Dan and I met up tonight at Applebee's in Taylorsville. We were greeted nicely and sat in very nice booth. Our server was very pleasant and the atmosphere was nice. UNTIL...... the woman behind us spoke. She was loud, brash and annoying. I ignored her the best I could, but honestly she was sitting kitty corner to us and up high and just seemed bent on everyone hearing her.
She was complaining about her daughters boyfriend calling her a controlling B*tch. She seemed so upset by that, and was telling her companions all about it. She said that she asked her daughter if she thought that it was right for him to call her that, and did her daughter really want to be with someone who would call her mom names?
I sympathized with her a bit and then went on to enjoy my appetizer. But soon after the drama followed.
Now I have to be fair and say that I do not know 100% of the story. I can only relate what I heard, but that what I heard pissed me off.
We had gotten our entrees and was quietly eating them when I noticed that the female manage was at the woman's table. She left somewhat briskly and I didn't think too much about it, until I heard the woman go off. She was upset because she felt the manager's attitude towards her situation was rude and impolite. The woman complained to her companions about how the manager had a very poor attitude towards the issue and kept rudely offering her ice for her hand.
At this point B*tch woman had my attention.I listened in as she continued to belittle the manager. A few other people stopped by her table and she complained to them. She demanded to fill out an incident report and was very put out that it took the manager so long to bring her the paperwork.
She and her companions started to get very belligerent and loud to everyone who came to their table to see what they could do to help.
The gist of the story I got was: They ordered a sampler appetizer with Artichoke dip and Mozzarella sticks. The B picked up a mozzarella stick and it broke off dropping into the dip. The dip them splashed on her hand and it was HOT. According to her, she had no where to wipe it as she didn't have any silverware or napkins on the table. so she shook her hand to get it off and the spot began to blister. (at this point I decided that she's one of those special McDonald's people who have to be told the coffee is hot.)
Some how I think the server wasn't very sympathetic and so when they asked for the manager she wasn't either. Normally I would be on the patrons' side, but not this time. If you get splashed with something hot, lick it off, wipe off on the table, the chair, your pants. Something. and get over your self.
The B asked for the manager's manager and was very put out when there wasn't one. The poor manager kept coming back. She offered ice to the woman for her hand, brought her the paperwork she asked for, kept trying to calm this woman down.
The B even said to one of the male staff who approached her: "I'm normally a calm person and don't want to be a B*tch, but that manager's attitude just made me upset". All I could think was: "yeah right". I almost wouldn't have put it past her to do this on purpose just to make a scene.
This went on for most of our dinner and started getting my blood boiling. The Manager came by our table to ask how things were and we told her it was all wonderful. Dan started picking up on the attitude and my feelings just about the time we asked for our check. As we waited for the check to come back, the woman stared at the area where the staff come in and out from the back, and said very loudly: " don't roll your eyes at me woman".
Her and her companions then launched into the male staff person again and demanded to speak to the Manager's manager right then. They yelled that the manager didn't even ask what happened. this did cause me to pause, as the story as I understood it could have been different. Maybe their server did something wrong? But then they just kept going on and on until the male staff member said that they would let some other guy handle it.
By now we had our check and I was feeling so upset on the staff's behalf that I said pretty loudly myself: Let's get out of here before the drama queens get started.
I almost launched into the B and her friends. There may have been a problem, and maybe the staff didn't handle it as well as they could have, but that woman didn't give them a chance either. And she went out of her way to ruin the other person's time just because she was unhappy.
Dan says he's going back tomorrow to tell the manager we thought she was wonderful. I am curious to know if the restaurant comped their meals. Some how I am sure that was in their list of demands too.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The hundred dollar cat strikes back
It seems that every year since we got Argo and Meela, we have had to take Argo to the vet for something other than regular shots. The first year I think we had them like 2 months when we noticed he had a large lump on his neck. It was a puss pocket. He got into a fight and was bite and it scabbed over creating a giant zit like creature.
He scratched at it and it popped leaving blood and puss and a foul smell. Off to the vet we go. $100.00 later we are home with a grumpy cat who has a funny shaved spot and a bottle of anti-biotics.
The following year I noticed a hard something over his eye. It looked a little swollen but with all that hair it was hard to tell. I thought the hard pokey something was a sticker from the yard, and so I pulled on it. Oops! Blood, puss and smell came out. Off to the Vet again.
Home we go with a grumpy eyebrow-less cat and a bottle of anti- biotics. AND $100.00 less in the pocket.
Fast forward to Last Night. I am scratching him behind his ears when I notice something hard. I caught it under my fingernail, and low and behold....... yep you guessed it!
Blood, puss, and smell.
This time since it was behind his ear and not near his eyes or mouth, Dan and I held him down and poured 1/2 a bottle of peroxide on it. OMG! did it ever bubble. I don't think I have ever seen that happen before. He was a good sport about it for about 3 minutes. But then he was done with us. I don't know if you have ever fought with a 20 pound cat, but I will say this is one time I'm glad he only has back claws.
Tonight we will do the peroxide again. If it doesn't look better by tomorrow, we'll be off for our $100.00 vet visit.
He scratched at it and it popped leaving blood and puss and a foul smell. Off to the vet we go. $100.00 later we are home with a grumpy cat who has a funny shaved spot and a bottle of anti-biotics.
The following year I noticed a hard something over his eye. It looked a little swollen but with all that hair it was hard to tell. I thought the hard pokey something was a sticker from the yard, and so I pulled on it. Oops! Blood, puss and smell came out. Off to the Vet again.
Home we go with a grumpy eyebrow-less cat and a bottle of anti- biotics. AND $100.00 less in the pocket.
Fast forward to Last Night. I am scratching him behind his ears when I notice something hard. I caught it under my fingernail, and low and behold....... yep you guessed it!
Blood, puss, and smell.
This time since it was behind his ear and not near his eyes or mouth, Dan and I held him down and poured 1/2 a bottle of peroxide on it. OMG! did it ever bubble. I don't think I have ever seen that happen before. He was a good sport about it for about 3 minutes. But then he was done with us. I don't know if you have ever fought with a 20 pound cat, but I will say this is one time I'm glad he only has back claws.
Tonight we will do the peroxide again. If it doesn't look better by tomorrow, we'll be off for our $100.00 vet visit.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
We are getting closer to Christmas being over
So I got all the Christmas decorations down. Finally. But the tree itself is still up. I need Dan's help for that and while he is totally willing to help, I just haven't been up to doing it. However..... Before this weekend is over, it will be done.
We haven't found the missing totes. I was able to get pretty much everything into the other totes we have except for the Christmas balls. I will have to decide what to do with those breakable items.
Once again the house has become a mess. Well really the kitchen. This last weekend Lance was out to stay and he and Dan cleaned the basement up pretty darn good. The Living room will get taken care of as soon as the tree is down, but the kitchen is the bane of existence.
I'm really a bit miffed about the whole phosphates removed from the washer detergent. I know that the environment is important, but I'm wasting a ton of water washing my dishes before washing my dishes.
I have yet to find a truly good dishwasher soap that will CLEAN my dishes. I'm not even talking my usual just toss it in the dishwasher dirty dishes, but the ones I rinse before I wash. I was using Finish and I've used Cascade. But it's just not the same. *sigh* I don't have enough room to hand wash everything. I've even been washing stuff 2 or 3 times in the dishwasher. So all the dishes are piled on the counter and Dan has been hand washing anything we need to use right then. I suppose that's a great idea. I mean we could just only use two of everything and hand wash them every night. (yeah right).
I need to get the Kitchen cleaned, so I can move all the kitchen stuff in my Spare room back to the kitchen. For the Christmas party Dan and I moved everything that was on the counter tops into the spare room to make room for all the food. Just like the tree still up, we've never moved it back. I'm thinking that maybe I should just toss it. I mean if it's been in that room for 2.5 months, it means we don't really need it. Right?
I read an article in CNN confessions of a declutter-er. I was almost appalled at her attitude at clutter. But then, I started thinking about it. Maybe I should have this woman come to my house. I bet I wouldn't need a 3 bedroom, 1 family room, 1 car garage after she was done. LOL. an I bet my Christmas tree would go down......
We haven't found the missing totes. I was able to get pretty much everything into the other totes we have except for the Christmas balls. I will have to decide what to do with those breakable items.
Once again the house has become a mess. Well really the kitchen. This last weekend Lance was out to stay and he and Dan cleaned the basement up pretty darn good. The Living room will get taken care of as soon as the tree is down, but the kitchen is the bane of existence.
I'm really a bit miffed about the whole phosphates removed from the washer detergent. I know that the environment is important, but I'm wasting a ton of water washing my dishes before washing my dishes.
I have yet to find a truly good dishwasher soap that will CLEAN my dishes. I'm not even talking my usual just toss it in the dishwasher dirty dishes, but the ones I rinse before I wash. I was using Finish and I've used Cascade. But it's just not the same. *sigh* I don't have enough room to hand wash everything. I've even been washing stuff 2 or 3 times in the dishwasher. So all the dishes are piled on the counter and Dan has been hand washing anything we need to use right then. I suppose that's a great idea. I mean we could just only use two of everything and hand wash them every night. (yeah right).
I need to get the Kitchen cleaned, so I can move all the kitchen stuff in my Spare room back to the kitchen. For the Christmas party Dan and I moved everything that was on the counter tops into the spare room to make room for all the food. Just like the tree still up, we've never moved it back. I'm thinking that maybe I should just toss it. I mean if it's been in that room for 2.5 months, it means we don't really need it. Right?
I read an article in CNN confessions of a declutter-er. I was almost appalled at her attitude at clutter. But then, I started thinking about it. Maybe I should have this woman come to my house. I bet I wouldn't need a 3 bedroom, 1 family room, 1 car garage after she was done. LOL. an I bet my Christmas tree would go down......
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The Case of the Missing Christmas Totes
I know, I know. It's almost Mid March and I still have Christmas up in my house. But... this time it's not just because we are lazy.
Every year we go through this because no one uses the Living room.We walk right past it every day and every night, and never really see that Christmas stuff is still up. I try to get it down before Valentines day, but I'm usually a week behind. However this year I am way behind as a mystery has come a foot.
We (I) have several totes that hold all my Christmas stuff. At least 6 and now possibly 7 (18) gallon totes. I have them numbered so that we can keep track. But this year, two totes have taken off to unknown places.
And they of course are the totes that have the boxes to my very breakable tree ornaments. Dan and I have searched the house high, (LOL) and low and no totes.
We tore apart the garage (where they should have been), Dan tromped through the back yard to the shed to see if he put them there. I looked all through the craft room and spare room, and we both searched the laundry room and family room. Those suckers are GONE!
So Christmas still sits in my living room waiting to be put away. I suppose I should just try to wrap up my ornaments and hope the totes come home soon.
If any one has seen two dark blue totes, with X-MAS written in bad writing on the sides and top, please call me. I need them back so that I can get Christmas up again in 9 months.
Every year we go through this because no one uses the Living room.We walk right past it every day and every night, and never really see that Christmas stuff is still up. I try to get it down before Valentines day, but I'm usually a week behind. However this year I am way behind as a mystery has come a foot.
We (I) have several totes that hold all my Christmas stuff. At least 6 and now possibly 7 (18) gallon totes. I have them numbered so that we can keep track. But this year, two totes have taken off to unknown places.
And they of course are the totes that have the boxes to my very breakable tree ornaments. Dan and I have searched the house high, (LOL) and low and no totes.
We tore apart the garage (where they should have been), Dan tromped through the back yard to the shed to see if he put them there. I looked all through the craft room and spare room, and we both searched the laundry room and family room. Those suckers are GONE!
So Christmas still sits in my living room waiting to be put away. I suppose I should just try to wrap up my ornaments and hope the totes come home soon.
If any one has seen two dark blue totes, with X-MAS written in bad writing on the sides and top, please call me. I need them back so that I can get Christmas up again in 9 months.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
It's offical. We are going to DISNEY WORLD!
It's the 2nd happiest place on earth. Disney Land being the official 1st.
I have longed to go to Disney World. Dreamed of it. Desired it. and always thought it would be a no go. Thanks to the loving husband I have, we are going.
We decided to take Jadon with us, and I called Beth to ask her if we could. They took a day to think about it as it would mean taking him out of school for an official 7 days. He's a good student, which is why I felt comfortable, but it is 7th grade, and that can be tough on a kid to miss.
He had to do a contract with his parents that he would be very good, and he had to work with his teachers to maybe do as much homework as possible while we are there. This poses a small problem for me, as I want him to get the most out of this trip and I still feel I need to schedule homework time. But then again, it will not destroy any of us, if we leave the parks a little early or even take a short break to go back to the hotel.
So once they said yes I booked the airline tickets. they are non-refundable. So it's official. Disney World here we come!
I then bought the park tickets. 5 days of DW and 1 day at Universal Orlando Islands of Adventure. (Harry Potter Park).
These theme parks make some MONEY! It was $302.00 per person for 5 days at Disney World. and $87.00 for 1 day at Universal. And we are staying at a Disney World hotel. Here's the break down:
Park Tickets for 4: $1528.00
Hotel: $925.00
Air Fare: $1807.00
Rental Car: $200.00
Scooter for me: $180.00
estimated food: $1200.00
Grand total not including souvenirs: $5840.00
The park tickets just came yesterday. They were shipped FAST!
I have longed to go to Disney World. Dreamed of it. Desired it. and always thought it would be a no go. Thanks to the loving husband I have, we are going.
We decided to take Jadon with us, and I called Beth to ask her if we could. They took a day to think about it as it would mean taking him out of school for an official 7 days. He's a good student, which is why I felt comfortable, but it is 7th grade, and that can be tough on a kid to miss.
He had to do a contract with his parents that he would be very good, and he had to work with his teachers to maybe do as much homework as possible while we are there. This poses a small problem for me, as I want him to get the most out of this trip and I still feel I need to schedule homework time. But then again, it will not destroy any of us, if we leave the parks a little early or even take a short break to go back to the hotel.
So once they said yes I booked the airline tickets. they are non-refundable. So it's official. Disney World here we come!
I then bought the park tickets. 5 days of DW and 1 day at Universal Orlando Islands of Adventure. (Harry Potter Park).
These theme parks make some MONEY! It was $302.00 per person for 5 days at Disney World. and $87.00 for 1 day at Universal. And we are staying at a Disney World hotel. Here's the break down:
Park Tickets for 4: $1528.00
Hotel: $925.00
Air Fare: $1807.00
Rental Car: $200.00
Scooter for me: $180.00
estimated food: $1200.00
Grand total not including souvenirs: $5840.00
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