Rip-off @ MindSay

GM's new ploy. We all get the employee discount. What does this mean? What is the discount? And it doesn't apply to all new models. but if I were to work at GM what would I get? The same old discount? or would I get something even better? How about a supper employee discount. Or how about a gold coated-lead key chain?that could be nice.

I have purchased a 'Writer's Notebook'.


We'll see if I actually use it.

I had to keep one in a class Spring of 2006, and while it was slightly lame, it was also slightly cool.  And since I don't know where THAT one went, I have purchased a new marble notebook that I can decorate to my liking and will hopefully write little tidbits and some good things in.  Kind of like here, I guess ??


On an angry, lame sidenote, IN WHAT ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE DOES A COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK (one of those marble ones you used in elementary school)  COST $3.59!?!?!?!  I don't care if it has '3 subjects' (a whopping 20 pages more than a regular 1 subj. one does)... those things are like 59 cents usually.  Argh.  Minus 10, CVS.  Minus 10.

Ok, not sure this is happening in other cities, but I noticed this alarming trend:

If you DON"T ASK for condiments, they will NOT offer them to you.  Got mcnuggets for my kids today, and they came with NOTHING - not even ketchup. 

Then, if you ask for "too much" - they will charge you.  Like 10 cents for a package of sauce.

That's a sad way to make (by saving) money...

McDonald's was recently named the fast food restaurant with the best fries, with 63% of the vote. And I would agree, but ONLY under the following circumstances:

 

1. IF the fries are hot, which in my experience has only been a small percent of the time.

 

2. IF the fries are salted appropriately, which is usually never.

 

3. IF you get the correct portion, which is ALWAYS never.

 

McDonald's, amongst other chains, aren't as clued into the customer service satisfaction issue as they'd like to believe. If you don't believe me, think about the last few times you have gone through a drive through. Answer the following questions:

 

1. Was your order correct? (did you get everything you asked for, the WAY you asked for it?)

 

2. Did they ask you to "pull ahead and wait?" (they do this because they track customer ticket times. The second you leave their window, the computer considers your transaction to be complete. They couldn't care less how long you wait there after that, they'll make their bonuses based on what their computer says, not on how long any given customer is actually there.)

 

3. Was your order temperature appropriate? (Was the hot food hot and the cold food cold?)

 

4. Have you been frustrated because some (or all) of the previous questions were "NO" answers?

 

Drive through customers are treated as disposable. The people working the window know that you're on your way somewhere and aren't likely to return if the order is not correct. They'll gladly serve you fries that have been sitting there since their last "rush" and give you any old burger they want, even though you asked for something "special."

 

This INFURIATES me. I know, it's only fast food, but I'm PAYING for this crap and it's annoying!! What if I am allergic to something they put on there? And now I need to be somewhere but have opted to use their "convenient" drive through in order to obtain sustenance? It becomes glaringly and decidedly inconvenient when they don't give you what you asked for. It is downright absurd when they get the ENTIRE order wrong.

 

I have gone into these restaurants and watched their procedures. It goes a little something like this:

 

You place an order. For demo's sake, let's say you order the following:

Cheeseburger with no pickle

Fry

Shake

 

The person (if it is a slow period for them) who takes your money will then turn and put your fries in a bag and then put them into the "To Go" bag and sit that by the burger slide. Then they will go and get your shake (IF they have them).

Now you are at the mercy of the grill cook's speed and accuracy.

 

There are several things wrong with this scenario.

1. If you're handling money, you should NEVER be handling ANY type of food.

EVER.

Period.

 

2. Fries are the most time-sensitive item on any menu. They should be the LAST thing to go into the bag and shouldn't EVER be sitting under any heat lamp because there isn't any heat lamp that can keep them hot for any length of time.

 

3. A drink is a drink is a drink and should be the second-to-last thing to be gotten. Who wants a watered down soda or melty shake??

 

4. Hopefully you got a conscientious grill person and they didn't put the pickle on your burger. Hopefully.

 

If I were Queen, I would change the following:

 

1. Abolish the "ticket times" altogether.

 

2. Customers should not have to "pull ahead and wait" just because they don't have their feces cohesive in the kitchen.

 

3. If an order isn't correct that it should be free, as well as the next one.

 

THAT will make the "suits with calculators" understand exactly how "together" each unit *truly* is.

 

I am really not a cold-hearted customer. I realize that mistakes will be made and that, as a human, this is forgiveable. What's not forgiveable are *consistent* errors, and they are rampant in the fast food business.

I was thinking about selling a Star Wars figure collection I've had for about 30 years. I posted a brief inquiry on Craigslist and right away I got two replies. Cool, I thought. Then a got two more replies, and then another. My mail program shows mail that comes from the same source, and four of my replies had come from the same computer under different names and e-mail addresses. It looks to me like someone is trying to create a sense of false competition. I e-mailed the guy back and told him this. He denied it, of course.
Could I have been wrong??
I should consider my humilitycheck.

BTW, thanks to pimpmunk for the heads up on different themes. I found this cool Ireland theme. I'll use it for now.