re: Do you have any grumpy opinions about modern life?

Most of it.

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If I want to purchase items efficiently, go online. Friends and family almost always text, rarely call, so the smart phone becomes your primary conduit of communication with the people you love. You want to attend a sporting event or a concert? You need an app to download the tickets. Go to a movie? App or internet or email to purchase and display the ticket. Make reservations at a restaurant? Same. Longing to travel somewhere exotic? More apps for the airlines and the hotels. Watch live sporting events or stream movies or binge watch series? App, app, app. Yet more apps to track your calories, chart your runs, build your strength. Every single work task requires an app or a program: email, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc. Romance, dating, and flirtation are all orchestrated through apps. Doctors provide test results via online portals. Bills and taxes get paid electronically. It goes on and on, an ever-branching labyrinth.

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I think smartphones were created to make everything fast, easy, convenient in life, yield more time for us in a day. But with all that time that we saved, we spend it glueing our eyes to them.

It's cool. Just having some fun.

Modern day airports.
Most young people parade in their pajamas and the groups that get on planes are overweight, sloppy and for the life of me I cannot figure out how they get the money to fly.

I don't like how cash isn't accepted in more and more purchases. There are certain things I rather use cash for. Last year was the first year it happened, but I went to one of my nephews games and they didn't accept cash for the entry fee. My brother goes to watch high school football and he told me that schools started doing cashless payment for playoff games.

It might not be a big deal, but I just don't like the idea of every transaction I make being recorded. It seems like people are becoming more and more comfortable with having every aspect of their life being documented.

Also, I just want to talk to a real person. When I call customer service, why do I have to go thru a bunch of steps for the computer to tell me they are unable to assist me and is directing me to a customer service rep. I know this isn't the case with a lot of people, but when I call customer service its because its my last option. Its because everything the computer ask me about doesn't work or doesn't apply. And when I do get a customer service rep, why do I have to hold on for 5 mins every time I ask a question?

Also, there seems to be a bunch of bullshite red tape involved in everything. And it feels like there is a scam hidden in everything you purchase. You go buy a dish washer, they try to sell you on warranties. Warranties are nothing but scams. A friend of mine bought a frig and got some type of extended warranty. It went out a few days after the warranty that comes with it, ran out. And because it was something to do with one part of the frig, it wasn't covered under the extended coverage he bought.

I read his extended warranty and the language in that shite should be criminal, but its actually kind of funny because there was something in there that covered just about anything. There are only a few things that are actually 100% covered and I am sure its something that is the most unlikely to go out or break.

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I don't like how cash isn't accepted in more and more purchases. There are certain things I rather use cash for. Last year was the first year it happened, but I went to one of my nephews games and they didn't accept cash for the entry fee. My brother goes to watch high school football and he told me that schools started doing cashless payment for playoff games.

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I hate to say it, but I agree with you

In NYC, I thought it was interesting that so many places preferred cash. I kind of liked it.

I’m sick of all the damn “e-cig” and “vape” stores popping up everywhere. Stop being a bunch of pusses and smoke a damn cigarette from the gas station.

Also sick of smelling weed everywhere now, including driving on the damn interstate. I mean if you smoke that crap fine, but smoke it up at home.

Also, get off my damn lawn a-hole

Yeah, about 80% of the population under 40 suck and are a bunch of weenies.

I work with 2 33 year old “men” that are both married with children and their number 1 priorities are gaming and Pokémon, yes, I said Pokémon, apparently you can play it online now, which these “men” do and don’t shut up about. Reminds me of my buddies kids that were like that 20 years ago when they were 10.

My brother has a guy that works for him in his late 30s that can’t get up for work because he games all night.


Needless to say I’m not all that impressed with the 30 somethings lately

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About half the people in the workforce arent worth the paper their paychecks are printed on, or if they get direct deposit it's not worth the energy used to wire the money.

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Well I don’t like working with you either.