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Posted on August 18, 2026

Shaking a fist at life’s little annoyances

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Shaking a fist at life’s little annoyances — BY BILL B ARTH

Shaking a fist at life’s little annoyances — BY BILL B ARTH

Things that really annoy me: One, those confounded artificial intelligence robots pretending they exist to give me customer service.

Rotten liars, all of them. A business trip recently put me...

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