the only way to get a Sonos speaker back into HomeKit after the home is deleted is to factory reset the Sonos. 😱😅

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 14:26:59 -0500

Follow-Up: I think my HomeKit set up is mostly back to normal. I was a little stupid and didn’t take backups / exports…so I lost some historical data (mostly temperature / humidity / air quality) but at least my Holiday automations are working again. 🎄😅

Sun, 10 Dec 2023 13:26:59 -0500

My HomeKit set up has been rock-solid for years but the minute I added a Matter plug (the “Meross Matter Smart Plug Mini”), everything breaks…and as it’s Apple land, where everything works perfectly until it doesn’t, fixing it is going to be…unpleasant. 😱😭

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 12:23:15 -0500

Follow-Up: The IKEA Sonos speaker is working perfectly (which is more than I could ever say of the HomePod Mini stereo set up) this morning; holiday music is flooding the room whilst I’m debugging some legacy Java code. 🤓🎄 (Yes, I had a spare speaker lying around… 🤣) 📷

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 21:12:17 -0500

I give up, it’s time to throw in the towel on the HomePod set up in my house and just go get cheap Sonos speakers from IKEA. 😮‍💨 It’s hilarious Sonos does a better job at implementing AirPlay than Apple, I’ve had so many issues trying to play to multiple speakers over the past two years. 😱

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 09:52:11 -0500

Follow-Up: The package was found in the bushes below my house, next to the sidewalk…completely soaked and disfigured from the rain. 🌧️ I’m guessing the steps were just too much for the delivery person, all ten of them. 😅 Also, there is no way that box can fit in my mailbox, so again, someone lied.

Sun, 03 Dec 2023 19:28:53 -0500

So, either Amazon is lying, the US Post Office is lying, or someone has taken my new Kindle from my mailbox. 😭📭

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 20:26:43 -0500

No SimpliSafe, I don’t “miss you protecting me," if I did miss you I wouldn’t have canceled your service. In fact, if you hadn’t tried to gouge me, forcing me to pay you an extra $15 a month because I had “old” hardware, I’d likely still be paying for your service. 🤭

Mon, 06 Nov 2023 12:53:05 -0500

I realize I have an old Kindle (it’s the first version of the Paperwhite) but would it really be so hard for Amazon to auto-sync the time on the device like every other network connected device in the modern age? 🤣

Sun, 05 Nov 2023 14:22:12 -0500

⌚️ Apple Watch Update: After it crashed at breakfast, I just got a “you’re almost out of battery” notification…and it’s only been three hours since I put it on. 🤬🪫 I’m still paying for this piece of junk… 😱😖

Sun, 05 Nov 2023 11:19:55 -0500

Another day, another issue with watchOS 10.1 on the Apple Watch Ultra v1. I have never been this disappointed in an Apple product before. ⌚️😱 Two hardware resets and the issues still persist.

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 20:27:20 -0500

This has to be the buggiest version of WatchOS I’ve ever used. 😭 Even after an erase / reset, the battery is draining too fast. The heart rate complication doesn’t work anymore. Now I can’t get into the widgets, which means a restart. What is going on at Apple?! 😱

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:37:38 -0500

It was just starting to feel like autumn but this week…not so much. 🍂

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 17:13:37 -0500

I’ve been bashing my head against the Micro.blog theming system, trying to get it matching the one on my primary website but given the time of day, it’s time to shutdown and try again tomorrow. 😱😮‍💨

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 12:03:28 -0500

Anyone else out there noticing an uptick in iCloud email spam? This is getting a little silly…

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:16:41 -0500

Is anyone else out there having issues with their Apple Watch Ultra v1 after upgrading to watchOS 10? Even after the unpair / pair dance, my battery is dropping far too fast, haven’t even had the watch on for eight hours and I’m at 40% left. 😤😭⌚️

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 09:46:38 -0500

Random Thought: I try to steer clear of politics online, as I really don’t want to deal with hateful comments but that said, if the US Government shuts down, I really don’t think members of Congress should get their paychecks, especially if the vast majority of regular workers aren’t paid.

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 09:35:57 -0500

As much as I enjoy the stability and reliability of Apple products (my M2 MacBook Air is the best computer I’ve ever used), I’m done with AirPlay / HomePods. Multi-room audio will just randomly stop working, which defeats the purpose; I never should have invested in the HomePod ecosystem. 😭

Fri, 01 Sep 2023 12:53:38 -0500

Random Thought: Always fascinated by companies who take the “if you want to change your email, create a new account” approach. 😅 Who on earth decided that was a great user experience…and what software architect designed it? 🤣

Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:58:23 -0500

Random Thought: With Twitter (aka “X”) talking about collecting even more data (link to Ars Technica), now seems like a good time to export my old Tweets, remove the Twitter apps from my devices, and import said data into Micro Blog.

Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:26:14 -0500

Yet another reason why I won’t invest any time, energy, or money into the Google ecosystem: Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months. 🤣

Wed, 30 Aug 2023 09:28:34 -0500

As predicted, my banking account is “locked” and I need to call customer support…and the wait time is estimated to be 57 minutes. 😤

Wed, 30 Aug 2023 09:20:25 -0500

Just realized the bank holding my mortgage has changed their customer portal (their term, not mine) for the third time since I became their customer. 😔 I’ll wager a cup of coffee they screwed up the migration of my user profile again, which means I have to call them. 😭 #FirstWorldProblems

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 09:49:35 -0500

Ah, nothing like password change / reset day…first you get to change it on your Mac and then your iPad and iPhone and other work machine…and then you get to change it in Teams and Outlook and all the other products. 🤣

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 14:54:48 -0500

So very tired of New Egg using my number to text me sale spam. Really wish it was possible to sue companies for using numbers given for 2FA to send sales crap. 😮‍💨 Solution: created a burner Google Voice number and now all that crap can go there. 🤣

Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:18:54 -0500

Hey @Reddit, why are you emailing me interesting posts if I can’t get to any of them? Perhaps instead of lying about communications with 3rd party developer you could tell the truth and just be honest you don’t want them to exist anymore?

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:46:25 -0500

I have a love/hate relationship with unit testing but as they just caught a logic bug in some if/else statements, I won’t curse them out this morning. 🤣 #code

Sat, 28 Jan 2023 12:41:38 -0500

It’s funny…in all the time I’ve been a digital packrat, I’ve never had a Western Digital drive go bad…but the sole remaining Seagate IronWolf drive in my Synology is about to kick the bucket… 😔 Anyone care to guess which brand will be replacing it? 😅

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 09:25:38 -0500

Looking at a stack of receipts and realized Costco double-charged us for eggs… 😱

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 14:22:33 -0500

Navigating through four screens to cancel my Amazon Prime membership is rather funny. 🤣 Even once I get a confirmation, I’m told how much I saved on shipping…I wonder if Amazon realizes my buying behavior changes when they give me a free month of Prime…? 🤔

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 10:15:40 -0500

So dang happy it’s Friday, even if I am dealing with crazy java dependency issues. Sometimes…or at lot of the time…I really miss .Net 👨🏼‍💻☕️

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 18:24:40 -0500

After trying and failing to get the Holiday decorations out of the basement, I’ve decided to make an early New Years resolution: between tonight and Christmas, I’m going to throw out at least one item every day. 😤😮‍💨

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 20:14:45 -0500

I really need to stop buying physical items from Amazon, based on the last six months of orders, the successful delivery rate is roughly 65% 😮‍💨

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 00:59:10 -0500

Random Thought: Rather amazed at how fast things are falling apart on Twitter…it’s rather sad. My first account on there, I created it back when I was a junior dev at an ad agency, fresh out of college and the closet. Kinda crazy to think how I’ve changed, how the world has changed since then.

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 13:34:11 -0500

So dang happy to be done with Empower Retirement! There is nothing empowering about them…the fees are crazy, their site is a mess, and they charged me $50 an account to leave them. 😮‍💨

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 11:54:49 -0500

Worst experience ever at the Apple Store…got stuck with someone new…and I knew more about Apple products than them. This should not be taking so long. 😤

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 08:34:37 -0500

Another weekday, another water issue is the charming (insert sarcasm here) city of Saint Louis. Yesterday, we were under a boil advisory and today, our entire block doesn’t have water. ☹️😞

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 16:05:12 -0500

Dear Amazon, I don’t know where you delivered my packages but that is not my front porch… 😂😤

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 23:09:33 -0500

Just realized, between my partner and I, we know nine people who have Covid right now… Yay omicron variant… 😷🤒

Sun, 26 Dec 2021 21:30:51 -0500

No, it is not time for Valentine’s Day…put away the red hearts and bring back Christmas…it isn’t even the New Year! 😤