#859 When the power flickers off and on and all of the clocks flash 12:00

Thanks for nothing, clock.

When the power flickers off and on, it's usually not too big of a deal...except for that one thing. What is that again? Oh. Right. Every clock and its mother is now blinking at you to remind you that it's no longer doing its job and it needs you to fix it. 12:00! 12:00! 12:00!

It's just slightly annoying.

#861 Tolls

Sure, I'd love to have absolutely no say in giving up money to drive on a road. And I'd definitely love to get caught in traffic that tolls create. Great, grand, wonderful, thanks.

It's just slightly annoying.

#968 Losing an hour of sleep during Daylight Saving Time

It's so awesome when you get to sleep a full hour more because time is turned back an hour overnight. It's so not awesome when time jumps forward and you lose a full hour of quality sleep. Is gaining that hour of sleep in the Fall worth losing that hour in the Spring? You may think differently, but I say nay. Let's take a minute to think about how stupid the invention of Daylight Saving Time is.

(This is space that should be used for thinking.)

If we never had invented this, it would just be accepted that it gets darker at a different time. Instead, time switches on us overnight and we wake up slightly annoyed on the (randomly) selected day in Spring. How can things be any more annoying? Oh wait, here's an idea. Let's make sure it's not standardized across the globe and even within countries. Check out this map, courtesy of wikipedia (which, by the way, has an unbelievably extensive page here on Daylight Saving Time, or as you kids call it, "DST").

     DST observed      DST no longer observed      DST never observed 

You stay strong orange and red.

It's just slightly annoying.