A public restroom looks as if it's been flooded.

No one knows how to operate a mop?

After 11 days on the road I'm finally headed home. I stop for lunch and a "comfort" break. The restroom looks like it could have been lifted from the Titanic moments after impact with the iceberg. Now I'm not so hungry.

The only available arm cover up is a Tampa Bay Rays sleeve.

It did the job, but the Rays? Crikey.

On the road. Wearing a short sleeve shirt. A certain guest is about to show up, one I didn't expect on this day. If I had expected this particular guest I would have worn a long sleeved shirt. Thankfully someone has a solution, of sorts. A souvenir of a recent trip to a Rays' game. Problem is, I'm a Yankees fan. Compounding the problem, the Rays spanked the Yanks the night before, 7 - 0. But it beats facing this guest bare armed.

The clock-radio display is so bright I have to build a pillow fort to get to sleep.

I could perform open-heart surgery with the light from this clock-radio.

I just want to get a little sleep. I'm away from home, in a strange bed. My retinas are being fried from the bright blue display of the clock-radio. They could have saved a lot of money when they finally put those lights in at Wrigley Field. Three of these things would have been enough to illuminate the entire field.

Apple releases a new operating system that takes more space than I have available on my iPhone.

2.9 GB? My phone only has 8 total GB.

So I've been looking forward to Apple's new operating system, ios 7, and downloading it to my iPhone 4. I know, "an iPhone 4?" you're asking, "how 2010." But it was free when I upgraded, so I opted for the 4 instead of the 4S or the 5 because at heart I'm a cheap son of a gun. So now I have to either delete a boat load of stuff from my phone or continue operating under last decade's tech specs.

The outside key card reader won't read my key card

I'm staying in a hotel. I park closest to the door near my room. For my security that door is locked and can only be opened with my room key card. Now I don't if it's because this key card reader is outside, subject to the elements and its protective plastic cover has been broken off, allowing rain and dust to get inside the slot, but it never reads my key card on the first swipe. Or the fourth or the ninth. Sometimes the little light on it will flash red, sometimes it doesn't come on at all. I can swipe the key card fast, slow, with pressure pushing towards the reader or away from it. Doesn't seem to matter. It always takes at least 10 swipes to get that little light to flash green, signaling the door has unlocked and I can make my way to my room.