Urban Kvetch

May 5, 2010

21 · The Germany issue, Urban Kvetch

Gourmet Ice Cream It's summer in the city and it's so hot out that the air is getting wavy. You run with the rest of the kids down the block, chasing the ice cream truck, only to find some alien stand-in, some...

Urban Kvetch: Boston Drivers

May 5, 2010

Boston Drivers Look, it's not like I don't appreciate your letting me cross while you still have a green light. But you were the last car in line. I had my course timed to pass right behind you as you drove by...

Urban Kvetch: Post-Flush Etiquette in Public Restrooms

May 5, 2010

Post-Flush Etiquette in Public Restrooms Why does a minute and a half elapse between the time you flush the toilet and actually exit the stall? What exactly are you doing in there for those extra 90 seconds? A...

Urban Kvetch: Birthday Announcements

May 5, 2010

Birthday Announcements I hardly know you, but for some reason you’re telling me that today’s your birthday. How do you want me to react to this information? Am I now compelled to organize some sort of imprompt...

Urban Kvetch: Used-Up Pens

May 5, 2010

Used-Up Pens This process isn’t complicated: Purchase pen. Use pen. Dispose of pen. There’s no need to leave your chewed-up ballpoint around for posterity’s sake. Don’t you have some old Polaroids of girlfrien...

Urban Kvetch: Taking Pictures of Tourist Attractions

May 5, 2010

Taking Pictures of Tourist Attractions I don’t have a problem with people wanting to see famous landmarks or taking pictures with their friends and family in front of them. But when I see tourists taking a pic...

Urban Kvetch: The Vegetarian Option

May 5, 2010

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The Vegetarian Option Mr. Parmesan Chicken sitting next to me is served a brownie for dessert and all I get is a piece of cantaloupe and half a grape? I paid the same price for my airplane ticket and yet the s...

Urban Kvetch: Libraries

May 5, 2010

Libraries There was a time when Utopian ideals, free love and sticking it to the man were all the rage; when libraries were a place for the free exchange of information and an incubator for ideas. But let’...

Urban Kvetch: Fantasy Football

May 5, 2010

Fantasy Football While I’m impressed that you predicted that St. Louis Ram Steven Jackson would score a huge number of imaginary points, I’d really prefer that you shut up. Fantasy football is exactly what it ...

Urban Kvetch: Captcha

May 5, 2010

Captcha I want to select my item, submit my mailing address and credit card information and call it a day. I do not want to enter some gibberish code that's impossible to decipher just because some a-holes are...

Urban Kvetch: “. . .”

May 5, 2010