Friday, February 28, 2014

Least Favorite Stores to Shop In

Apropos of nothing, the businesses below are where I least enjoy shopping and why...

Home Depot - Not just because I don't know what I'm doing there but because it is so darn difficult to get someone to help you figure it out.

AT&T - You can wait forever and there are no chairs. When you do get answers from a service person, you don't understand what the heck they told you.

IKEA - Hard to believe I have to explain this. IKEA is just a dreadful place to be in the middle of. Even though the merchandise is reasonably priced (cheap, usually) and you can pay someone to put it together for you, the display rooms are aspirational only. Even the done-up 225-square-foot apartment model is too perfect. You will never achieve this or any other IKEA look in your own home.

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Warm for Winter

Dear Broadcasters and Meteorologists:

seasonably - Appropriate for the time of year
unseasonably - Unusual for the time of year as in, "unseasonably warm"

seasonally - Pertaining to certain seasons of the year as in, "seasonal employment"
unseasonally - NO SUCH WORD

Thank you!