Today I’ll pick on Amazon Product Reviews. However, this post applies to just about any online review system. The problem with product (or service) reviews online is that many of them are completely bogus. Even the ones that might not be bot generated or “sponsored” reviews are sketchy at best. So how do I determine…
Author: Steve Ainslie
Opting Out of The Ratings Game
After I bought my new car, I was contacted four separate times from different people at the dealership to “make sure everything was satisfactory” and to remind how important it was that I fill out their customer satisfaction survey and rate them all 5 stars. The sales rep asked me. His manager asked me. The sales VP…
Face Masks and Kabuki Theater
If you are wearing a homemade fabric face mask or a surgical mask because you think it is protecting you or others from Covid-19, I encourage you listen to Dr. Michael Osterholm’s Covid-19 podcast. In it, he explains the results of a study he completed that tested the efficacy of fabric face masks, surgical masks and…
Everything Breaks
Prepare For The Universal F***ing
I was thinking about trading in my Tacoma for a Honda Fit last week. I would lose about $13K in the deal. I was disappointed that I couldn’t get a better trade-in value. I was pissed that we’re in the middle of a pandemic lockdown and likely the beginning of a severe recession so selling…
The Second Wave
We are 5 weeks into the Covid-19 lockdown of the US and most of the world. We appear to have temporarily interrupted the spread of the virus through extreme social distancing including closing all schools, most workplaces and all social gatherings. Soon we will begin reopening the country. I have some gloomy predictions. I hope…
I’ll Kill Myself Tomorrow
Why I Am Not Afraid of Covid-19
Whores and Pools
Covid-19 Fatigue
It has been nearly 4 weeks since my state went under “strict” social distancing in response to the global Covid-91 pandemic and I am sick of it. My pool is closed. I haven’t been able to swim daily for a month. Grocery stores still have shortages of meat, chicken and toilet paper. Retail business, offices…