Why Shopping at Office Depot is No Fun

Why Shopping at Office Depot is No Fun. First off let me start out by saying that I really don’t care who or what companies hire, but I do take offence to companies that place these weirdo’s in customer facing positions.

Therefore I strongly believe that the image on the left should be posted on the front door of every Office Depot, especially the ones in San Diego.

I for one have no desire to approach or be approached by some man hating women that obviously has a malfunctioning brain.

These dykes have no clue when it comes to customer service, for many their only skill is the ability to intimidate and offend people that walk into Office Depot. Sure its hard to get employees that will even show up for work, but Office Depot should consider placing the dykes in the stock room or something, that way no customers have to deal with their poor service and bad attitudes.

I cant tell you how many times I have spotted someone with man hair and a wallet and have said “sir, can you help me” only to have the dyke turn around and give me one of those “I hate men” looks. Disgusting I say! If you must shop at Office Depot do it on the Website

No Hawaiian Shirt Christmas Party

After what I consider a somewhat exhausting summer I was sort of looking forward to a colorful hawaiian shirt Christmas party with my car club. But that dream was quickly shattered when I was told that it’s going to be a formal party attended by the usual very boring, unsociable and normally informal people.

So news of that pretty much erased any excitement I may have had, which includes a email comment I read in a shared conversation that stated “oh he is not wearing a Hawaiian shirt to the party”? Well up yours too because I am sure you will be wearing the same boring black outfit that you wear to every other party, you know who you are.

Obviously I have no aloha for these hypocritical people, hopefully Santa wont leave them anything but a lump of coal for Christmas.

Jerome’s Furniture Mattresses Smell

Jerome’s Furniture Mattresses Smell I purchased a new bedroom set and Jerome's pillow top mattress from Jerome’s and I have to say that my experience with them was poor (well ok it sucked). For starters I had to sit around for their “4 hour delivery window” which is sort of a shitty way to do things considering I was paying for my delivery. But the problems really started when the bedroom set was delivered, which was when I noticed that the dresser was from a completely different bedroom set.

Ok so they are sending me another one, of course there is another 4-hour delivery window. Guess what? That too was from the wrong set! Yep they are sending a third one and another delivery window to sit through. Argh!

On the 3rd delivery we finally get the correct piece, but no my friend, it doesn’t end here though I wish it had. So now we have the room all put together and looking forward to sleeping on the new mattress. After about 15 minutes of lying down on the new mattress my eyes started watering and my breathing became difficult. This was a Jerome’s brand pillow top mattress and the mattress was giving off fumes that were just short of nauseating. My guess is that the foam had not been cured properly or that all the glues had not dried. Regardless I was getting a replacement. So Jerome’s said they would send out a “technician” and you guessed it, another 4 hour window.

Well he came out and smelled the mattress and concurred that its probably the foam they used. So he then called in and told them what I had already told them and they agreed to send out another mattress and of course I had another now agonizing 4 hour window to sit around with my finger up my ass waiting for yet another 4 hours for the delivery.

Ok your thinking this dog is out of the woods, far, far from it folks. I get the replacement mattress (that now had a lemon scent to it) and when I awoke in the morning, guess what? It smelled like FN chemicals and was emitting fumes that smelled something like varnish. And the cycle started over, another so called technician (yes, 4 more fucking hours of waiting for another moron to tell them the Jeromes mattress smells) and yet an another delivery window, my lord I can only jack off so much.

At this point I gave up trying to be a Jerome’s customer, I wanted my money back and transformed into a complete asshole, even more so when the customer service bitch told me they would only give me a partial refund and that refund would be in the form of a store credit. I am thinking you got to be fucking kidding me.

I could go on and on about these idiots but I think you can read into the rest of the story and with some degree of accuracy. In the end I did get my $79 delivery fee credited back as well as something like $1100.00 for the mattress that they reluctantly refunded. IMO that doesn’t even come close to compensating for all the hours they wasted on my dime, but then they will never get a single sale out of me again.

What am I sleeping on now you ask? Well I went over to Mattress Discounters and purchased a Sealy Posturepedic mattress that was on sale, I not only got a better quality mattress, but it also cost less money and it didn’t smell like Jerome’s beds do.

Jerry if your reading this... your customer service and mattresses get a big FAIL!

Should Arizona protect itself from Illegal’s?

Should Arizona protect itself from Illegal’s?

Now there’s a topic that’s sure to heat things up, but lets look at it from my vantage point. The illegal’s appear to sneak over here on the premises that they are poor and mistreated in Mexico and are only seeking to support themselves and their family in Mexico.

Well that’s fine and dandy except for the fact that the illegals pay no taxes, spend a fraction of money earned in the USA, clog up our hospitals, and drive up the costs for people that are here legally. And lets not leave out clogging our highways, causing uninsured accidents (because they don’t even have fn drivers licenses or insurance), how they trash our American soil with all the trash they leave strewn throughout the desert, as well as in their safe harbor communities.

Hell, even the legal Mexicans I know hate them, stating they take jobs from the law abiding legal Mexicans, how ironic is that? I do not even want to hear the “who will pick our lettuce”, that’s just so fn lame. There are plenty of Mexicans that are willing to come here legally to pick our lettuce and clean our houses and for low wages.

The other day I was driving and a Mexican (probably here illegally) ran out in front of my truck with a Mexican flag draped around him, I had half a notion to run him over but I didn’t. You know if these Mexicans had any intelligence at all they would be running around waiving the American flag, we might even have some sympathy for them. I mean if I were a Mexican, knowing that my own homeland doesn’t even want me, I would be really pissed off at Mexico.

But no, they come here to piss and shit on our land and tell us they don’t respect our flag, language, or way of life. I say well kick all the illegal Mexicans the fuck out our country because enough is enough.

Illegal means illegal, is that so hard to comprehend?

Do Men Really Wear Muumuu?

While preparing for a annual Hawaiian themed party with some of my old buddies I was thinking how much fun it would be if I wore, and of all things, a muumuu.

But then this voice in my head said; hey you sicko, do you think men really wear muumuu?

Grrr I am struggling with this decision (nothing more beer wont cure) as I will almost exclusively wear a Hawaiian shirt to a party and honestly I cringe at the thought of my buddies seeing me in anything else.

I wore a coconut bra once (under my shirt) and while it was many years ago, I am not sure that I have the guts to do something like that now.

Guess I need to give this some deep thought, maybe I can convince my male counterparts to do the same so we can all look like idiots together. An offer of free beer can change any mans mind.

Animals and Dogs and Cats, Oh My

I am a big fan of all animals and a staunch supporter of anyone that combats cruelty to animals. While there are a lot of commendable organizations that try to protect animals, I wanted to recognize a Web site that not only sells the coolest animal jewelry, but also donates 10% of their sales to animal charities!

You have to check out the selection found on-line, there are dog and cat pennants and charms, rabbit and reptile jewelry and even some bling for dragon lovers. But lets get back to the charms and pennants, take a look at the enameled animal jewelry section where there are pages full of our favorite animals.

Score some animal jewelry today and make a contribution to our animal friends, they will thank you.

My Aloha Shirt Collection

There is no doubt that I am an “Aloha shirt” kind of guy, thought I prefer to call them Hawaiian shirts. Over the years I have purchased and collected Hawaiian shirts from multitudes of vendors, some being Wave Shoppe, Aloha Shirt Shop, Paradise Clothing Company and Maui Shirts, as well as Hot Shirts and even from a few of the Yahoo stores (which all look like the same Aloha shirt company to me).

While each of the stores has something to offer, I probably could have made some better decisions. While at the time I thought it was a good idea to spend over $100 on a Tommy Bahama shirt, the truth is that I have only wore it a few times. I think that’s because I am always afraid that I will damage it or something, which certainly takes to fun out of wearing my beloved Hawaiian shirts every day. Kahala shirts are also nice but again you are looking at paying close to $80 for a shirt.

I like the Hawaiian shirts I purchased from Hot shirts and Wave Shoppe, mainly because they are in my price range, which is the mid $40 range. Plus I am a real fan of shirts with button up under-collars (I am not big on the open collar tropical shirts). But the Hawaiian shirts from Wave Shoppe seem to keep their shape better over time and I love that all of the mens shirts have a shirt pocket that is matched to the design.

While my collection has a few that I purchased from Maui Shirts (I think they are Paradise Found brand), I was pretty disappointed that they didn’t look all that good after washing the crap out of them, maybe its because they need to keep the price down and do that by using lower quality materials for their Hawaiian shirts.

So while I would recommend each of the Web Stores, I cast my biggest vote for Wave Shoppe. I am also looking forward to visiting their Hawaiian store in San Diego as I hear its full of cool Hawaiian things that are not on the Web site and of course more awesome Hawaiian shirts!

George Foreman Grill Review

After years of being bombarded with infomercials trying to convince me to purchase a George Foreman Grill, I finally broke down and bought one. While this is not a comprehensive review I figure I would still share my initial observations with you.

Cooking on a George Foreman Grill is pretty straightforward, you open the lid and throw down what you want cooked. I have mostly used it to cook sausage, hotdogs and a few burgers as well as some pork chops.

I think it did a reasonably good job with everything but the pork chops, which were sort of dry. I am guessing that the more fatty the food is, the better the George Foreman Grill performs.

While I don’t have a family, I still purchased the jumbo family size George Foreman Grill.

Pros: It’s pretty easy to clean, appears to cook food quickly, and fits in my kitchen cabinets when not in use.

Cons: My model does not have an on/off switch; it automatically turns on when you plug it in.

For what it is I give it a thumbs up! George Foreman Grills

Restaurants Cant Tell Salt From Seasoning

I don’t know if my taste buds are changing, or if restaurants are simply trying to increase profit margins by eliminating healthy seasoning altogether, but have you noticed that everything you eat tastes like salt.

I mean not just a little over salted, but soaked or dry rubbed kind of salted.

I live a busy lifestyle and tend to eat out a lot, mostly at name brand family restaurants, but I also frequent mom and pop places as well. I like a little salt on my food but lately I have had to either specify that they use no salt in my food or simply have to send it back.

The other day I ate at a place called On The Border which serves Mexican food, while I enjoy the made-at-your-table guacamole, the rest of the food sort of sucks. I swear that all of the meats use the exact same seasoning, which is 99% salt mixed with some unknown to me substance for “flavoring” and color. I had to send back the fajitas I ordered and asked them to replace it with fish tacos, how can you screw them up I thought.

Well to be brutally honest the fish tasted like it had more salt in it than the ocean the fish were once swimming in, yuck! But I must say that I am not out looking for free meals, I have plenty of money and spend it liberally, but the restaurant manager did take it off my bill and I really appreciated that.

A few days later I went to Applebee’s, a place I had not been to for a while because my last memories were that it was a noisy place. I ordered a steak with some sort of shrimp sauce, vegetables and mashed potatoes. Outside of the salsa for the chips, I firmly believe that they ran the entire plate of food through a salt spray before serving it to me. Do yourself a favor and forget that place even exists

Unfortunately unless I only feel like eating guacamole or salsa for dinner, I will need to seek out places that understand the difference between using healthy seasonings and screwing up someone’s meal with salt.

Applebees, On The Border = FAIL