Grandpa Grumpy's Rants

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Computer-controlled gas pumps

Why does a gas pump work perfectly fine until it gets within 50 cents of your prepaid amount?

AI fatigue is real

There’s a big difference between using AI to help employees do their jobs and using AI to avoid dealing with customers altogether.

Age discrimination is alive and well

Employers keep complaining they can't find dependable workers. Maybe the problem isn't a shortage of good workers. Maybe their computers keep rejecting them.

Internet-connected appliances

Internet-connected "smart" appliances are supposed to make life easier, but they also create entirely new ways for things to go spectacularly wrong.

The price of soda refills

When I looked into what fountain soda actually costs, suddenly, those refill prices became even harder to swallow.

Christmas in September?

I walked into Sam’s Club yesterday and found rows of Christmas decorations for sale a full 114 days before Christmas. We hadn’t even made it to Labor Day!

Underused public lands

I wonder why people will pay big bucks to squeeze into crowded campgrounds when beautiful public lands, quiet campsites and peaceful recreation areas are often sitting unused just down the road.

Are people terrified of silence?

Maybe we need to stop consuming other people’s thoughts long enough to hear our own.

Meta Corporation tech support

For a company that specializes in connecting billions of people, Meta sure makes it difficult to connect with one actual human.