incompetence – Lina Branter

Confessions of a Hardware Store Hater

I try to be interested. I really do. I really, really want to be one of those women who can open a toolbox and know what the names of the odd shaped utensils are called. When we were in the midst of our renovation hell, I even deigned to pick up some of them inContinue reading “Confessions of a Hardware Store Hater”

My Hero

Lately I have been dealing with all the horrible bureaucracy that I have been putting off because, well, I hate bureaucracy. You know, applying for passports, figuring out the Hydro, talking to Insurance Salesman. This means that I have been spending a lot of time on the phone, talking to a bunch of overworked, harrassedContinue reading “My Hero”

Public Enemy #1? Incompetence

As I write this, the roofers who just fixed our roof two days ago are in my mother’s kitchen ripping out walls. Why? Because the f^&*&^&*^&$^%#%$#%$#^%#^%$^%$% thing leaks. And not only is it leaking in my mother’s apartment, it is leaking in the two apartments below her which would make sense, since the law ofContinue reading “Public Enemy #1? Incompetence”