Rude people? Don’t get me started. Just the other day some jerk, JBX-5308 you know who you are, tossed a Hardees wrapper out his window and left cheese paper streaks on my windshield!

Or how about my lawn that magically reacquires leaves the day after I rake it, while my neighbor’s formerly cluttered lawn is suddenly leaf free?

What about that waitress in the Fan that sent the manager after me claiming I stiffed her on a tip when in fact I gave over 20%?

And what about all you poor souls out there who have had far, far worse happen to you? If only there was a place where you could share your unpleasant incidents with others, warning them ahead of time of the evils that await them.

You could put everything into your own blog, but that doesn’t get the degree of exposure that the crime committed against you deserves. Miss Manners (unitedfeatures.com) is also a possibility, but she is far too constructive, and all we really want to do is vent, right?! So instead, you might turn to one of the following web sites.

Start with RottenNeighbor.com where you can nark on your niggling neighbors’ misdeeds. Unfortunately, it looks like most of the complaints thus far are for neighbors that don’t cut their grass frequently enough. I personally was hoping for a lot more dirt on Dumbarton.

Avoid road rage and save your irritation at that idiot in the Impala for PlateWire.com. Just get the license plate of the atrocious auto and give them a virtual ticket. Then, be sure to search for yourself, because the reason they cut you off could be that they thought you were going too slow in the left lane, and they have already ticketed you.

When it comes to general goods and services, a couple of websites may meet your needs. Consumerist.com and My3Cents.com permit you to tell your customer service horror stories. These generally focus on in-store fiascos and astonishingly long matches of menu-option roulette with a company’s 1-800 Customer Service line. “Press 8 to give us the middle finger.”

What about that trip of torture last year to Tanzania? Just about all of the major players (Orbitz, Expedia, et al.) offer you the ability to post reviews of places you stayed, but what about restaurants, tour guides and other activities? In this territory TripAdvisor (www.tripadvisor.com) is my trusted source. But also check out tripbuddy.com and virtualtourist.com to see if their style is more to your liking.

Finally, the mother of all review sites is probably Epinions.com. They cover just about everything. From Apple iPods to Zocor, you’ll probably find it here. They also have sig-nificant travel, restaurant, and banking sections.

Now keep in mind, all of these sites are not just a place to vent. If all we ever read were bad reviews, no one would ever buy anything or go anywhere. Hmm, come to think of it, this sounds strikingly similar to the strategy of the current batch of presidential candi-dates, as they bash each other relentlessly. And now I don’t like any of them.

Anyway, my point was, don’t just report the bad, but let us all know about the good stuff too. Like that guy who let me turn left programs and data right here on Earth.