I’m not a frequent visitor to Dunkin Donuts, but we received a coupon book in the mail the other day and I decided I’d like to try the new Latte Lite since it was free. The woman who waited on me seemed to get really irritated that I was using a coupon to get a free beverage and she didn’t try to hide it. Even when Joe also ordered a donut, you could feel the hostility rolling off her. Doesn’t she realize a free 10 oz latte (which as Joe put it, you might as well slap a nipple on as it was smaller than a baby bottle) now, could mean several purchases later? I don’t see how it encourages customers to return when they are treated like a criminal for cashing in a coupon for a free beverage. But whatever. I won’t go back there for two reasons: 1) the latte sucked and 2) I don’t spend my money in establishments where the customer isn’t treated with friendliness.
Month: January 2006
5 4 Things
Shanni tagged me for this Meme I haven’t seen before. This one required a bit more thought than the last. In fact, I’ve been mulling this one over a couple of days now. I couldn’t decide if all my habits are weird, mundane, or insane. You decide.
1. At work, Outlook has to be the first program opened so it’s always the first program listed on the taskbar. If it get closed by mistake, I will immediately quit all other running programs even if I’m in the middle of something so I can restart it so it’s again “where it belongs”.
2. No matter how many times we watch The Wedding Singer, I always have to bitch and moan about the inconsistency of one scene where Robbie says, “That’s Julia’s jacket. She took it off at Insert-Name-Here Street. She said it’s not jacket weather anymore”. Why? Because it’s July-ish and it hasn’t been jacket weather for awhile. HELLO!
3. I have to keep the amount of used hard-drive space on the DVR below 30%. If it exceeds that number, I feel a pressing need to either watch what’s on the DVR or just delete some stuff to get it back below 30%. This is getting increasingly hard now that most of what we record is in HDTV and takes up more space. Incidentally, I have a similar obsession with my e-mail inbox at work. If there’s more than 20 messages in it I start to freak out and must do what I can to reduce that number before I can breathe easily again. I also have to clear out the computer’s trash can constantly.
4. I can’t sleep without first brushing my teeth. I used to think that was normal, but you’d be surprised how many people don’t brush their teeth before going to bed. Also, I really can’t go even a day without taking a shower. I feel completely dirty otherwise.
Ummm … I can’t think of anything else and I’m tired of this sitting in draft mode, so I’m sticking with 4 things. I will undoubtedly think of many more once this is published, I am sure of it. Oh well.
I tag the internet, so anyone is free to play along.
I want …
.. the Black and Decker ScumBuster.
… to see Clerks 2 now (I can’t wait)!!!
… two more days off.
Guess which one I won’t get? :(
Home ownership is fun (and expensive)!
While I’m talking about things that not working properly, I might as well mention our home is falling apart. Not really, but two freaky things happened this weekend.
Friday night Joe noticed our master bathroom ceiling was wet and soggy. That is never a good sign. He went up into the attic and thank god, the roof was not leaking. Turns out one of the connections on the sewer vent pipe came loose so water was dripping on the insulation for god knows how long and had finally soaked through the drywall. So now Joe has to cut a hole in the ceiling and replace a section of drywall. Not terribly expensive, thankfully.
Then this afternoon, Joe was in the laundry room starting a load of laundry when the furnace kicked on and a big fireball shot out from the vent. Um, not good. It scared him, understandably so since he was standing RIGHT next to it. So now we need to call someone to come take a look at it. I hope and pray it doesn’t result in a lot of money.
I bet Joe’s so glad he has tomorrow off work, huh? I’ll be at work missing out on all the “fun”.
Wireless Woes
Is it too much to ask for a wireless keyboard and mouse that works properly? I mean really, it’s not like they are $20. I paid $50 for this Microsoft desktop set this afternoon and the mouse is already acting up. The mouse pointer moves to the top of the screen on its own and I just got a notice claiming the battery level in the mouse isn’t good. Huh? I just installed batteries, and unless this unit has been sitting on the shelves for years, the batteries in the box should be fine. When I check the battery status in the software, it says the battery level is good too. I don’t get it.
I just can’t win, I tell you. In addition to the battery thing, the scroll wheel doesn’t perform smoothly like the Logitech did, and the keyboard is a little freaky the way the delete key is as large as two keys combined and the Insert key is in line with the F keys instead of the Backspace key. Is it really too much to ask for a normal operating mouse and keyboard? It’s either deal with this or go back to using the squeaky mouse. It really shouldn’t be this difficult to find a decent keyboard AND mouse.
If anyone has a recommendation, I’m all ears. I just want a plain black wireless keyboard and mouse. I don’t need fancy short-keys (they are nice, but not necessary). I don’t need my keys rearranged to what the manufacturer THINKS I will like. I just want the standard shit. How come when I bought corded models I never had these design problems? It’s retarded.