I will admit that I am a terrible customer. I am stubborn, old-fashioned, cheap and private. I hate giving up more than is necessary to purchase something. That being said let's go back to a couple of recent experiences I had at the Target regarding medicine.
Me: I'm here to pick up a prescription for my wife
Them: What is her name?
Me: !@#$$%%%YTJKESLEJ JDKLLFJDSLKFJDS
Them: Ok let me look it up (they look it up). Ok, please sign this.
Me: Ok (I sign and walk out)
The next day at the pharmacy I buy cough medicine. A few minutes later I get a call from the wife, Make sure you get the non-drowsy.
Me: ooops.
At this I promptly return the drowsy and buy non-drowsy at the register. Here was my experience at the register.
Them: (Scan cough medicine) could we see your I.D. ?
Me: Sure (I show my I.D. as if I were a 20 year old college student trying to quickly get into the bar).
Them: (Take the scanner to scan my driver’s license.
Me: No. (I pull my I.D. back) What do you need to do that for?
Them: It’s cough medicine so we need to have scan your I.D.
Me: No. It is a non prescription medication, you don’t need to see my I.D.
Them: I’ll ask the manager.
Them: (The manager) We need to verify your age to sell this item.
Me: Why? It is a non-prescription medication.
Them: It has alcohol.
Me: I bought at the pharmacy 10 minutes ago and they did not ask to see my age.
Them: We need to verify your age.
Me: I’m 74.
Them: (Evil look)
Me: I’m 32. You do not need to see my I.D.
Them: We need to see your ID so we can enter a birth date to complete the sale.
Me: My birthday is 54/68/9012
So I’m confused. If you get a prescription medication for someone other than yourself, you need no I.D. You buy virtually the same item at the pharmacy, no I.D. You buy an item at the register they want to record every piece of information about you. Stupid.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
New Direction....
It has been more than 2 years since my last post. I know all you avid readers were extremely disappointed. However, I am back for as long as I can sustain my current energies and desires for writing this blog. I continue to hate businesses that cheat you including my encounter today at Staples, where they had some inexplicable way of calculating a coupon for a computer program and factoring it into another purchase for a seperate product. We did get it straightened out, but I really do subscribe to the KISS method of things (for those who don't know KISS, it stands for Keep It Simple Stupid).
I heard once that Warren Buffet does not invest with anything which can not be explained in a few minutes. If you have to explain to me who you assessed your coupon with my purchase, i seems that someone is benefitting while someone else is getting screwed.
While I will still point out the fact that ice cream companies are now charging the same price and giving you less and other improprieties, I have come to the conclusion that local news agencies, i.e the local news carries about 5 stories. The circumstances of each story is different, but the basic premise is the same. As a result I will be following WBAL TV news for the forseeable future (see my note above) and count what the headline story is.
My guess is that over the next period of time, the local headlines will be classified into one of the following categories:
Murder, Fire, Weather, and/or Holiday "festivities", local politics. So, we commence with this strange endevour.
:)
I heard once that Warren Buffet does not invest with anything which can not be explained in a few minutes. If you have to explain to me who you assessed your coupon with my purchase, i seems that someone is benefitting while someone else is getting screwed.
While I will still point out the fact that ice cream companies are now charging the same price and giving you less and other improprieties, I have come to the conclusion that local news agencies, i.e the local news carries about 5 stories. The circumstances of each story is different, but the basic premise is the same. As a result I will be following WBAL TV news for the forseeable future (see my note above) and count what the headline story is.
My guess is that over the next period of time, the local headlines will be classified into one of the following categories:
Murder, Fire, Weather, and/or Holiday "festivities", local politics. So, we commence with this strange endevour.
:)
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
What is the dumbest invention ever?
I was watching the History Channel yesterday and was sucked into their show "80s tech". It was a bit nostalgic, but I do remember cool toys, Simon, Rubik’s cube and other gadgets of the 80s. How can you beat a true floppy disc, the transformation from records to tapes to compact discs and the beta vs. VHS war? Man, I loved the 80s. The end of the show summarized 80s technology at its best. All of our current technology has its roots in the 80s.
Fast forward to today. My wife has been begging me to finish raking the leaves, a job that I am not fond of. Being that I work through the course of the fall, the leaves tend to take a back seat. In an effort to get me to finish raking the leaves, my wife borrowed, what could be the dumbest invention ever….
From the picture, you can see the dumbest invention ever... the leaf blower. What is the point of this apparatus? I’m not really sure. I think that it is to rapidly move leaves into a large pile. However it is so strong and powerful all it did was ruin my lawn and create a bigger mess. The point of raking is to collect all the leaves and bag them. With a rake this task can easily and quickly be accomplished. With a leaf blower you create a mess.
How does this thing work? Take a vacuum cleaner and turn the switch from “suck” to “blow”. All you do is create a bigger mess. In all honesty wouldn’t we just be better off with a leaf vacuum? We have lawn mowers that collect the grass as we cut, and vacuum cleaners to collect dust. Surely we have the technology to create a leaf vacuum.
What is the dumbest invention ever? In my opinion it is the leaf blower. I will take suggestions.
Note: The second worst invention is the GPS, but that is a discussion for another day.
Fast forward to today. My wife has been begging me to finish raking the leaves, a job that I am not fond of. Being that I work through the course of the fall, the leaves tend to take a back seat. In an effort to get me to finish raking the leaves, my wife borrowed, what could be the dumbest invention ever….
From the picture, you can see the dumbest invention ever... the leaf blower. What is the point of this apparatus? I’m not really sure. I think that it is to rapidly move leaves into a large pile. However it is so strong and powerful all it did was ruin my lawn and create a bigger mess. The point of raking is to collect all the leaves and bag them. With a rake this task can easily and quickly be accomplished. With a leaf blower you create a mess.
How does this thing work? Take a vacuum cleaner and turn the switch from “suck” to “blow”. All you do is create a bigger mess. In all honesty wouldn’t we just be better off with a leaf vacuum? We have lawn mowers that collect the grass as we cut, and vacuum cleaners to collect dust. Surely we have the technology to create a leaf vacuum.
What is the dumbest invention ever? In my opinion it is the leaf blower. I will take suggestions.
Note: The second worst invention is the GPS, but that is a discussion for another day.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
I'm a pepper, your a pepper
He's a pepper, she's a pepper, we're all a pepper.
When I was a young kid I had the coolest Dr. Pepper T-shirt. It had puffy letters. I liked Dr. Pepper since then.
For all Dr. Pepper fans, there is a free giveaway, but you have to be quick. You have another 8 hours to receive a coupon for a free Dr. Pepper. Why? It all has to do with Chinese democracy, Guns N Roses new album. Check out the whole deal here.
When I was a young kid I had the coolest Dr. Pepper T-shirt. It had puffy letters. I liked Dr. Pepper since then.
For all Dr. Pepper fans, there is a free giveaway, but you have to be quick. You have another 8 hours to receive a coupon for a free Dr. Pepper. Why? It all has to do with Chinese democracy, Guns N Roses new album. Check out the whole deal here.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Phil Elson for play by play man
I'm always sorry to see a beloved announcer go. I hated Myron Cope's last seasons as he was not himself. I was also disappointed by the attempted coup of Mike Lange. Now that Lanny Fratere is retiring I am asking that everyone support Phil Elson for play by play man. Granted I haven't had a conversation with him since my days at Emma Kauffman Camp, I would be great to have an accomplished member of the tribe (not the Indians) and local boy calling the play by play of the Bucs. See below for his upside.
Phil -- I hope this is your dream job and please throw your hat into the ring!
Friday, June 20, 2008
Turkish National anthem
Did you know that the Turkish National Anthem is "The Independence March"? Am I the only one who finds this slightly ironic considering the Ottomon Turk's long history of controlling vast territory throughout the world?
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Sisqu files suit over thong!!!
Ok so Sisqu really is not suing anyone, at least that I know of. Sisqu is known for the "thong song" a hit song several years ago, but there may be a resurgence of this song. Why? Well that is because Macrida Patterson is suing Victoria's Secret over "faulty underwear". What!! You read correctly. Check the link below: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#25258620
First of all I have to say how silly this really is. Apparently Ms. Patterson was wearing a "decorative thong". I'm not exactly sure there is a thing called "decorative thong", but if there is, it has to be of sexual nature. Is she a prostitute?
The thong apparently was faulty. I can think of several ways that underwear can be faulty. Not wiping your ass incorrectly leaves shit stains. That is faulty. Holes in your underwear are also faulty. However, wearing your underwear as you gain weight is your fault. According to Ms. Patterson a "metal" part of her underwear flew and scratched her eye. Why. I go with the too fat scenario. Why did you need metal in your underwear again?
According to her attorney the underwear was faulty in its design and manufacture. Is that really possible?
Too Much info? Probably. However, in an unmatched journalistic moment, Meredith Viera asked those tough questions. You know those questions Tim Russert was known to ask.
"How many times did you wear this underwear"? "Did you launder your underwear"?
Ms. Patterson's answer; “No Meredith, I wore it like maybe once, like, no, maybe twice". She further states that she has "a lot of underwear from Victoria’s Secret so I didn't have to wear it a lot".
One week supply? Two week supply? We need to know.
In this hard-hitting case and through Meredith Viera's top notch journalistic skills we also learned that Victoria's Secret actually asked for the "defective underwear" so that they could analyze it. EEEEEWWWWWW gross. The young pup lawyer denied because he wanted to keep the evidence. Why? Don't you know that your chance of getting a Victoria's Secret model has just rapidly deteriorated?
In one of the greatest lines I have ever hear the young pup lawyer responds to Viera's "How much money do you want"? By stating "This case is definitely about protecting the consumer from ah you know being exposed to and being harmed from these potential products"
That is definitely code for "the closest I will ever be to seeing a naked women has to be locating all women who have purchased this product in hopes that one of them will try it on in front of me!!!"
In closing the young pup attorney slips up by stating "we want to make sure that Vict... ah Macrida Patterson (Ms. Patterson shoots a dirty look) is fully redressed for her grievous injury".
In all honesty this is the dumbest lawsuit since the McDonald's "I can't believe coffee hot suit"
First of all I have to say how silly this really is. Apparently Ms. Patterson was wearing a "decorative thong". I'm not exactly sure there is a thing called "decorative thong", but if there is, it has to be of sexual nature. Is she a prostitute?
The thong apparently was faulty. I can think of several ways that underwear can be faulty. Not wiping your ass incorrectly leaves shit stains. That is faulty. Holes in your underwear are also faulty. However, wearing your underwear as you gain weight is your fault. According to Ms. Patterson a "metal" part of her underwear flew and scratched her eye. Why. I go with the too fat scenario. Why did you need metal in your underwear again?
According to her attorney the underwear was faulty in its design and manufacture. Is that really possible?
Too Much info? Probably. However, in an unmatched journalistic moment, Meredith Viera asked those tough questions. You know those questions Tim Russert was known to ask.
"How many times did you wear this underwear"? "Did you launder your underwear"?
Ms. Patterson's answer; “No Meredith, I wore it like maybe once, like, no, maybe twice". She further states that she has "a lot of underwear from Victoria’s Secret so I didn't have to wear it a lot".
One week supply? Two week supply? We need to know.
In this hard-hitting case and through Meredith Viera's top notch journalistic skills we also learned that Victoria's Secret actually asked for the "defective underwear" so that they could analyze it. EEEEEWWWWWW gross. The young pup lawyer denied because he wanted to keep the evidence. Why? Don't you know that your chance of getting a Victoria's Secret model has just rapidly deteriorated?
In one of the greatest lines I have ever hear the young pup lawyer responds to Viera's "How much money do you want"? By stating "This case is definitely about protecting the consumer from ah you know being exposed to and being harmed from these potential products"
That is definitely code for "the closest I will ever be to seeing a naked women has to be locating all women who have purchased this product in hopes that one of them will try it on in front of me!!!"
In closing the young pup attorney slips up by stating "we want to make sure that Vict... ah Macrida Patterson (Ms. Patterson shoots a dirty look) is fully redressed for her grievous injury".
In all honesty this is the dumbest lawsuit since the McDonald's "I can't believe coffee hot suit"
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Sweden vs. Russia
The last day of group play puts Sweden vs Russia. The Russian need a win while the Swedes need a draw or win to advance. So who am I choosing? Let's compare the two.
Top Swedish Model: Caroline Winberg seen on the left.
Top Russian Model: Anna Kournikova seen to the right
Top Russian Model: Anna Kournikova seen to the right
Advantage: Russia
National Anthem singing:
Advantage: Russia
Sweden's greatest player: Henrick Larsson
Russian's greatest player: Lev Yashin (is he Jewish?)
advantage: Sweden
National Anthem singing:
advantage Sweden (zlatan ibrahimovic you are hanging out with malouda way too much... naughty, naughty)
Coolest name: Yuri Zhirkov (Pronounced zorkoff, which sounds similar to jerkoff) advantage Russia
Swedish Flag:
Russian Flag:
Advantage: Tie - You can't go wrong with red, white and blue, but you have to admit there is just something cool about the Swedish flag.
Best international business
Sweden: IKEA
Sweden: IKEA
Russia: Smirnoff
Furniture vs. drunkenness? Who is badder? I don't know many funiture manufacterers that woulc survive a drunk. Ask any WVU or Boston sports fan.
Advantage: Russia
Musician:
Russia: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sweden: Abba
Advantage: Russia
Top female athlete:
Russia: Maria Sharapova
Sweden: Annika sorenstam
Russia
Obvioiusly you get the point who won this game.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
World Cup Finals Retmatch....live
I'm anxious to see which game(s) will be shown today. As I have already shared, I'm a huge fan of the Dutch, but I can't imagine that the Italy vs. French game would not be shown. It is Italy/France...I'm happy with that.
Will we see any head buts?
Pregame... I've decided I want to see Italy win. I have based this solely on the Italian team's singing ability. Who wouldn't want to cheer for a team who is singing "with great gusto" their team's national anthem and the Italians have crazier hair although they do lack creativity with their hair dues. Antonio Cassano is starting. I saw him when he played as an 18 year old for A.S. Roma. His play caused the only "Mamma Mia" uttered during my stay in Italy. He's a big time player, who hasn't lived up to his potential.
Even though Malouda is not playing (he must have been pulled because he doesn't know the national anthem), it appears that they have inserted new guys who do not know their national anthem. Additionally there is no one with crazy hair. Is the most creative French item "French fries"?The coin toss is exiting.
The referee is Ľuboš Michĕl from Slovakia. Being that I have seen him referee Champions League games I think he is good.
9th minute -Frank Ribery is injured. That is too bad since he has been playing well. He has been substituted for Nasri is in the game. This isn't good for France. Romania vs. Netherlands 0-0
18th minute - Evra picks up a yellow card for a late challenge.
19th minute Gavou's shot goes wide. Henry is mad it wasn't a cross to him. 24 minute - Eric Adibal is sent off for taking Luca Toni down in the box
25th minute - Pirlo converts the penalty by blasting the ball in the upper 90. Raymond Domenech looks really confused. I'm sure Raymond Domenech is asking "Does France offer unemployment?” The French take off Nasri. Has he set the record for shortest time played in a Euro game?
28th minute - Di Rossi blasts a shot over the crossbar. The French are in disarray. I can't imagine French winning. Luca Toni almost converts and off balance flick to goal.
30th minute - Luca Toni looks like a champ. Andy Gray pisses me off. He is really irritating and constantly negative. I hate his accent too. Where the hell is he from? Please take away his Visa and send him back to wherever he came from.
34th minute - Henry misses his chance. Netherlands 0 Romania 0. Cassano has not touched the ball.
37th minute - Cassano has to trek back to touch the ball.
38th minute - Free kick directly into the Italian wall, 3 feet from the ground. They need to bring me in as a free kick specialist. I think I can play longer than Nasri.
43rd - Di Rossi is fouled near the top of the box. Let's hope they can strike it better than the French. Awesome strike, the French goalkeeper touches it just enough so that it deflects off the post, but ball does not go in.
45th minute - Pirlo is booked. He has to sit out the next game.
Stoppage time - another booking against the Italians.
We're back in action. Govou is book for a challange on Cassano who appears to slowly become involved in the game.
54th minute - Gattuso is booked. There is really very little going on this half. Pirlo is subbed. Ambrossini is now on. I hope he lasts longer than Nasri. Netherlands 0 Romania 0.
GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL!!!!! Dutch 1 Romania 0.
62nd minute GOAL!!! - Di Rossi puts one in!! Italy 2 France 0!!!
Perrotta is out Camoranesi is in!
Govou is out. Truthfully I think he sucks. Nicholas Anelka is in. The French appear to be going all out. Things are looking very grim. Domenech has his agent on the line and is asking how much his unemployment checks are going to be.
68th minute there is an injury and they show some hot Italian chicks on TV.
70th minute - Cassano is fouled and is injured. More Hot Italian chicks are shown. Cassano has been fouled 4 times today.
72nd minute - another booking Boumsong (i think). What a terrible name. My suggestion is to rename yourself the thong song.
74th - The French aren't giving up. Benzema has a nice shot on goal. Nice save by Buffon.
85th minute - Henry is booked. Man these two sides hate each other.
Stoppage time - Barring any miracle it appears that Italy will win. Again Luca Tonie with an awesome strike. Game over.
Netherlands 2 Romania 0
Post game - There is nothing better than Ruud Gullit's quote about his appearance in 1988. "I looked like a porn star".
Will we see any head buts?
Pregame... I've decided I want to see Italy win. I have based this solely on the Italian team's singing ability. Who wouldn't want to cheer for a team who is singing "with great gusto" their team's national anthem and the Italians have crazier hair although they do lack creativity with their hair dues. Antonio Cassano is starting. I saw him when he played as an 18 year old for A.S. Roma. His play caused the only "Mamma Mia" uttered during my stay in Italy. He's a big time player, who hasn't lived up to his potential.
Even though Malouda is not playing (he must have been pulled because he doesn't know the national anthem), it appears that they have inserted new guys who do not know their national anthem. Additionally there is no one with crazy hair. Is the most creative French item "French fries"?The coin toss is exiting.
The referee is Ľuboš Michĕl from Slovakia. Being that I have seen him referee Champions League games I think he is good.
9th minute -Frank Ribery is injured. That is too bad since he has been playing well. He has been substituted for Nasri is in the game. This isn't good for France. Romania vs. Netherlands 0-0
18th minute - Evra picks up a yellow card for a late challenge.
19th minute Gavou's shot goes wide. Henry is mad it wasn't a cross to him. 24 minute - Eric Adibal is sent off for taking Luca Toni down in the box
25th minute - Pirlo converts the penalty by blasting the ball in the upper 90. Raymond Domenech looks really confused. I'm sure Raymond Domenech is asking "Does France offer unemployment?” The French take off Nasri. Has he set the record for shortest time played in a Euro game?
28th minute - Di Rossi blasts a shot over the crossbar. The French are in disarray. I can't imagine French winning. Luca Toni almost converts and off balance flick to goal.
30th minute - Luca Toni looks like a champ. Andy Gray pisses me off. He is really irritating and constantly negative. I hate his accent too. Where the hell is he from? Please take away his Visa and send him back to wherever he came from.
34th minute - Henry misses his chance. Netherlands 0 Romania 0. Cassano has not touched the ball.
37th minute - Cassano has to trek back to touch the ball.
38th minute - Free kick directly into the Italian wall, 3 feet from the ground. They need to bring me in as a free kick specialist. I think I can play longer than Nasri.
43rd - Di Rossi is fouled near the top of the box. Let's hope they can strike it better than the French. Awesome strike, the French goalkeeper touches it just enough so that it deflects off the post, but ball does not go in.
45th minute - Pirlo is booked. He has to sit out the next game.
Stoppage time - another booking against the Italians.
We're back in action. Govou is book for a challange on Cassano who appears to slowly become involved in the game.
54th minute - Gattuso is booked. There is really very little going on this half. Pirlo is subbed. Ambrossini is now on. I hope he lasts longer than Nasri. Netherlands 0 Romania 0.
GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL!!!!! Dutch 1 Romania 0.
62nd minute GOAL!!! - Di Rossi puts one in!! Italy 2 France 0!!!
Perrotta is out Camoranesi is in!
Govou is out. Truthfully I think he sucks. Nicholas Anelka is in. The French appear to be going all out. Things are looking very grim. Domenech has his agent on the line and is asking how much his unemployment checks are going to be.
68th minute there is an injury and they show some hot Italian chicks on TV.
70th minute - Cassano is fouled and is injured. More Hot Italian chicks are shown. Cassano has been fouled 4 times today.
72nd minute - another booking Boumsong (i think). What a terrible name. My suggestion is to rename yourself the thong song.
74th - The French aren't giving up. Benzema has a nice shot on goal. Nice save by Buffon.
85th minute - Henry is booked. Man these two sides hate each other.
Stoppage time - Barring any miracle it appears that Italy will win. Again Luca Tonie with an awesome strike. Game over.
Netherlands 2 Romania 0
Post game - There is nothing better than Ruud Gullit's quote about his appearance in 1988. "I looked like a porn star".
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Euro 2008
Now that I am spending more time at home during the day, I have more time to watch soccer. I love watching the "Orange" (I call them the Orange Crush) aka the Netherlands kick some ass. I have been a fan of the Dutch since the days of Koeman bothers and Dennis Bergkamp in the early 90s when they knocked Britain out of the '94 World Cup. Their trumping of both finalists from the 2006 World Cup is quite impressive and I hope they continue this awesome display.
Watching these games has lead me to ponder a few things.
1. Why is the Dutch national anthem called William of Nassau? Why not call it something that shows it's strong history? Here are some suggestions. "Ode to Peter Stuyvesant" or "Glory Dutch East India Company"?
2. Why do the Dutch wear orange when the national colors are red, white and blue? Why does Italy wear blue when their national colors are green, white, and red?
3. Does the Spanish national anthem have any words? None of the players were singing their national anthem when it was playing.
4. Does Florent Malouda know the French national anthem. He was the lone Frenchman not singing when it was playing prior to yesterday's game.
5. Why aren't there any strange hairdues? I always look forward to the "crazy dues". Can you beat these dues from the 2002?
taribo west
Watching these games has lead me to ponder a few things.
1. Why is the Dutch national anthem called William of Nassau? Why not call it something that shows it's strong history? Here are some suggestions. "Ode to Peter Stuyvesant" or "Glory Dutch East India Company"?
2. Why do the Dutch wear orange when the national colors are red, white and blue? Why does Italy wear blue when their national colors are green, white, and red?
3. Does the Spanish national anthem have any words? None of the players were singing their national anthem when it was playing.
4. Does Florent Malouda know the French national anthem. He was the lone Frenchman not singing when it was playing prior to yesterday's game.
5. Why aren't there any strange hairdues? I always look forward to the "crazy dues". Can you beat these dues from the 2002?
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