"A bad-tempered person, especially an old one." I get cranky about dumb stuff.
I live in an RV and have to use special RV and Marine toilet paper. I prefer Scott brand because I don't poke my finger through it, which isn't carried by the local grocery stores or Camping World. So, I ordered it on Amazon. When I got the delivery, it had been shipped from Walmart! If I wanted to do business with Walmart, I could have driven a mile up the road and bought my toilet paper at Walmart. I complained. Poor individual trying to make a living from home by reselling things she has shipped from local vendors. What could I say.
That was months ago. I recently needed to restock toilet paper. I ordered from Amazon again.
Apparently, the order went to the same vendor as my previous order and they were concerned about my complaint. I stepped out my door a few days ago to find an eight-pack of toilet paper on my steps. No box. No shipping label. No Amazon truck had arrived. No notification via email that my package had even shipped. Just an eight-pack of Scott toilet paper on my front step.
I grouched. Didn't do anything, but grouched. The vendor probably ran down to Walmart, bought the toilet paper and dropped it on my steps to keep me from complaining about it coming from Walmart.
My bank changed their 'dashboard' page. They made it easier to read, they said. Yes, but the bigger type and blocks for each account meant I had to scroll to see what I used to see in one screen. And the accounts weren't in the same order they used to be, so my spreadsheet where I keep track of daily balances is now in the wrong order.
I grouched.
It doesn't seem to make a difference what the change is. I'm at an age where I hate change. The kind of coffee I like and buy at Costco is no longer available at the Costco in Las Vegas. Nor will Costco ship it here. I ordered online (Amazon) and paid a 50% premium to have a vendor put shrinkwrap around two bags of coffee with a label that says 'Not for Resale.' I still grouch about it, but I order it.
Microsoft decided it was a good idea to put a little space between items in a Windows Explorer list, so now I have to scroll to get to the item I use on a regular basis.
I wish people would just stop fixing things that aren't broke!
Even when there's a small change to author settings on SOL, I grouch. I'll figure out a way to make it behave the way I want it to, or I'll adapt to it, but I'll still grouch about it.
Because I'm a curmudgeon, damn it!
So there.