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Dear Dove

by on January 7, 2011 in feedback friday, things i don't love

(The body wash and shampoo… not the bird or the chocolate)

I love your body wash. I love that it keeps my skin soft in the harsh, dry winters of Utah. I also love the smell.

However, I do not love your bottle design.

One of the good things about the design of a product used in the shower is the ability for the bottle to stand up and remain standing while upside down. This allows the showerer to use even the very last drop of the bottle. With the pointed tip of your bottle, it is difficult to turn upside down. I have propped it up against the wall, but it always tips and falls over (this was an especially big problem when I was pregnant).

For a while, because it was such a pain, I switched body wash (gasp). I have come back to Dove because my legs are dry and itchy and I know that Dove will help, even more than regular lotion application. But knowing that when I near the end of the bottle and have to figure out a way to prop it upside down bothers me.

In the past, I have tried your shampoo and enjoyed it, but will probably not use it again because of the bottle shape (and the price…sorry, there are other brands that work just as well, but cost much less). I know it sounds harsh, but this upside down system is even more important in shampoo and conditioner. Your conditioner did have the flip top on the bottom, so it never had to be turned upside down (which was nice), why can’t you do the same for the shampoo and body wash?

I understand that redesigns can be long and costly, but please consider it soon. Having a flat top will not hurt the asthetic of your bottle, but would make me so much happier.

Thanks!

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Dear Google

by on December 10, 2010 in feedback friday, things i don't love, things i love

Dear Google,

There are many things on the internet that wouldn’t be the same without you. I use many of your products every day. I love your email and feed reader. I have many friends who use your blogging software to publish their blogs, giving me fun and interesting things to read every day. And for those things I thank you.

However, there is one thing I don’t understand. If my friends are using your blogging software for their blogs and they decide to make their blogs private, and I have to log in using my google account (the very same google account information that I use to log into my feed reader), then why can’t you allow their private blogs to show up in my feed reader? They gave me access to their information using my google account, I signed into my feed reader with my google account. It seems that the two could talk to each other and their posts could still show up.

Or at least, since I am already signed into my gmail and google reader, using my google account, you could at least do me a small favor of not making me re-enter my google account information when I open their blog. Obviously, I’m already signed in, why can’t you tell? On that note, I can’t tell you how many times I have marked the box “remember me” when signing into my friends’ private blogs, but I still have to enter my google account information. Can’t you actually “remember me” like you said you would?

So thanks again for all the awesomeness you have added to the internet, but could you please work on that one small detail. It would make my blog hopping so much more convenient.

Thanks.

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Dear UDOT

by on September 3, 2010 in feedback friday, things i don't love

Dear Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT),

Pioneer Crossing is finished and it’s a wonderful road. I really have enjoyed how much time it has taken off my drive from Saratoga Springs to American Fork. I really love that I can avoid Lehi Main Street most of the time. It’s wonderful, really.

However, I think the Pioneer Crossing signs are a little much.

Pioneer Crossing Sign

Pioneer Crossing Sign

There are a number of these signs along the roadway announcing that you have turned onto Pioneer Crossing (normal street signs weren’t enough?) and signs like this announcing that you entered Lehi City and signs announcing that you entered Saratoga Springs.

I’ll accept the signs announcing that you have changed cities. Cities often have nice signs saying “welcome to our awesome city” or “thanks for coming, come back soon.” But the signs to announce that you turned onto a road… too far.

Government spending and budgeting is a tricky business that I won’t claim to understand at all (maybe I should have done a little bit more research before writing this post–what kind of a journalism graduate am I?). It seems though, at a time when there are a lot of budget cuts in many states across the county,  the money from these signs could have been better spent elsewhere.

I don’t know how much each one of the signs cost, but depending on how much it cost, the money could have gone somewhere else (public schools, perhaps). To me, the signs just seem silly and useless. Everyone knows they are on Pioneer Crossing and if they don’t know, they can look at one of the little green signs that every other road uses to identify itself.

So, by way of sandwhiching my complaint with two nice comments before and after … UDOT, I really enjoy your current website with all the interactive maps and 3D information about how projects are going to look once they are completed. It is a really nice feature, especially with all the MANY projects going on in the places I regularly drive. Check out their cool video of the new road going from I-15 to Highland, it should be pretty nice when it is completed: http://www.udot.utah.gov/sr92/. You can also view information about the changes to I-15 and Geneva Road.

Thank you, UDOT, for your nice roads and hard work, but next time, save us all a little money and don’t invest in silly signs.

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Dear NBC

by on August 17, 2010 in feedback friday

Recently I read an article about how Steve Carell is leaving The Office after this next season to pursue his movie career.

Now, I love The Office, but I understand why Carell is leaving. It was going to happen eventually with how many movies he’s been in this year.

The article also mentioned that The Office is “strong enough to weather the change.”

False.

(False, Black Bear. … Bears. Beats. Battlestar Galactica.)

How many shows have actually survived after one of their main characters left (or died)?

  • NewsRadio – without Phil Hartman? No thanks.
  • That 70′s Show – without Topher Grace and Ashton Kutcher? Yuck.
  • 8 Simple Rules – without John Ritter? Not awesome. (the episode after he dies makes me cry every time I see it)
  • Saved By The Bell – with just Screech and Mr. Belding? Way not awesome. The College Years were even pushing it.
  • Friends – with just Joey? Anyone remember the series Joey? No? I didn’t think so. (okay, so it’s a spin off and a little bit different but still…)
  • Scrubs – without Zach Braff?  EH. (Scrubs did something a little different though, they completely changed main characters and the remaining characters from before Braff left became more of a supporting cast and not as much the focus… so it was meh.)

It’s the characters that televisions audiences fall in love with and the main reason people continue to watch a series. The plot or setting isn’t as much the draw as the characters.

So please, just end the series. Don’t drag it out and kill it. It’s just not worth it. (And please, when Alex Baldwin leaves 30 Rock in 2012, don’t drag that one out either.)

Every good thing must come to an end.

ps. I know there are shows like ER and LOST that have continued on after one of the main characters left, but it’s not that common and isn’t a good idea.

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