1. CapitalOne. I’ve had a high yield savings account with CapitalOne since they were doing business as ING Direct. For months I haven’t been able to log in to my account without going through the process of resetting my password. It’s not fatal, but it adds a level of inconvenience. Multiple calls to what is allegedly customer support have failed to resolve what feels like it should be an easy fix. Now, suddenly, my linked accounts stopped working so I couldn’t transfer funds between banks. That was the last inconvenience. I’m in the process of migrating to another online bank as my patience with CapitalOne has well and truly run out. I know they don’t care if they lose my business. My accounts are a rounding error in their books, but that’s not in any way going to stop me from publicly saying their customer service was absolutely appalling and failed at every step to take simple corrective actions.

2. The workplace of the 1950s. Driving for 40 minutes and then sitting at a quarter mile long line at the gate waiting to get admitted into a special place designated for the sole purpose of doing work feels increasingly more archaic every time I do it. Which is probably why Congressional Republicans are determined to pass legislation that declares having asses in seats in giant office buildings the One True Way to work. They do love dreaming up policies and procedures that are as archaic and backwards looking as possible. It’s like the party of Trump can’t help but to be fucking wrong on every issue it touches. They’re like King Midas except everything they touch turns to shit instead of gold.

3. Lack of evidence. It’s impossible to avoid the former host of Celebrity Apprentice making wild accusations that immigrants in Ohio have somehow taken to eating people’s pets in large numbers. “They’re eating the pets,” Trump raved, during the most recent debate. It’s attention getting, for sure, but happens to be entirely made up. One might even say that the twice-impeached-reality-television-host-in-chief was spouting fountains of “fake news.” There is not a single shred of demonstratable evidence that somewhere in Ohio there is a vast conspiracy of Haitian immigrants to capture and feast on the family tabby. The number of otherwise intelligent people who dismiss the complete lack of evidence as some nefarious (but unidentified) “they” scrubbing the internet and news sources of this vital information is honestly alarming and appalling in equal measure. I don’t know how to communicate with grown adults who are determined to deep dive conspiracy theory rabbit holes… but I know for sure I no longer have the patience to pretend their delusions are in any way reasonable political discourse.