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Random Pictures
Posted in State College, Uncategorized, tagged best buddies, captions, cats, dogs, possums, Random Photos on December 30, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Things that make me shudder inside
Posted in Lifes Observations, Small town life, State College, tagged Annoyed, bloggers, Kevin And Pat in the Morning, Qwick rock on December 13, 2010| 4 Comments »
This is akin to things that annoy me, only they really don’t annoy me, they just make me roll my eyes:
The term ‘Ink Pen’
Them: “May I borrow your ink pen?”
Me: “Sure would you like some pulp paper as well?”
The Phrase, ‘In my life’ as in:
Them :”Never in my life as I seen such a thing!”
Me: “Really have you seen it in somebody elses life?”
3-6 of ‘Angry Birds’
Oh, I not only beat it, but I conquered it. But it took way to long to accomplish something so utterly stupid.
Phrase, ‘It doesn’t take a rocket scientists’
Why do we even have rocket science? It seems nothing takes rocket science. I am beginning to wonder if rocket science actually takes rocket scientist.
Long Story Short:
unfortunately I am guilty of saying this as well. But seriously if you are using the statement, ‘long story short’ your story is already 3 words too long.
I was recently reminded that you can’t have a light without a dark to stick it in. So to keep things balanced the following is something I enjoy.
Troy Craig is one of my favourite bloggers. I would love to be able to write the way that he does. I first learned of Troy while he was working as a DJ on a local radio program, ‘Qwik Rock’. Now he has taken some time to go and teach English as a second language in Korea, but he keeps us informed on his wonderful blog. Today the title of his latest post has quickly risen to the top of my favourite phrase list, Hurricane of Stupid.
Troy, although I’ve never met him personally, fits in with my, small town life theme. A friend of mine Kevin Nelson is a long time DJ (Kevin and Pat in the morning). who works for the same company that owned both ‘Kevin and Pat in the Morning’ and ‘Qwick Rock’. The marketing Director where I work, used to be the marketer for Troy’s show and is also friends with both Troy and Kevin. It really is a small town.
So, You Had A Bad Day.
Posted in humour, Lifes Observations, State College, tagged Banking, check cashing, communities, customers on September 28, 2010| 2 Comments »
This should probably have been titled Street Urchins Part Four, but it is not. It is titled, So You Had a Bad Day.
Saturdays at the bank were particularly slow, as a result we had one desk person (who takes on a supervisory role) and two tellers. Check cashing at the bank was very strict, we had to be connected to the person cashing the check or the check itself, meaning the check either had to be drawn on the bank from an account in good standing, or the person had to be a customer in good standing. The following happened on a Saturday and started about 11:30 and lasted an agonizing 20 minutes.
The Painter:
I have decided to leave out the colorful swearing that the Painter liberally infused in his speech. Suffice it to say that every second word was not pleasant. He was loud, he smelled and his breath was horrific.
The painter handed me the check he wanted cashed. The second thing I noticed about the check was that it was not drawn on our bank; The first thing I noticed was that it was written in crayon:
“Sir,” I asked, knowing the answer, ‘Do you happen to have an account with us?”
“No, but you have to cash this check”
‘Sir, I am very sorry but I cannot cash this check…”
“You have to THIS IS AMERICA”
Obviously he knew by my ever present Canadian accent that I was not from America.
“Sir, please let me explain the probl…”
“THIS IS AMERICA! You have to cash my check, I worked for it, I deserve it that money belongs to me! You cash it right now!”
“Sir I…”
“You cash the check! Are you an idiot? What don’t you understand?”
Here I have to point out, bank tellers don’t make a lot of money, certainly not enough to tolerate abuse.
“listen to me for jus…”
“American Money! This is legal tender it is as good as cash, now cash the check now”
“Sir, if you interrupt me again I’m calling the police, plain and simple, a check is not as good as cash, the only thing as good as cash is cash, it is not legal tender it is a check. Legal documents such as a check must be signed in ink not crayon. I can’t make out the signature, the check is not from our bank, and you are not a customer here….”
“I worked for that, hard-earned money!”
“I understand, I suggest you go back to the employer and get cash, or a check drawn fro…”
“Why? Just cash my check now”
At this point the desk person, Kim, had come up behind the teller line and was standing at the teller window next to mine, phone in hand, giving me the questioning look.
“Sir, it is enough, one of two things are going to happen, you are either going to leave on your own, or I’m calling the police.”
“Why can’t you cash it? You can cash it, you have to cash it, it is the law”
“Sir, I have tried to explain why, and you keep interrupting, you can explain the law to the police when they arrive.”
At which point he glanced over at Kim who started to dial. For some odd reason he decided to show Kim and I his middle finger, and if you ask me there was nothing special about his finger, except it had paint on it. And with that, he left the bank.
The following Monday he walked back into the bank and waited for me to finish with my customer. As he walked over I picked up the phone. It was Monday, Monday’s are my, ‘I don’t have any patience for crap’ days, (so are Tuesday through Friday):
“Sorry about Saturday it was a bad day and I wasn’t thinking.”
“Yeah, we all have ’em.” I never did see him again.
Experience in Dining
Posted in Lifes Observations, Small town life, State College, tagged bad service, Denny's, Food, restaurants, State College, Waffle shop on May 15, 2010| 2 Comments »
The Waffle Shop is a very trendy breakfast/lunch restaurant here in State College. The food is always good and there is always a line to get inside. My wife and I decided to take Friday off work and thought what the heck, let’s go to the Waffle Shop after all the french fries are to die for. Due to the lines to get in and the noisy atmosphere the last time we dinned there was about a year ago.
As predicted, there was a line but it wasn’t too long. The first change we noticed was that they had installed a large flat screen TV over the cash so those waiting in line would have something to watch. Naturally the only thing that was showing on the TV was one long commercial for the Waffle Shop. I thought this odd seeing as we have never seen the commercial on TV and we were already in the restaurant, so what exactly was the point?
So we waited, and watched the annoying loop of the smiling chef flippin’ eggs, but really it was okay, we had fun watching the people. Finally the hostess who was standing about halfway into the restaurant pointed at us and then pointed to a table, ah yes, nothing in the world beats that personalized level of service. The table was set for one and I figured they are busy I’m sure they will get me flatware and some napkins, not a problem. We ordered our food and waited. I started to get a little annoyed as they seated us next to a wall that was about waist-high, it was more like a solid partition. There was not enough room for a person to pass by the back of my chair and the wall yet both wait staff and patrons alike managed to do just that and the wall was unforgiving. I can’t tell you how many time the back of my chair was bumped. Of course the way the tables were scattered there was no alternative route to the back of the restaurant, the kitchen and the front of the restaurant I must say it was an absolutely brilliant design.
When our food came the first thing that was apparent was the change in french fries. No longer did they serve steak fries now they serve wimpy little fries, to the credit of our waitress she did go to the kitchen to check if anything could be done and of course nothing could be done. She asked us if there was anything else she could get for us. Seeing as I don’t enjoy eating coleslaw with my fingers I asked for some flatware. I do enjoy a good fork now and again.
The Philly Cheese steak I ordered was a far cry from a PHILLY cheese steak but non the less it was very good. The hoagie that my wife ordered was also very good, except for the fries I really have no complaints against the food.
Too add to our dining experience a large party needed to be seated in an already crowded restaurant, but where do you seat a large group of people in an already crowded restaurant? No problem, not for the able staff at the Waffle Shop. One manager and a waitress lifted the empty table that was on our left and proceeded to lift it OVER OUR HEADS to the point where I had to duck so I didn’t get hit in the head by one of the steel legs, Lucky for me I was forced to duck as now I was able to cover my food with my head and shoulders to protect my food from anything that might fall from the underside of the table that was being transported OVER my head while we ate!
Trying to keep on a positive note I figured, “hey, at least I have the next topic for my blog” So you know what Waffle Shop? You can keep your fancy flat screen TV set, your lines, your pay by cash or check only, you can even keep your trendy preppy patrons and your crappy wimpy assed french fries. As for me? I’m going back to Denny’s where they don’t lift tables over your head while you eat.
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