I often get ticked off when I am asked to do the work of someone offering a service to me.
I will just stare back at the grocery store checker at Safeway when they have completed scanning the bar codes over the laser. I pay the bill and then they give you the look as if, are you going to start bagging now?
No, I don't work for Safeway and I do not get a paycheck from Safeway.
At the airport when standing in line for the check-in counter, being told by the employee standing right next to your bag, to lift your bag and place it on their scale for weighing.
Hello!, I just paid for your airline to take me and my bags to my desired destination. Once I am in the airport standing in line at your counters, I am your highest priority! No I will not pick up my bag and place it on the scale. How about exerting some energy and giving some service. I do not work for United, American, Delta or Southwest. I do not get a paycheck from your airline. I am your customer and I vote with my dollars whom I wish to travel with next time.
Dial 2 and enter in your account number. Hello AT&T I think that you can retain that information from your computers to see what line I am calling from. I also gave that information to the last bureaucrat I talked to!
No I will not do any labor for you, AT&T does not pay may paycheck.
If you have a job to do for me, do not ask me to do it for you!
Friday, February 18, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
2/16/2011 Nutella and other sins
Readers,
So here it is a rainy day by the San Francisco Bay. Mom and I both have colds. We are both coughing and sneezing and generally feeling crummy.
Have you ever tried the Nutella hazelnut and chocolate spread. In checking their website, you can see that it a division of Ferrero Rocher chocolate company. It is so very good and spreads very easily over toast. If you can imagine a See's candy melted and spread on toast, that is what Nutella delivers. I am so glad I tried something different in the peanut butter aisle in Lucky's supermarket.
If you read my first posting, I will be eventually moving to French Lick West Baden Indiana. I hope that the stores there are carrying Nutella. I am going to have to stock up if they don't.
So here it is a rainy day by the San Francisco Bay. Mom and I both have colds. We are both coughing and sneezing and generally feeling crummy.
Have you ever tried the Nutella hazelnut and chocolate spread. In checking their website, you can see that it a division of Ferrero Rocher chocolate company. It is so very good and spreads very easily over toast. If you can imagine a See's candy melted and spread on toast, that is what Nutella delivers. I am so glad I tried something different in the peanut butter aisle in Lucky's supermarket.
If you read my first posting, I will be eventually moving to French Lick West Baden Indiana. I hope that the stores there are carrying Nutella. I am going to have to stock up if they don't.
Monday, February 14, 2011
2/14/2011 Liberal Berkeley California made me obese
Hello Readers
When I was a child my parents would take my brothers and I for vacation at the City of Berkeley's Camp Toulumne.
It was a great fun place to camp with the family. Tent cabins with wooden floors and half walls with tent tops.
During the days swimming in the swimming pond and diving off of the large Beaverhead Rock. The camp councilors would take kids on nature hikes to the Indian tee-pee down the South Fork of the Toulumne River toward the town of Hardin Flats. Craft lessons were held in an area underneath the mess hall overlooking the swimming pond.
In the evening talent shows at the outdoor stage and campfires.
It was in the mess hall is what changed my life forever. Meals, breakfast, lunch and dinner would be served family style at long tables with a few other families. The food was actually good.
It was the CLEAN PLATE AWARD program that they had that changed my life. These little circles of yellow construction paper would be given out as merit badges for each meal you left a clean plate. You would take your used plate up to the dishwasher lady and then they would give you a clean plate award. The activities director councilor would make an announcement of your achievement.
As a little child that was such a cool thing to collect these awards.
Now as an adult, I think back to that damn award and now, I cannot leave excess food on the plate or to ask for a to go container. If I could change the portion size from the restaurant and put food into a container before chowing down on the meal. I could save money and have future meals too.
I recognize where my obesity began and it was with those damned CLEAN PLATE AWARDS.
I am going to combat this and create a HALF PLATE AWARD in my notes app on my iPhone. Each time I ask for a container or leave some on the plate at the end of the meal, I will note down the achievement.
Why not join me in starting your own HALF PLATE AWARD program. Share with me your success
When I was a child my parents would take my brothers and I for vacation at the City of Berkeley's Camp Toulumne.
It was a great fun place to camp with the family. Tent cabins with wooden floors and half walls with tent tops.
During the days swimming in the swimming pond and diving off of the large Beaverhead Rock. The camp councilors would take kids on nature hikes to the Indian tee-pee down the South Fork of the Toulumne River toward the town of Hardin Flats. Craft lessons were held in an area underneath the mess hall overlooking the swimming pond.
In the evening talent shows at the outdoor stage and campfires.
It was in the mess hall is what changed my life forever. Meals, breakfast, lunch and dinner would be served family style at long tables with a few other families. The food was actually good.
It was the CLEAN PLATE AWARD program that they had that changed my life. These little circles of yellow construction paper would be given out as merit badges for each meal you left a clean plate. You would take your used plate up to the dishwasher lady and then they would give you a clean plate award. The activities director councilor would make an announcement of your achievement.
As a little child that was such a cool thing to collect these awards.
Now as an adult, I think back to that damn award and now, I cannot leave excess food on the plate or to ask for a to go container. If I could change the portion size from the restaurant and put food into a container before chowing down on the meal. I could save money and have future meals too.
I recognize where my obesity began and it was with those damned CLEAN PLATE AWARDS.
I am going to combat this and create a HALF PLATE AWARD in my notes app on my iPhone. Each time I ask for a container or leave some on the plate at the end of the meal, I will note down the achievement.
Why not join me in starting your own HALF PLATE AWARD program. Share with me your success
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Feb 12th 2011
Hello readers,
I am a Realtor in the San Francisco bay area. If you know of a person looking to buy or sell, I would thank you to refer me.
Michael Greenslade
Better Homes & Gardens | Mason-McDuffie
3320 Grand Avenue Oakland, CA 94610
510 334-7800
DRE 01824328
Michael.Greenslade@Bhghome.com
I am a Realtor in the San Francisco bay area. If you know of a person looking to buy or sell, I would thank you to refer me.
Michael Greenslade
Better Homes & Gardens | Mason-McDuffie
3320 Grand Avenue Oakland, CA 94610
510 334-7800
DRE 01824328
Michael.Greenslade@Bhghome.com
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Feb 10th 2011 First posting
Hello and thank you for reading my blog. My name is Michael Greenslade and I am a Realtor. I am located in the East Bay side of the San Francisco Bay Area.
I am with Better Homes & Gardens | Mason-McDuffie in Oakland California. I like to work with first time home buyers. I have a passion for 1920s and 1930s Storybook Style bungalows.
I am a caregiver for my mother who has colon cancer. She has been going through chemotherapy since 2005. Six years and going strong.
I am a single chubby guy.
I bought a home in West Baden Indiana 47469. It is a 200 year old plantation style mansion. I am planning on having it operate as a Bed and Breakfast Inn.
I am with Better Homes & Gardens | Mason-McDuffie in Oakland California. I like to work with first time home buyers. I have a passion for 1920s and 1930s Storybook Style bungalows.
I am a caregiver for my mother who has colon cancer. She has been going through chemotherapy since 2005. Six years and going strong.
I am a single chubby guy.
I bought a home in West Baden Indiana 47469. It is a 200 year old plantation style mansion. I am planning on having it operate as a Bed and Breakfast Inn.
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