Let me start by saying that I am now working the evening shift. What exactly does this mean? I have alot more free time during the day to ponder it is that I ponder. It also means that I can go to various businesses like McDonald's and take them up on their free offerings.
I know that you all have been waiting for my review of the Southern Style Chicken Sandwich at McDonald's. With the purchase of a drink you are entitled to a FREE Southern Style Chicken Sandwich. Since I first hear of this great offering last weekend I was excited. The sandwich sounded good on the radio.
If only I did my research before hand.
According to McDonald's you can enjoy this:
Southern Style Chicken Sandwich --- All hail, the perfect sandwich. So simple, so juicy, so perfectly seasoned, lightly breaded all white meat chicken topped with two pickles and served on an oh, so steamy buttery tasting bun. ( http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/eat/features.html )
So how is this wonderful sandwich? Let me start off by saying this. If you enjoy rushing to the bathroom within 30 minutes of eating, this is the perfect sandwich for you. When I first got there I didn't realize that this was merely a chicken sandwich with pickles. I was quite disappointed in this. I pictured it to be very different. It wasn't. It was not even an original idea. I'm not quite sure how I McDonalds has been missing this simple idea for years?
Keep in mind that the chicken sandwich was not really free. I had to purcase a drink, which I guess is the only way that McD's actually can make some money off of eat this laxative. However instead of paying $1.06 for a pop, I had to pay $2.37 for a milkshake (which was rather tasy I have to admit). It should have been simple. Instead I ended up arguing the my server over whether my drink was a pop or soda (which costs $1.06) and got frustrated. She was able to understand "milkshake", so I paid $2.37 for that instead.
All in all if you are looking to purchase the new Southern Style Chicken Sandwich from McDonald's I urge you not to and stick with the quarter pounder and cheese or go directly to the closest Wendy's or Arby's.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Edge, Why Promote beards?
Ok, so the series is over and the Penguins lost. I am disappointed in their loss and seeing how close they were to tieing the game, but truthfully they were outplayed by a better team. It was still a great season. It was fun to watch a bunch of scruffy guys play with broken noses and other assorted injuries put their hearts on the line for the prize.
What I still have trouble understanind is Edge shaving cream company. If someone from this company reads this please answer the following questions:
What is with the Aloe commercial? I never understood the "Aloe commercial" other than the fact that they featured hot women.
Why are you promoting the "playoff beard"? Your business build on people consuming shaving cream, which means that people have to shave. Having silly promotions where we can monitor the players beards promote facial growth, meaning that you do not shave or use your product. Is this some sort of reverse psychology? Really I don't understand.
What I still have trouble understanind is Edge shaving cream company. If someone from this company reads this please answer the following questions:
What is with the Aloe commercial? I never understood the "Aloe commercial" other than the fact that they featured hot women.
Why are you promoting the "playoff beard"? Your business build on people consuming shaving cream, which means that people have to shave. Having silly promotions where we can monitor the players beards promote facial growth, meaning that you do not shave or use your product. Is this some sort of reverse psychology? Really I don't understand.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Mr. Tire
I would be remiss if I did not say anything about witnessing one of the greatest hockey games ever last evening. I did doze off a few times throughout the 2nd and 3rd overtimes, but I did witness multiple comebacks in this epic game and did catch Sykora's game winning goal. GO PENS.
Now to Mr. Tire here is a copy of a letter that I am sending their way:
Dear Mr. Tire,
I am very disappointed in the recent service I was provided with in a recent visit. I visited your store on _____________ Road in ________________, ___________ on Monday June 2 and was told that it would be a 2 hour wait to get my oil changed in my car. Because I felt that was an extraordinary time to wait I asked to set up an appointment. Your representative allowed me to set up an appointment for the following day. What I did not know was that despite the fact I had an appointment, I had to wait for an hour and a half for my car to be completed when I returned the next day. The oil change took 15 minutes, however my car sat in the parking lot for an hour before anyone moved it to the working station.
While I was upset at having to wait so long, I was more disgusted by the waiting area. The leaky ceiling, missing ceiling tile, buckets filled with water and the massive puddles were extremely painful to look at and listening to the constant dripping of water distracted me from doing the work that I brought with me. While I saved money by patronizing this store, your poor service and horrible appearance are shameful and I will likely take my business elsewhere opting to go more expensive place that offers quicker service and provides better accommodation in the customer waiting areas. I would appreciate it if you could please address these issues in the future.
Sincerely,
Mystery Man.
Now to Mr. Tire here is a copy of a letter that I am sending their way:
Dear Mr. Tire,
I am very disappointed in the recent service I was provided with in a recent visit. I visited your store on _____________ Road in ________________, ___________ on Monday June 2 and was told that it would be a 2 hour wait to get my oil changed in my car. Because I felt that was an extraordinary time to wait I asked to set up an appointment. Your representative allowed me to set up an appointment for the following day. What I did not know was that despite the fact I had an appointment, I had to wait for an hour and a half for my car to be completed when I returned the next day. The oil change took 15 minutes, however my car sat in the parking lot for an hour before anyone moved it to the working station.
While I was upset at having to wait so long, I was more disgusted by the waiting area. The leaky ceiling, missing ceiling tile, buckets filled with water and the massive puddles were extremely painful to look at and listening to the constant dripping of water distracted me from doing the work that I brought with me. While I saved money by patronizing this store, your poor service and horrible appearance are shameful and I will likely take my business elsewhere opting to go more expensive place that offers quicker service and provides better accommodation in the customer waiting areas. I would appreciate it if you could please address these issues in the future.
Sincerely,
Mystery Man.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Shame on you espn
So waking up at this early hour, I see very little on. I have seen one commercial for a Bra sale at Boscovs for anyone who cares, you know the 50 percent of Americans who likely wear one every day.
If you have not seen the Champions League final yet, and still want to, please stop reading.
Last night I watched 90 minutes, plus penalty kicks, of the Champions League final. This is one of the biggest sporting events in the world, yet ESPN managed to play the first 45 minutes and then picked it up at the 75th minute after halftime. I'm sure there are some creative editors out there who could have chopped player's rolling on the ground, and taking forever to get a goal kick in so that we could have seen the rest of the game. I do not believe that anything significant happened during that time, but don't play part of the game. By the way Manchester United won on Penalty kicks.
If you have not seen the Champions League final yet, and still want to, please stop reading.
Last night I watched 90 minutes, plus penalty kicks, of the Champions League final. This is one of the biggest sporting events in the world, yet ESPN managed to play the first 45 minutes and then picked it up at the 75th minute after halftime. I'm sure there are some creative editors out there who could have chopped player's rolling on the ground, and taking forever to get a goal kick in so that we could have seen the rest of the game. I do not believe that anything significant happened during that time, but don't play part of the game. By the way Manchester United won on Penalty kicks.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Thanks for the memories...
Which of the following is most irritating?
A) The service light of my car turns on and I have to go to the dealership to have it taken care of?
B) The guy in front of me in line at the dealership parks his car and refuses to get out of it. When he decides to get out of his car he looks at my car, half in the garage, half out of the garage, looks at the entrance, back at my car, and then proceeds to walk to the entrance. He then looks at me dumbfounded as a honk the horn at this asshole and ask him to pull his car forward so that I can be completely in the garage.
C) I must spend the next hour and a half listening to this idiot asshole abuse his "courtesy phone" privledges and make 5-8 business calls speaking as loud as a Penguins fan during yesterday's overtime win against the New York Rangers.
D) Pay $35 to have my tire "plugged" and have to deal with idiots at the car dealership.
E) All of the above
A) The service light of my car turns on and I have to go to the dealership to have it taken care of?
B) The guy in front of me in line at the dealership parks his car and refuses to get out of it. When he decides to get out of his car he looks at my car, half in the garage, half out of the garage, looks at the entrance, back at my car, and then proceeds to walk to the entrance. He then looks at me dumbfounded as a honk the horn at this asshole and ask him to pull his car forward so that I can be completely in the garage.
C) I must spend the next hour and a half listening to this idiot asshole abuse his "courtesy phone" privledges and make 5-8 business calls speaking as loud as a Penguins fan during yesterday's overtime win against the New York Rangers.
D) Pay $35 to have my tire "plugged" and have to deal with idiots at the car dealership.
E) All of the above
Sunday, May 4, 2008
DC Metro and baseball
The angry consumer is back. Let me just say that I spent a good deal of time on Thursday traveling to the DC Nationals new baseball stadium. I was not very impressed with the new stadium, but it is a work in progress. Maybe I have been spoiled with PNC Park, but the food selection was poor and there was a minimal view of anything. Outside the ballpark there is virtually no development and no where to go for a quick bite to eat or drink. I think that once building was in place investors should have been breaking ground for some sort of convenience store and/or restaurants. I’m sure it will happen soon enough and is under development right now. The fact that I paid $7 for $18 seats and then received 5 free tickets, 3 of which were 3 rows from the 3rd base foul pole, shows how great the demand for Nats tickets and development really is.
As I stated earlier it took me some time to travel to the game. I drove to the Metro station and parked the car. I quickly arrived at the stop and was given the wrong information on the price of the subway ticket by a woman who would not accept my money, or for that matter teach me to use the vending machine card dispenser. Thankfully another frequent customer helped me out. I was also quite disappointed that I had to pay $10 to park at the Metro station. Yes they advertised it as $4.75, but either I did not understand the sign correctly, or they mislead me to understand that you have to pay an additional $5 for a Smartcard, a piece of plastic that probably costs $0.10 in addition to my $4.75 to park. If I was a regular using the DC Metro maybe I would not have issues with them. However DC is a major tourist center and should be a lot more “user friendly”. I have been to NYC, London, Atlanta, and several additional cities in Europe and the States whose system is so much better. The only city that has worse public transportation is Florence. However my experiences with public transport in that city are a whole story in itself, which involves a high fair and the possibility of jail time. I will save that store for some other time.
As I stated earlier it took me some time to travel to the game. I drove to the Metro station and parked the car. I quickly arrived at the stop and was given the wrong information on the price of the subway ticket by a woman who would not accept my money, or for that matter teach me to use the vending machine card dispenser. Thankfully another frequent customer helped me out. I was also quite disappointed that I had to pay $10 to park at the Metro station. Yes they advertised it as $4.75, but either I did not understand the sign correctly, or they mislead me to understand that you have to pay an additional $5 for a Smartcard, a piece of plastic that probably costs $0.10 in addition to my $4.75 to park. If I was a regular using the DC Metro maybe I would not have issues with them. However DC is a major tourist center and should be a lot more “user friendly”. I have been to NYC, London, Atlanta, and several additional cities in Europe and the States whose system is so much better. The only city that has worse public transportation is Florence. However my experiences with public transport in that city are a whole story in itself, which involves a high fair and the possibility of jail time. I will save that store for some other time.
Friday, May 2, 2008
The angry consumer returns
I will have more to report on my experiences as an angry consumer with a certain Maryland subway system and a certain Maryland baseball team, but I'm mostly upset with Starbucks. Can someone explain to me why I paid nearly $3 for 8 oz of coffee? They reduced the size. I may not be the first to report this, but seriously I think a "tall" (8 oz. is not tall at all) used to be 12 oz. Good thing I'm not a Starbucks regular.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
How much is a tree worth?
What do the following items all have in common? The answer is in the comments section.
Crystal Palace
Queens Park
Wembly
Norwich
Crystal Palace
Queens Park
Wembly
Norwich
I am an active recycler (is this a word?). I save my bottles and paper among other things. If I can reuse something I will get it fixed. I hate throwing stuff away. With that in mind I ask how much is a tree worth?
Not long ago I moved into a house which requires a homeowners association membership. The fees are bearable and I know that value of my home will not drastically decrease because my neighbor's house is an eyesore. I'm not exactly an expert on homeowners associations, but I'm sure that there is some relationship between the developer and the homeowners association. All of this leads me to the following scenario.
The homeowners association requires that there is a tree on the front lawn. I like trees, but they do shed in the fall which means I have to rake leaves. Insects, birds and other living creatures make their abodes in the tree as well, which is a little bothersome. That being said, I have to ask what the point of this "tree requirement" is. They developer came in and ripped thousands of trees to build my home, ruining the habitat of the local ecosystem. Is this some sort of guilty feeling? Some sort of unfair trade? The developers kill so many trees developing the land and later use wood in the home construction. I'm quite confindent that at least 10 trees were probably killed in the process of the construction of my home, yet they demand that I have one tree in my front lawn. I'm not griping about the tree or griping because I want to tear it down and replace it. I'm merely pointing out the contradiction of the developers and homeowners association.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
What were you thinking??
So I awoke an hour ago, like I do everyday and pondered to myself a few things. Is it wrong of me to think this?
When I woke up
Maybe I don't have to go to work today. Maybe there was a flood, an electrical problem, Maybe the non-existant air conditioner, which has supposedly been turned on blew up. Ah it would be so nice to not go into work this morning. I'll hop on the computer and check the website. Maybe, as has happened in the past, I will get a nice "you don't have to go to work today" surprise
When I sat on the toilet
No, I did not think about child birth. Instead i thought to myself as I stared at the scale, "I really should have weighed myself before I sat down here". I followed that up with "I really should weigh myself after I sat down here". I wonder how much weight I lost in the process. Yea maybe I'm a little sick today.
As I jumped into the shower
How come the Flyers won last night? If they lost I would be able to see every game of the series. Now I may miss a few games. I hate the Flyers. Let's go Pens.
As I jumped back onto the computer
This Democratic primary season has really lasted a long time. Now that Hillary won PA, what does this mean for the election? Would Hillary have quit if she lost PA?
Before I log off the computer until I return home from work.
Will there please be some sort of electrical problem, a landslide, a flood, something that will force my place of occupation to shut down for a couple of days and provide me a couple of paid days off? I really need my coffee.
When I woke up
Maybe I don't have to go to work today. Maybe there was a flood, an electrical problem, Maybe the non-existant air conditioner, which has supposedly been turned on blew up. Ah it would be so nice to not go into work this morning. I'll hop on the computer and check the website. Maybe, as has happened in the past, I will get a nice "you don't have to go to work today" surprise
When I sat on the toilet
No, I did not think about child birth. Instead i thought to myself as I stared at the scale, "I really should have weighed myself before I sat down here". I followed that up with "I really should weigh myself after I sat down here". I wonder how much weight I lost in the process. Yea maybe I'm a little sick today.
As I jumped into the shower
How come the Flyers won last night? If they lost I would be able to see every game of the series. Now I may miss a few games. I hate the Flyers. Let's go Pens.
As I jumped back onto the computer
This Democratic primary season has really lasted a long time. Now that Hillary won PA, what does this mean for the election? Would Hillary have quit if she lost PA?
Before I log off the computer until I return home from work.
Will there please be some sort of electrical problem, a landslide, a flood, something that will force my place of occupation to shut down for a couple of days and provide me a couple of paid days off? I really need my coffee.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Bad Facial Hair Day
For my 18th birthday I received a brand new razor from Gillette. This was quite a bold move, but one that was brilliant. You see, since I received that Gillette Sensor razor, I have used Gillette products. Later I shifted to the Mach 3 razor. It provided a nice, clean and smooth shave. Being that I have a think beard, I needed a rugged razor like this.
Over the past year or so I have started to notice that my shave is far from perfect. Did my face change? When you look at your face daily it is tough to notice. I really don’t know. What I have begun to notice is that there are definitely some “trouble spots” in my shave. I can shave to same spot, to no avail, repeatedly. It is probably something that no one, but myself actually notices, but there is this tiny area underneath my huge snoz and an area on my chin that I just can’t get. Seriously though, how many people are 3 inches away from my face examining microscopic facial hairs? Probably not many.
Why am I blabbing about troubled facial hair spots on my face? Truthfully, I am wondering does anyone else experience these problems from shaving? If not, is it time to invest in a new razor? I am hoping that someone out here in cyber land can help provide me with some direction. You see if other people have these tiny areas then it is not just me. If they don’t, well Gillette I may have to say goodbye or demand that you stop spending money on British soccer teams and invest some money into some research and development projects. If that doesn't work I could always abandon the razor in favor of facial hair. Please feel free to help my by providing some input.
Over the past year or so I have started to notice that my shave is far from perfect. Did my face change? When you look at your face daily it is tough to notice. I really don’t know. What I have begun to notice is that there are definitely some “trouble spots” in my shave. I can shave to same spot, to no avail, repeatedly. It is probably something that no one, but myself actually notices, but there is this tiny area underneath my huge snoz and an area on my chin that I just can’t get. Seriously though, how many people are 3 inches away from my face examining microscopic facial hairs? Probably not many.
Why am I blabbing about troubled facial hair spots on my face? Truthfully, I am wondering does anyone else experience these problems from shaving? If not, is it time to invest in a new razor? I am hoping that someone out here in cyber land can help provide me with some direction. You see if other people have these tiny areas then it is not just me. If they don’t, well Gillette I may have to say goodbye or demand that you stop spending money on British soccer teams and invest some money into some research and development projects. If that doesn't work I could always abandon the razor in favor of facial hair. Please feel free to help my by providing some input.
Oh and by the way, which of the following from this site, looks the most intersting? I may grow one if I receive enough feedback from this blog posting.
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