Dave just sent me a link to an amusing little site — Life’s Little Annoyances

Here are some highlights:

  • Does poor parking etiquette bother you (someone taking up two parking spaces, blocking you in, parking too closely, etc.)? Here’s a clever solution (thanks to Chris Myers): Whenever someone parks in a space reserved for the disabled, [I leave] a note on the windshield that says, “I’m so sorry I hit your car. It doesn’t look like the damage was severe.” Then [I sign] a name but [I make] it just messy enough to be illegible.

  • Do telemarketers annoy you? Here is a fun way to deal with them:

    When one calls, what ever they are selling, act sincerely interested (”Wow! is it ever nice you called, my wife and I were just talking about having our furnace ducts cleaned!…: etc)

    Just then, interrupt the caller and say, “Just a second, I have a pot boiling over…” (or some other “urgent” excuse) and leave the phone for 5 minutes or so..
    [rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat…]

And it looks like the site’s content is available in book format (written by New York Times reporter Ian Urbina):