{"id":1037,"date":"2022-08-12T23:43:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T04:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2022-08-12T23:43:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T04:43:30","slug":"hmmm-im-skeptical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/index.php\/2022\/08\/12\/hmmm-im-skeptical\/","title":{"rendered":"Hmmm… I’m Skeptical"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In our daily travels we come across statements from businesses and corporations that, after time, simple aren’t believable anymore.\u00a0 You see or hear them for so long you know they can’t be legit.\u00a0 So let’s cut to the chase and list a few…<\/p>\n

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  1. Many years ago when I lived in Phoenix, Arizona, I would drive by this apartment complex every day.\u00a0 It was a three-story complex, and on the side near the top, at least 40 feet up, was a permanent “NOW RENTING<\/strong>” sign.\u00a0 It never moved, never was covered up, never was brought down… always there advertising apartments for rent.\u00a0 Now maybe they were saying an occupied apartment was an apartment they were “renting”, but that seems a tad deceptive.\u00a0 Playing fast and loose with the intent of the phrase.\u00a0 <shrug><\/li>\n
  2. I have been going to my doctor for over 12 years now.\u00a0 Whenever I call I get the following message, “Please pay attention, as our menu options have recently changed.<\/strong>”\u00a0 \ud83d\ude10\u00a0 Except they haven’t.\u00a0 Ever.<\/li>\n
  3. A common lunch for me is to order a sandwich and have it delivered to my work.\u00a0 It cheap and convenient… well, it’s convenient.\u00a0 The sandwiches aren’t groundbreaking, but they’re fine and I’m lazy, so it all works out.\u00a0 They’re a national chain and their website says, “We are currently running longer than normal delivery times.<\/strong>“, for every store, every day, at all hours.\u00a0 It’s a permanent message.\u00a0 It’s a meaningless message.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The apartment complex wants people to apply even if they’re full.\u00a0 The doctor’s office wants you to listen because too many people don’t.\u00a0 And the sandwich shop wants to be able to say, “We warned you it might take longer.” if something goes awry.<\/p>\n

    Problem is, messages like this do more harm then good.\u00a0 Not unlike the boy who cried wolf, spread false information enough and no one believes you anymore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In our daily travels we come across statements from businesses and corporations that, after time, simple aren’t believable anymore.\u00a0 You see or hear them for so long you know they can’t be legit.\u00a0 So let’s cut to the chase and list a few… Many years ago when I lived in Phoenix, Arizona, I would drive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-annoyances","category-observations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1039,"href":"https:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037\/revisions\/1039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kurmudgeon.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}