What’s Bugging You? (Suzanne Forster)

The local news guy asked this question of viewers the other day—and I was very pleasantly surprised when I couldn’t immediately come up with an answer. On a normal week, I would have two or three pet peeves waiting in the wings, but on that particular day, I had nothing. Hallelujah, huh?

It was a Southwest Airlines commercial that brought me back to reality. They were guaranteeing that they wouldn’t charge for bags the way the other carriers did. My head snapped up from whatever I was doing. Southworst? They didn’t charge for baggage when the airline I used did charge? Alaska doesn’t just charge for the second bag, they charge for every bag. The round-trip total for my last flight was eighty dollars for two bags. Now that’s something to be bugged about.

On the bright side, I found a new carrier that doesn’t charge for bags and flies into Portland, which happens to be a city I have a major crush on. It’s also close to my son and grandkids, a serious bonus. And I would never have discovered this carrier if Alaska hadn’t started charging for bags, so sometimes these annoyances pay off. At the very least, they force us out of our ruts—and probably build new brain cells.

Did I mention that the new carrier is Southworst? Their ad got my attention so I checked their web site. When they say low fares, they mean it!

While I’ve been writing this a few other beefs have come to mind. In no particular order: Why do gray hairs grow straight up and shout look at me! Why don’t I prioritize better. Do they purposely make commercials just loud enough to wake you up? Why does the DVR only let me record two things at once? Why can’t my optometrist get my prescription right the first time? Or in the case of my new glasses, at all? I’m also bugged by stores that don’t honor the sales in their ads. Boo, hiss! Comedy Wednesdays that aren’t funny. And work that won’t stay done!

That last one is major. Please, someone invent a floor that stays mopped.

I would ask if anything’s bugging you, but your answer might be no. And that can be frightening, lol. I’m just kidding! I’m wishing all of you a blissful, worry-free day. And I’m going to have one too, no matter what goes wrong.

Silver linings!
Suz