Rants And Raves

An open, ongoing thread for random complaints and petty annoyances that don’t warrant a thread of their own.

I absolutely hate this store. Once upon a time, it was a nice store. But it seems like when they closed the S. Main Street location, the Southport store took a nosedive. The immediate interior of the store is gross and needs a makeover. Their produce absolutely sucks. You have to pick through stuff that's obviously past the good stage to find something worth buying. Even then, they must have special lighting that makes it look good, because it appears to start going bad the moment you leave the store. They're always understaffed and I've gotten used to having to bag my own groceries. More often than not, in the morning, there's only one lane open. I actually saw a mor…

Website We've never rented a dumpster before, but this year we decided it was time to do a heavy clean out of our house and garage. I'd seen Clark's dumpsters all over the place in the past year or two and since they're a locally owned company, decided to try their service. I'm glad we did. Everything is done online if you want. You can choose which size you need and you'll see what it costs. They offer a list of what they do and do not take as well as extra costs if you're disposing of certain items. We got one that was slightly larger than what we needed ( though we did come close to filling it ) and I think the price was quite reasonable. I had a question about a coupl…

For the longest time, I missed reading an honest to God newspaper. Yeah, you can get your news online now, but it's not the same. Unfortunately, the Star Gazette is expensive and doesn't have enough there to line a parakeet cage with anymore. So last fall I took a chance on the Sayre Morning Times. They report a lot of stuff from down in The Valley of course, but there's still the occasional news item from Chemung, Van Etten, Baldwin etc. Even when there isn't news about Chemung County, it's interesting to read stories about what's going on in the small towns in the region. They only publish Tuesday through Saturday, so you won't get that big thick Sunday paper we all rem…