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cell phones September 17, 2008

Filed under: chatter, thoughts — pattichurch @ 3:46 pm

So what are your thoughts on cell phones?  I find them to be the most annoying thing on the planet.  It is a huge pet peeve of mine to go into a store and have the clerk yapping on their phone, and give you the “look” like you are bothering them and have to put their personal call on hold to help a paying customer.  Same goes for text messaging, my girls both text ALL THE TIME, however when we are home and doing a family thing I make them put them away and not answer or respond to their friends when they call or text.  It amazes me how many people communicate via texting.  Not long ago there was a customer that came into the store that I work at, and when she found out that we had the merchandise that she was looking for she said “oh I’m going to text my daughter and let her know” I said that was nice, she can tell her class when she goes into school tomorrow where to get said supplies.  The mothers response was “no shes in class right now”.  

The sad part of this whole story is when that childs phone get taken away because it is school policy to not have phone on or in use during school hours.  The parent is going to be all bent out of shape that this happened to her child. 

Enough of my ranting, just my opinion

 

Just my thoughts May 8, 2008

Filed under: thoughts — pattichurch @ 8:18 am

Today I’m starting a new category, and it is just my thoughts, I know your very excited about this, cause let me tell you I have a lot  of them.  So here goes…..

While scrapbooking this weekend it was brought up that Dunkin Donuts sells pizza, and it came to me “that is what is wrong with the world”  there are to many companies and people in other peoples business.  If you are a donut shop and are good at it then stick to it.  Don’t bring pizza, and burgers,and potato cakes onto your menu it just drives another business to extinction.  As I was discussing this with people, I heard that Menards sells groceries.  Now that is just wrong, I should not be able to get the parts to fix my toilet and a loaf of bread at the same time. 

People are always commenting about the lack of customer service, and it’s not like it use to be, of course its not, you got a donut guy selling pizza.  Gone are the days of speciality shops where the sales people knew what they were talking about, here are the days of bottom line and making sales and doing whatever it takes to get there. 

Again I have to ask are we as a society that busy that stopping at more then one store is out of the question.  Am I the only one that feels this way???