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RK: There's a pet peeve that I have which I want to share, when you're ready to hear it.

Lori: okay
Lori: go for it
Lori: do i have it?

RK: uh, NO
RK: It's not interpersonal.

Lori: okay, go for it

RK: I just hate when you see a magazine, at the checkout counter for example, and on the cover there's a a mini-headline about some incredible thing in the magazine like "The most amazing sexual maneuver...EVER!" and then when you open the magazine you can't find the article for the life of you. For whatever reason, it's nowhere in the contents section, and if you try to just aimlessly page though the mag, you'll be instantly lost in the labyrinth of ads, subscription cards and anything other than the stupid little thing advertised on the cover. That's what I would write about if I had an everythingRK.com.

Lori: lol
Lori: Funny
Lori: So true.
Lori: That's why I love those few magazines that have a section in the contents that is labeled, "Cover Articles" and all the articles from the cover are listed with page numbers next to them.
Lori: It's like "aaww, thank you"

RK: I've seen those sections, and some times they STILL don't have the most amazing sex manuever....EVER. What the fuck? SO annoying, and you're starting to put your items on the conveyer and you only have a limited time before the person asks you if you want to buy that magazine. You've got to throw it back on the rack before he scans your last item, which gives you precious little time. And let's say the article happens to be in the contents- that usually leads to another pet peeve, which is the grotesque lack of page numbers on magazine pages. It'll go from pg. 76 thru 113 without a single printed page number, so when the manuever is on page 89, I don't have the patience (or time) to fumble though each page while Fernando at the checkout is scanning my avocadoes. I fucking hate those magazines like I hate INTENSE Dairy.

Lori: LOL
Lori: That's great.