So this time... I used the credit card, thinking there'll be no way there'll be a mistake! Oh how naive I was....
At a particular Seattle based multi-franchised coffee shop... I swung by for a quick coffee and cake pop on my way up to the city. They guy punched in the numbers, swiped my card.... but as he was handing it back to me, he readily admitted, "Oh sorry sir... I charged you for the wrong thing! Lemme back it out."
Well...the story goes, he caught his mistake, unlike the other lady. But me...being in a hurry, asked, "What did you charge me for?" "A Coffee cake." "I'll take a coffee cake... just charge me again for the cake pop."
Wait a minute.... it was his mistake.... but here I am spending an extra $2.50?!?!?
Rookie mistake on my part... hahaha.... Patience. It's that one fruit of the HS that never seems to bear itself.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Friday, May 24, 2013
Count your blessings... Count your change
Went to Ranch 99 and bought a half Roast Duck. Decided to pay in cash for once. I like paying with credit card cuz it's easier on everyone.
But when I got the change from the lady... I did some quick math in my head... Then made a quick glance at the coins. Something wasn't right. Instead of $3.59.... I got back $3.19. Upon further study... She gave me three nickels, and 4 pennies instead of 2 quarters, a nickel and 4 pennies.
"Oh... Sorry sir."
Honest mistake??? Hrmmm... Why can't I shake the feeling that they've tried this honest mistake hundreds of times.
Call me petty... Just don't forget to count your daily blessings and ur daily change. Or stick with plastic.
But when I got the change from the lady... I did some quick math in my head... Then made a quick glance at the coins. Something wasn't right. Instead of $3.59.... I got back $3.19. Upon further study... She gave me three nickels, and 4 pennies instead of 2 quarters, a nickel and 4 pennies.
"Oh... Sorry sir."
Honest mistake??? Hrmmm... Why can't I shake the feeling that they've tried this honest mistake hundreds of times.
Call me petty... Just don't forget to count your daily blessings and ur daily change. Or stick with plastic.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
"There's a lot of beauty in ordinary things..."
"...isn't that kind of the point?"
After 9 years, the Office comes to an end.
I remember hating the commericials for the show. I thought the stars on the show were ugly. The concept was stupid. The setting was dumb.
But a few years ago....when Nui-nui was first born... and we had Netflix and sleepless nights and days.... I decided to randomly give it a shot. That got me hooked. Then I caught the episodes of Pam and Jim's wedding. Then it was over. I caught every sindicated show. I went online to watch every episode I can find. (had to reformat a few laptops along the way... HA!!)
But I have to say...those final 3 seasons were hard to watch. As Geoff would put it... "You'd watch it in hopes of catching that one funny moment."
And in the end....it wasn't the funny moments that you take away. But the tears...tears of joy. Tears of separation. Tears that you will never be able to find those 9 years again.
There was nothing special about the show, really. But as Pam puts it in her final swan-line, "There's a lot of beauty in ordinary things...isn't that kind of the point?"
After 9 years, the Office comes to an end.
I remember hating the commericials for the show. I thought the stars on the show were ugly. The concept was stupid. The setting was dumb.
But a few years ago....when Nui-nui was first born... and we had Netflix and sleepless nights and days.... I decided to randomly give it a shot. That got me hooked. Then I caught the episodes of Pam and Jim's wedding. Then it was over. I caught every sindicated show. I went online to watch every episode I can find. (had to reformat a few laptops along the way... HA!!)
But I have to say...those final 3 seasons were hard to watch. As Geoff would put it... "You'd watch it in hopes of catching that one funny moment."
And in the end....it wasn't the funny moments that you take away. But the tears...tears of joy. Tears of separation. Tears that you will never be able to find those 9 years again.
There was nothing special about the show, really. But as Pam puts it in her final swan-line, "There's a lot of beauty in ordinary things...isn't that kind of the point?"
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