Dumb pet peeve of the annoying moment we live in, but I cannot book a car rental, stay at a hotel, buy a product online or hire a contractor without being inevitably bombarded by numerous emails asking me to “tell us how we did” or “please leave a review”. And not just one email - it seems these companies cannot conceive that I actually don’t want to spend my time doing this on every single transaction I engage. And so if I buy one dinky $15 item and I can expect 5 emails asking me to leave a review, just in case I missed the first four.

Having once worked at a customer-facing company, I know they actually value these reviews to the tune of several dollars each (actual analytics conducted by former employer). Well my time is worth something too, so stop asking me to review your product or tell you how you did without offering me something for my time. And no, not a (probably 1 in 50,000) chance to win a $25 gift card either.

Also, get off my lawn you dang teenagers!