My gripe is that businesses (restaurants and clubs) that of course no longer allow smoking inside, yet when you leave the establishment, right outside the door is lined with smokers that form a cloud of smoke right out the door that chokes you till you get to your car.

They should be asked to smoke in their car or get at least 20 feet from the building. It would be appreciated.

— Anonymous

BBC America will air a wonderful series for a season, sometimes two, then suddenly stop and show something inferior. The series didn’t get canceled, but it’s hell to find elsewhere.

— Anonymous

Door pounding knocks. Use the doorbell! Also, no one must answer the door, the telephone etc. unless they choose to. Salesmen:

I do not even have to acknowledge you! I want to be left in peace.

— Anonymous

 Why must people with cell phones let their voicemail fill up and never empty it? You don’t often see someone with a real telephone and answering machine do this.

— Anonymous

My gripe is when you see on a windy, chilly day a young mother and father or significant other pushing a carriage down the street with their jackets and hats on, and yet the baby — the important one — has nothing on but a sleeveless T-shirt and diaper.

What’s wrong with this picture?

— Anonymous

My Gripe:

Stalkers! What is it with Maine’s high incidence of stalkers? Doesn’t anyone here deal with rejection?

I’ve lived elsewhere with no issues, but here is swarming with unhinged individuals.

— Anonymous

Gripe:

One-a-day calendars that combine Saturday with Sunday. Some of us have busy schedules and the weekend isn’t like it used to be.

People do work, schedule appointments, recreate, etc. Writing out a week’s plan can get cramped on the weekend.

— Anonymous

Funny how it seems like anyone can get a casino but the Indians, who have a well-thought-out long-term plan, their own land and the desire to give back to the community.

Instead, big business and out-of-staters, at that, get consideration we don’t even give to our own?

— Anonymous

My Gripe:

Reward programs that mail coupons after so many purchases or points are earned, but then the company decides to send those coupons only through email. You call customer service because you don’t have email.

They tell you to get it or lose the coupons, and the customer service rep is so heavily accented that you have trouble understanding them. You ask them to repeat themselves and they refuse. How is this good customer service?

— Anonymous

 My Gripe:

It’s never the day you feel great and look fly that someone drops in unannounced, it’s only on laundry day when you look and feel like death warmed over that someone stops in and usually tries to take your picture.

The second I get the flu, I’m apparently very popular!

— Anonymous

 My gripe:

I’m sitting in my living room, and it’s not near the road, and I can still hear vehicles’ obnoxious bass and feel the vibrations in my floor! I hope you end up as deaf as the people around you certainly will.

— Anonymous

People who don’t respect the length of time it takes the elderly to move or complete certain tasks.

— Anonymous