A little bitter....

Ok, as my friends will tell you, I tend to get a bit bitter at companies who do things that don't make sense or just piss me off.

I had to go to aircare yesterday. I have a 2002 car, so I only have to go once every two years. Great! you say... that will only cost half as much!

But WAIT! It does not work like that. The f****ers charge more for the newer cars. Here is the price structure:

1991 or older car: $26/year
1992 or newer car: $47/every two years

What!? How can this be you ask?

That is right, on new cars, they only test 1 time every two years, but you pay $1 more than the older cars, who get tested once a year.

THIS MAKES NO SENSE! Why pay more for half the work? I hate blatently obvious cash grabs! If they made me go each year I would not like it, but i would not feel as ripped off.

I had a simmilar problem at the Keg in Whistler. We went for New Years Eve. I ordered a New York Steak Classic dinner. The waitress asked very causally - "Do you want some peppercorns on that?".

Now I had looked at the menu and I new that the price difference between the New York and the peppercorn New York was $1.00. Yes a buck. So I said, well, ok, but can you put the stuff on the side?

So the steak came, it was undercooked, and peppercorns were cooked right into it. It was OK.

When the bill came, there was a charge for peppercorns as expected. $5.95! That is right SIX FRIKING DOLLARS FOR PEPPERCORNS!!!!!

Now, I don't mind paying for them, even 6 bucks if that is what it costs. But it is the principal of the matter. Whey would it be a $6 difference on this meal versus a dollar on the other?

Man it gets my blood boiling.

Anyway, don't tell my wife I was talking about the peppercorns, she hates it when I talk about the peppercorsn.

Feeling a bit better after venting.