{"id":2290,"date":"2001-12-02T11:43:00","date_gmt":"2001-12-02T17:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=2290"},"modified":"2001-12-02T11:43:00","modified_gmt":"2001-12-02T17:43:00","slug":"a-pet-peeve-that-makes-me-want-to-kill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2001\/12\/02\/a-pet-peeve-that-makes-me-want-to-kill\/","title":{"rendered":"A pet peeve that makes me want to KILL!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I called Domino&#8217;s Pizza. This was the exchange:<br \/>\nM: I&#8217;d like a small pizza.<br \/>\nD: Okay what would you like on your &#8216;Medium&#8217;<br \/>\nM: Uh, no. A small.<br \/>\nD: Yes, Medium is our smallest.<\/p>\n<p>When did we give up on words entirely?<br \/>\nWhen will I be able to go to a car lot and buy one of the NEW &#8217;94 Models.<\/p>\n<p>Adjectives have gotten to the point where we are innondated in False Advertising. Am I crazy? Does this get anyone else&#8217;s dander up?<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2290\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2001\/12\/02\/a-pet-peeve-that-makes-me-want-to-kill\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2290\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2001\/12\/02\/a-pet-peeve-that-makes-me-want-to-kill\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-2290\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2001\/12\/02\/a-pet-peeve-that-makes-me-want-to-kill\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2001\/12\/02\/a-pet-peeve-that-makes-me-want-to-kill\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I called Domino&#8217;s Pizza. This was the exchange: M: I&#8217;d like a small pizza. D: Okay what would you like on your &#8216;Medium&#8217; M: Uh, no. A small. D: Yes, Medium is our smallest. When did we give up on words entirely? 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