*New* When ‘Convenience’ Isn’t Convenient: My Battle With Online Ordering, and Robotic Customer Service”

I guess that's ok I understand lots of folks love shopping online, and That’s fine. There’s lots of crazy folks in this world. You know ‘You Be You’ and all that crap. However, for me online shopping is akin to showing up at the mouth of a cave with a case of spicy-brown mustard, smacking …

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Bizzare Buys in the Modern Digital Economy

Purchase history When my father was ten-years-old, he went to my grandfather and asked him for ten dollars to buy a game. You might have heard of the type, cardboard playing space with cards and various plastic pieces. So much for the ancient history class. You probably weren’t interested in this fact at all.  And …

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Modern Technology Is Supposed to Help: So Why Is Everything So Complicated??

Please hold Hello! Thank you for calling Mr. Ohh!’s Sideways View. If this is an actual emergency, please hang up and dial 911.  PAUSE. For Mr. Ohh press 1, for the sideways view press 2. BEEP. Thank you for calling Mr. Ohh!. If this is an actual emergency, please hang up and dial 911. PAUSE. …

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Navigating the Internet’s Pretty Girl And Kitten Phenomenon

Confession I don’t mean to alarm any left-thinking folks out there, or cause woman’s rights activists to march on my house with torches and pitchforks. But I going to say something controversial. Wow! Look at me doing cutting edge journalism. Okay so, here’s my confession; I like to look at pretty girls. Not in any …

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I Have A Serious WAIT Problem!!

Something to think about Have you ever thought about your morning coffee? I don’t actually. Mostly because I drink tea in the morning. Coffee is an afternoon pick-me-up. A time to bond with coworkers, complain about what we do, get over-stimulated on caffeine, then go back to our desks and do stuff we hate. Coffee …

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If There’s A World Wide Web… I’d Hate To Meet That Spider!!

Mr Ohh! vs. technology When it comes to technology there are several kinds of people. There are the early-adopters, those folks who have to have the newest thing the day it comes out, and know how to operate it, even before it’s been programed. I’m not one of those. Next, there are the ones who …

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A Cold Day In On-Line Shopping

Well, It’s Official. The universe has a sense of humor and it likes to laugh at me. I don’t know why I have been selected for this honor. I guess I should be thankful that I’m so special. Hey, I like a good joke as much as anyone. However, as everything has its ups and …

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The World’s Longest Short

Last Wednesday I awoke and went into the bathroom.  I realize this doesn’t sound very exciting, and isn’t up to my usual riveting standards, but let me assure you things will get better soon. Anyway, I was in the bathroom and flipped the light switch. However, flipping the switch yielded no light. Now there are …

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Undecided? I Suggest You Gripe About It

“I want to know who’s responsible! And I want to know it now!” If you are on social media, you have probably seen this a thousand times. Maybe not these exact words. I used these words so that this would have a stunning beginning that grabs the reader. My writing coach tells me I should …

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