Dipity
“Why am I the only one making money in the stock market? It’s really killing the conversation at dinner parties whenever I bring it up.” -Whine by Patrick
“There’s no excuse for a store locator to use Mapquest instead of Google Maps. Get with the times, borders.com.” -Whine by Joe Z.
“Ugh, there are too many seeds in this granny smith apple to really enjoy it.” -Whine by Katie
“Ugh, I have to take my mittens off to type on my iphone.” -Whine by Judd
“Ugh! Another Lifehacker how-to video on YouTube?? Have you even heard of Vimeo? I thought you were supposed to be a tech blog.” -Whine by Ryan
“I settle in, open the bag, and not only is the bagel covered with seeds of some kind but the damn thing isn’t even toasted.”-Whine from J. Bailey
“A kid with the same name as me died in a car accident this week and it is messing up my Google Alerts.” -Whine by Alexander
“I really thought I would be the only one in the with a camouflage yoga mat…” -Whine by Pete
“The lighter on my car is right in front of the drink holder so I can’t charge my phone and put my venti vanilla latte in the cupholder at the same time. So annoying!” -Whine by Nicole
“You’d think one or two of the people who drive up to New Hampshire to see our leaves would at least stick around and help us rake them.” -Whine by Ariana
“Somewhere between the bottle of champagne, the five course meal, and the wine pairings it hits you: ‘I have to run tomorrow.’ Ugh” -Whine by BK
“Ugh, the people cheering woke me up last night.” -Whine by Adrian
“How was Halloween? Oh, great. Just great. I spent two hours making it and nobody got my ‘stock BROKEr’ costume. Why do I even try?” -Whine by Matt
“Their pumpkin martini doesn’t taste anything like pumpkin. I was trying to be seasonal, but I had to switch back to ordering dirty martinis.” -Whine by Patricia
“Come on, iPod. Can you really call it ‘shuffle’ if you just played 3 Panic at the Disco songs in a row?”-Whine by Britne
“Hey! I said egg whites on a gutted bagel…not toasted…And I thought Carroll Gardens was known for their bagels!” -Whine by Job Gabrus
“I don’t think my parents know how to rent anymore. In their email they say ‘chalet’ but after seeing the website I’m struggling to call it a ‘lodge.’” -Whine by Irab
“I already paid DirecTV $300 for the NFL Sunday Ticket, and now they want me to pay another $100 to get the games in HD. Give me a break!” -Whine by Kyle
“I love Raspberry EmergenC but not 30 in a row - why don’t they have an assorted flavors pack?” -Whine by MikeyD
“Is ‘alot’ not a word yet? Seriously? Isn’t it time to shed some of these out-dated lingusistic rules?” -Whine by Mary Dunn
“Ugh, I just put a quarter in the meter and the Army Surplus store isn’t even open!” -Whine by Rich Ernst
“Excellent. Wired gives my blog a great review but doesn’t publish the URL. I guess people will just guess their way here.” - Whine by Me
“Ugh, switching the seasons in my closet takes forever.” -Whine by Chrissy Fiorilli
“We’re officially in a recession—I’m eating CANNED pineapple instead of fresh.”-Whine by Debra
“Only organic dog food? Are you kidding me? My vet wants me to be poor, I swear.” -Whine by Leslie
“Thanks, Wall Street. You killed my mutual funds and now I have to take the kids to the Bahamas instead of Aruba. We’re not even staying at Paradise Island!” -Whine by Mel
“Excellent. Just excellent. A sinus infection before winter has even started.” -Whine by Barry
“Perfect, the first tree has barely changed and already all the city people are coming upstate to town to gawk. It’s a tree, people, go look at them in Central Park and stop clogging my roads!” -W...
“I really wish Fresh Direct was able to deliver within a one hour window instead of two.” -Whine by Caitlin
“I get it - you want to accelerate slowly to maximize the gas mileage of your Prius; but I’d like to get to my yoga TODAY!” -Whine by Jeremy
“Ugh, do you know how expensive it is to get a Rolex serviced?” -Whine by Eric
“Really? Forgetting to press “debit” before inserting my card invalidates the entire transaction? Ugh.” -Whine by Liana
“I donated to Obama like three weeks ago and I still haven’t gotten my car magnet!” -Whine by Nick
“The turkey legs at the fair were so dried out this year.” -Whine by Mike D
“It’s finally cold enough to wear my cashmere sweater but now it’s raining. Ugh, back on the hanger for another week.” -Whine by Claire
“My Google Reader is going to be in a sad state after three weeks in Europe.” -Whine by Tara
“Ugh, I forgot my power cord. I am lucky if I get an hour out of my Macbook lately.” -Whine by Andrew Demey
“God, McSweeney’s, I miss David Foster Wallace too. Now get back to the funny-making.” -Whine by Nick Douglas
“These crest whitening strips make my teeth so sensitive I can’t even enjoy a cup of coffee anymore. I wonder if it is even worth it.”-Whine by Peter
“I hate when Esquire and Golf Digest come on the same day. I always feel like I have to rush through one to get to the other.” -Whine by Dave
“Come on Bittorrent, how do you not have this band? They’re all over the new Apple ad!” -Whine by Nick Douglas
“The contact list on my iPhone is so slow to load. It almost makes me miss my Blackberry.” -Whine by Me
“Yet another summer practically ruined by poison ivy. Every year I say I’ll watch where I hike and every year poison ivy seems to find me.” -Whine by Tricia
“Damn, someone took the perfect domain name for my site just a few weeks ago. Now I have to think of a new one or get the stupid .net.” -Whine by Andy
“I need a day to catch up on my sleep after vacation.” -Whine by Seth
“Someone stole my iPod at the gym last week. Who would do that? Who doesn’t already have one.” -Whine by Matt
“When my broker tells me he has a “sure thing”, I expect a little better than 30 percent in 3 months!” -Whine by Daniel
“Really New York Magazine, you can put together a Fall Preivew Double issue but can’t manage to include an approval matrix?”-Whine by Peter
“Internet on my 3G iPhone is just as slow as my old Blackberry. Remind me why I spent all this money to ‘upgrade?’” -Whine by Me
“My dad is taking FOREVER to buy these horses.” -Whine by Bjorn
“All the people who work at American Apparel make me feel fat.” -Whine by Roxy
“Um, it’s Tuesday and the This American Life podcast hasn’t updated yet. Hellooooo?” -Whine by Brian
“Would it kill them to open at least one Chipotle uptown?” -Whine by Joe Z
“After an hour on that flash game, all I get is “Congratulations!” Make something explode.” -Whine by Nick Douglas
“I can’t believe the campground is already booked for labor day.” -Whine by Grant Kerner
“Why do I keep getting all these LinkedIn email updates? I’m never going to check them.” -Whine by Jonathan
“I wish this JetBlue pilot would stop talking. I’m trying to watch Anthony Bourdain.” -Whine by Leana
“Why does my gym insist on blasting pop techno so loud over the speakers? Everyone has an iPod now anyways. “-Whine by Joe Z
“Do I have to hit every single red light on the way to the crepe place?” -Whine by Amy
“Ugh, no “Mad Men” On Demand? Seriously Time Warner, is this what you call offering me ‘all the best?’”-Whine by Mike Leahy
“August? Already? I feel like I barely got to wear my linen shirts this summer. What a waste.” -Whine by Glenn Cutty
“Come on, Pennsylvania. Three toll booths open and not a single one is EZPass Only?” -Whine by Jim Hutchings
“Do you really need to send me an email every week, New Balanace? How often do you think I buy shoes online?” -Whine by Mike Rhulin
“Well that was a disappointing trip to Brooks Brothers.” -Whine by Lauren Baughman
“I hate how Comic-Con is becoming the new Sundance.” -Whine by Ben Austin
“A Friday night wedding in Cape Cod? Great, now I have to use a personal day AND battle traffic the entire ride. How considerate…” -Whine by Me
“I found a great website for cheap wine, but when you factor in the shipping costs you don’t end up saving much.” -Whine by Bgerard
“When are you going to announce all the stores you are closing, Starbucks? The suspense is killing me.” - Whine by Matt Enstrom
“I understand that these energy efficient fluorescent light bulbs are good for the environment but do they come in any other color than hospital?” - Whine by Avery Massey
“I can’t believe J. Crew’s website is down for maintenance while they’re offering free shipping. Something tells me this isn’t a coincidence.” -Whine by Leeza
“Hey Glaceau, could you make your Vitamin Water caps just a little bit easier to open? I don’t think I should have to enter a strongman competition every time I want to enjoy a little Formula 50.”...
“Is it too much to ask for my flickr pro stats to show me where my visitors are geographically?” - Whine by Dustin Coates
“A 3 lb lobster sounds good on paper but, honestly, the tenderness just isn’t there to make it enjoyable.” -Whine by Robert Lyons
“Ugh, Album Only, iTunes Music Store? I want neither the entire ‘Wall-E’ soundtrack nor the entire ‘Hello Dolly’ soundtrack!”-Whine by Whitney
“My landscapers cut down all of my mint, so now I can’t even make mojitos without going to the store!”-Whine by Adam Zamora
“Ugh, thanks Gmail, another misspelled email auto saved to my contacts list.”- Whine by Mike Tucci
“I know I have all that basil in the garden, but have you seen how expensive pine nuts are getting?! The pesto’s almost not even worth it.” -Whine by Alec Kretchun
“What? You’re not delivering tonight because your kitchen is too busy? I just spent 10 minutes passing around your menu so everyone could check off their order!”-Whine by Jon Feldman
“I see by ‘toasted’ you meant ‘slightly warmed.’ Thanks for the effort Dunkin Donuts.”-Whine by Tammy Nelson
“I hate when Cosi runs out of regular iced coffee lids and gives me the dome one. Hello? The straw won’t even reach the bottom!”-Whine by Me
“It’s called a U.S. Open LIVE Blog, you’d think ESPN would have sprung for the Auto-Refresh feature.”-Whine by Bradley Norris
“The Wifi on this bus is SO slow. I had to put my gmail in basic HTML!”-Whine by Steven Gee
“If I wanted my Firefox to look like Safari, I’d just use Safari.”-Whine by Robina
“Why give me all this brie if you aren’t going to give me enough crackers to spread it on? Stupid Au Bon Pain.”-Whine by Lish
“Why can’t I watch last week’s Top Chef online? Thanks for nothing Bravo.”-Whine by Brett Lacy
“Ugh! Why do they even allow Carharts on the slopes?”-Whine by Harlan
“You never know how much you need something until the day its gone. Cliché, yes. But today I forgot my iPod earbuds and this day without music has been near death.”-Whine by DP, via Marco
“Couldn’t they put something in these organic gummy bears to make them taste better?” -Whine by Helen Graves
“Couldn’t they put something in these organic gummy bears to make them taste better?”-Whine by Helen Graves
“What is the deal with the New Yorker putting all the new articles online two days before it arrives in the mail? I feel like I am being penalized for being a subscriber.” -Whine by Greg
“What is the deal with the New Yorker putting all the new articles online two days before it arrives in the mail? I feel like I am being penalized for being a subscriber.”-Whine by Greg
“Why call it a ‘beach cruiser’ if all you’re going to do is hog the sidewalks?” -Whine by Bradley Colosimo
“Why call it a ‘beach cruiser’ if all you’re going to do is hog the sidewalks?”-Whine by Bradley Colosimo
“Another summer, another disappointment: I guess Dave Matthews Band is just never going to play Salt Lake City.” -Whine by Justin Knapp
“Another summer, another disappointment: I guess Dave Matthews Band is just never going to play Salt Lake City.”-Whine by Justin Knapp
“Let me get this straight…You don’t have a foreign film section?”-Whine by Jordan Clark
“Let me get this straight…You don’t have a foreign film section?” -Whine by Jordan Clark
I really appreciate the press and all, but get the URL right, Metro! Ugh.
I really appreciate the press and all, but get the URL right, Metro! Ugh.
“I know people are reading it, but no one EVER leaves comments on my blog!” -Whine by Adam Temple
“I know people are reading it, but no one EVER leaves comments on my blog!” -Whine by Adam Temple
“Ugh, again?! Every time I sit down, my phone slides right out of theses linen pants!”-Whine by Alec Kretchun
“Ugh, again?! Every time I sit down, my phone slides right out of theses linen pants!”-Whine by Alec Kretchun
“I can’t believe my mother sold all my old fencing equipment. Honestly…I’m livid.” -Whine by Zinggg
“I can’t believe my mother sold all my old fencing equipment. Honestly…I’m livid.”-Whine by Zinggg
“$500 for Billy Joel tickets? Outrageous.”-Whine by Gabriel Bell
“$500 for Billy Joel tickets? Outrageous.” -Whine by Gabriel Bell
“I hate it when the maid moves my guitar.”-Whine by William Doyle
“I hate it when the maid moves my guitar.” -Whine by William Doyle
“Can someone please make a whole wheat bagel that comes in flavors other than cardboard?”-Whine by Rita
“Can someone please make a whole wheat bagel that comes in flavors other than cardboard?”-Whine by Rita
“Why do people upload such tiny photos to Facebook? Even cell phones take higher res images than that.” -Whine by Jeffery Rabinak
“Why do people upload such tiny photos to Facebook? Even cell phones take higher res images than that.”-Whine by Jeffery Rabinak
“All of my Tumblr Dashboard content is just people I’m following reblogging other people I’m following.”-Whine by Rick Paulus
“All of my Tumblr Dashboard content is just people I’m following reblogging other people I’m following.” -Whine by Rick Paulus
“If they’re going to make you wait for an hour they should really lose the ‘no cell phones in the waiting room’ policy. I am so over this dentist!”-Whine by Jeremy Potter
“If they’re going to make you wait for an hour they should really lose the ‘no cell phones in the waiting room’ policy. I am so over this dentist!” -Whine by Jeremy Potter
“Ugh - the contractors keep throwing cigarette butts in the coy pond.” -Whine by Gabriel Bell
“Ugh - the contractors keep throwing cigarette butts in the koi pond.”-Whine by Gabriel Bell
“When I lay in bed and try to watch TV, the colors on my plamsa TV look all distorted. How annoying!”-Whine by Suzie
“When I lay in bed and try to watch TV, the colors on my plamsa TV look all distorted. How annoying!” -Whine by Suzie
“Finish this list for me, Dan Brown: Angels and Demons, The DaVinci Code, and _______. Don’t think your fans have forgotten that you owe us a third book. We’re waiting.”-Whine by Toby Glenn ...
“Finish this list for me, Dan Brown: Angels and Demons, The DaVinci Code, and _______. Don’t think your fans have forgotten that you owe us a third book. We’re waiting.” -Whine by Toby Glenn ...
“For a site that’s so popular, Pitchfork sure does have a lot of bugs.”-Whine by George S. Parlier
“For a site that’s so popular, Pitchfork sure does have a lot of bugs.” -Whine by George S. Parlier
“Jesus Garmin, I’ve been driving for 10 minutes and you still haven’t acquired a signal? Good thing I checked Google Maps before I left otherwise I’d be completely lost.” -Whine by Eric Farrell ...
“What do you mean you don’t have ginger ale?” -Whine by Gabriel
“Can’t someone make a Tivo for the radio? I love my morning show but I can’t stand these mattress commercials.” -Whine by Ted Merendino
“That was the worst Simpson yet. Why do they even bother anymore?” -Whine by Greg
I pulled an all nighter at CH and that threw off my WhiteWhine schedule. We’ll be back to the regular schedule on Monday.
“Can’t my gym hire personal trainers who are actually in shape? Seeing a trainer with a beer gut isn’t really a good motivational tactic.” -Whine by Colleen Shugrue
“Putting ‘SPAM’ in the subject line does NOT make your email to the ENTIRE office telling us you have Carrie Underwood tickets any less annoying. And, no, we don’t care when they are ‘sold’, so th...
“Don’t you hate it when the masseuse is too chatty? It really ruins a good massage.” -Whine by Jill B, submitted by Katie B
“Don’t you hate it when the masseuse is too chatty? It really ruins a good massage.” -Whine by Jill B, submitted by Katie B
“Why can’t the dailyplate.com add the Wii as a fitness activity? I mean, they have 19th century dancing as a fitness activity for God’s sake!” -Whine by Sunny Purdin
“It’s time to stop following so many people on twitter, it’s eating up all the text messages included with my cell phone plan.” -Whine by Ted Roden
Here they are, my favorite whines of the past 199 posts. I want to thank everyone who has been submitting whines and visiting the site every day. It’s really a joy to run. Now where’s my f*ckin...
“I really wish Leslie Feist hadn’t done that iPod commercial. Everyone’s so into her now. I bet they don’t even know she was in Broken Social Scene.” -Whine by Brian Ferry Hola, whiners. Tomorr...
“I don’t know if I’ll ever get used to typing on a MacBook Air. The keys are so shallow.” -Whine by Henna Singh
“A gate with a code? Remind me not to use this ZipCar location again!” -Whine by Daniel Hensley
“The Dollar to Euro exchange rate is miserable. I guess backpacking around Europe this summer is out.” -Whine by Brent Lommond
“How come some of my Google Alerts are going straight to my Gmail spam folder? Come on, Google, where’s your product integration?” -Whine by Zach Gore
“This was definitely NOT cooked in a brick oven!” -Whine by Matt Russell
“Why won’t Craigslist let me search for apartments in Brooklyn by neighborhood? I’m sorry, Craigslist, is Park Slope not established enough for you? Ridiculous.” -Whine by Me
“I said to myself a hundred times, ‘everybody has a lab or a golden; just get something different.’” But then you see the puppies and forget that you wanted to be different. They’re just so damn ...
“This New Yorker cover is making some sort of joke, but I can’t get it if the address label is slapped in the middle, can I? Guess someone WON’T be working their way up from the mail room.” -Whine ...
“Maybe I don’t want three different-colored bell peppers, Trader Joe’s; maybe I just want one red one! Now I’m gonna have to go to Whole Foods.” -Whine by Cara Romano
“I hate it when someone uses the rest of the good creamer at work and doesn’t bring in more. I’m already settling for Maxwell House, now I have to settle for Cremora?” -Whine by Aaron Engle ...
“Why can’t they make a good, soft toilet tissue out of recycled paper? Being green shouldn’t be this painful.” -Whine by Eric Martin
“If that wasn’t the worst winter for skiing in the North East I don’t know what was.” -Whine by Brad Healy
“I like the way J-Crew shirts fit me but I don’t want people to think I live on Nantucket. C’mon J-Crew, would it kill you take make something in a non-pastel? Ugh” -Whine by Ben Bradley
“FreshDirect makes this big deal out of having a wide selection but they don’t even carry a decent hard cider.” -Whine by Julie Sedlis
“Its all well and good that you’re fans of ‘Arrested Deveopment’ now, but where were you when they needed you?” -Whine by Sean Wraith
“If my neighbor doesn’t take his Christmas lights down soon I’m calling the city to complain.” -Whine by Grant Kerner
“I’m just not feeling a connection to these new Top Chef contestants, ya know?” -Whine by Me
“I spent several hours downloading torrents of old episodes of The Wire and now I don’t even have the right codecs to play them!” -Whine by Joseph Burke
“Why can’t Zappos sell books? By the time I get my order from Amazon, I barely want to read it anymore.” -Whine by Matt Enstrom BTW, have you read this Zappos customer service story? It’s amazing....
“Why can’t Amazon separate their print and audio book reviews? How can I tell the difference between a good read and a good listen?” -Whine by Matt
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