Things That Suck
Your printer has opinions about which ink you are allowed to buy
A cartridge chip is not a fuel gauge. It is an authentication token, and the printer is the bouncer.
Lopamudra Nayak
Consumer writer, SuckButt
Lopamudra writes about products that disappoint and keeps every receipt out of spite.
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Things That Suck
The extended warranty is sold at the till for a reason
It is offered after you have decided, by someone paid to offer it, covering a period when failures are least likely.
Things That Suck
Same box, same price, less crisps: a short history of the shrinking packet
Raising a price is a visible event that customers punish. Reducing the contents is an invisible one, which is why it happens…
Things That Suck
Self-checkout: unexpected labour in the bagging area
The customer now scans, bags, weighs, troubleshoots and proves they are not stealing. The wage for this role is a slightly shorter…
Things That Suck
The resort fee for a resort you did not want to be at
A compulsory daily charge that is not in the room rate is a price with a name on it, and the name is doing all the work.
Pains In The Butt
Shoes off, laptop out, liquids in a bag you have to buy
Airport screening queues are shaped by throughput per lane, a rule set written after specific incidents, and a person deciding…
Things That Suck
Lifetime guarantee, for a lifetime defined by the person who wrote the guarantee
Whose lifetime, and measured how? The word is doing a great deal of work and the terms document is where it stops.