Hello to you, I hope it's okay to just mingle in here.

It appears that I have had a longstanding pet peeve for bad service and I'm incapable of keeping quiet about it. Reading back the letters makes me understand why I always got favourable responses... because if I had received any of those letters, I would have wanted the person out of my life as fast as possible.

That cracked me up immediately. I was the same back then and in younger years. Just today I was roaming through old photographs, postcards and letters to find pictures from Vegas to get a blog post ready.

I too sent complaining letters to companies in full force and entitlement. HaHa! It so much makes me smile reading that someone was the same and changed. It's really embarrasing to read what one wrote when younger. So full of zeal and conviction. I even wrote a complaint letter to a flight company where I had a job interview and was rejected. Which I couldn't just let go off and told them that they made a mistake- goodness gracious, young people can be such a nuisance.

I just want to mention that I also sent letters of praise to those whom I found being of great support towards me. There was a dentist who did magic with my teeth and I thanked him ten years later. Same with a guy who was a photographer, teaching me the basics of analog photography. I made past journeys to places where I once have been and met good people to meet them one more time.

I am now in my fifties, and you?
Greetings from Germany.