Trivial Irrelevant Aggravations

[Langue_doc]

People of the world: Please stop walking around in public using your phone like a boom box--NOBODY wants to hear your music!

You aren't familiar with our subways are you? We often get two or more phones blaring loud music in a subway car.

[the_geneticist]

I bought super concentrated food coloring gel.  The foil seal on the top has no pull tab and is sealed super, duper well.

How am I supposed to open the darn thing without risking poking myself with a sharp object and staining myself, the sharp object, the countertop, entire kitchen, etc?

Does the top of the screw cap have a pointy thing on it? If not, maybe a straight pin?

Nope!  No pointy thing on the cap (and it's a small jar about 1" across).  I ended up using a butter knife & wearing gloves.

[fishbrains]

My wife tried to separate frozen biscuits (American) with a butter knife. Once.

Thirteen stitches, and our hallway looked like someone had filmed a bad slasher movie in our house.

Glad your experience was more successful. :)

[Sea_Ice]

A green stinkbug got into the house by hiding in the laundry.  Once it gets lower than the top of the curtains I'll try to put it back outside, b/c I doubt the cats are going to be any help.

[apl68]

It could be worse.  At least the house isn't a skunk magnet like the house of one of our former staff members.

[Puget]

I live across the street from a park with a splash pad, which means a stead stream of ice cream trucks in the summer, which are trivially aggravating me. One in particular in addition to the music has a recording of a women saying HELLO! very very loudly every minute or so. That one is by far the worst. The current one just has a very weird music medley, which since I've been paying attention in the last few minutes has included Rudolf the Red Noised Raindeer, My Darling Clementine, and Tis a Gift to be Simple, none of which exactly say "ice cream" to me.