yeah, i hate those glass-jawed drunks too! thanks for understanding! just last night i was at a bar and couldn't even finish my new thomas pynchon book because william trevor kept wanting to TALK to me! what was he thinking?
seriously though, if you want to brutally attack one of the great stylists of the american short story since carver, you should take some more time understanding the essence of these stories. you have made no mention of the spine of almost all of wolff's writing, something that differentiates him from the pack you assume him to be a part of; these stories have morals. some can be preachy, true, but they are present and important. how many other writers structure their ideas around a real human decision in an unclear situation, and follow the effects of those decisions? his grasp of classical ethics and religious values seeps through these pages, and i am sorry for you that you have missed the point.
also, i know you have to crank these out under pressure, but did that pathetic, overworked metaphor really sound good to you? good enough to come back to in classic seventh grade essay form? come on. glass houses, buddy.