On his Facebook page, Sam Taylor (who'll soon be turning in his reporter notebook to become city clerk at Ferndale, Wash.) offered a pet peeve, which I share: "A pet peeve that I hope to never, ever EVER do myself when I leave journalism: Mention that I use to be a reporter when talking to a reporter because I disagree with how they wrote a story. Man alive it's annoying. And it's even worse when the person telling it to you 1) Only had experience writing briefly in college 2) Has been a college graduate for perhaps 20 years."

Question: Have you ever said something like that to a news reporter?