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Thursday, December 29, 2011

A Day in the Life: Customer Service Volume 17

Sometimes people are just crazy in their heads....

Me: {Introduce myself and company}
Customer: "Why am i getting this paper? who sent it?"
Me: "Does it say {Newspaper Title}?"
Customer: "Yes"
So I asked her for her last name
Customer "Why do you want that?"
I explained that we look up accounts by last name and zip code
Customer: "Well I can tell you we dont have a subscription with you"
Me: "It could be a trial"
Customer: "Well this is a Communist paper"
Me: "Um....ok....?"
Customer: "I better not get this anymore" 
And then she hung up

Well, I can't promise you won't ever get it again if I have none of your information!

This is a Financial Publication....the farthest from a Communist Publication...

Oh man....

Friday, December 23, 2011

Happy Christmas Weekend to All!


Happy Christmas Weekend!
I am at work - Boo! :-(
Tomorrow we are heading up North to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning with Rich's family and then Christmas and the day after with my family
Then we have to drive back Monday :-(
Well, at least I get Monday off!

The Holiday Card that we sent out:


We made it on Snapfish! 
We got an awesome deal! 
40 for like $20! 
We got like 30% off and free shipping!

And I wrote a little note to go along with our cards :-)

A lot has happened this past year

Which has brought both of our families a lot of cheer.

We rented our first apartment in a far away place
We handled the transition with a lot of love, excitement and grace

Rich returned home from his final deployment
We were able to spend the holidays with our families for optimal enjoyment

We made our first big purchase: a Honda Civic in black
With all of our statewide driving we wanted good gas mileage, now that is a fact

Wedding gown fittings, Bridal showers, Bachelor and Bachelorette parties galore
The beginning of 2011 was definitely not a bore

On May 29th, we embarked on a whole new adventure
Going from being single to spending the rest of our lives together

We Honeymooned in Switzerland and France
Having not planned one day of the trip, most of our experiences happened only by chance

While Rich completed his active duty with the USMC
La Tache changed her last name with the Social Security Office, Credit Cards and the DMV

We packed up our Carlsbad place
And moved to our new Los Angeles space

La Tache landed a great job working for IBD
While Rich is doing great in classes at his University

We planned, prepared and cooked our Thanksgiving meal
Our first Thanksgiving as a married couple, everything seemed so surreal

With 2011 being so great
2012 is going to be even better at this rate

We are loving our newly wed life
Having a blast as husband and wife!

WEIR wishing you all a very joyous Holiday Season!

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Someone's Bitter...


Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays
from this FedEx guy!

A Day in the Life: Customer Service Volume 16

A guy just asked me what the "@" symbol was.....

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Enough said...

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Christmas Lists

Christmas gift suggestions: to your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect. ~Oren Arnold

Thursday, December 15, 2011

A Day in the Life: Customer Service Volume 15

I got a funny customer
And by funny, I mean, he told me a joke...

Why did the cowboy buy a dotsin dog?

Because someone told him to "get along little doggy" 

:-)

Happy Day!

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Poor Customer Service

Back at the end of September I was playing Tennis with Rich.
Read story here.
I fell.
I hurt my knee.

Pretty much, I was just trying to walk it off.
I was avoiding the doctor.

My knee is still swollen and with deductibles met, I decided to bite the bullet and see an orthopedic doctor.
I mean, I need to take care of my legs/knees - so I should take good care of them!


I found a doctor through my insurance website {I want to make sure that I see a preferred provider}

I called to make an appointment, made it and was looking forward to the appointment.

The (what I assume to be) office assistant, Martha, called the day before the appointment to let me know that she confirmed my insurance and that I had not met the deductible. So I asked to call her back because I wanted to call my insurance company.
Martha: So, do you want to cancel your appointment or what?
Me: Can I call you back?Martha: Well, do you want to cancel?
Me: Can I call you back? 

I called the insurance and they told me that we had met the deductible, at the end of Novemeber. So I called the clinic back and asked to speak with Martha to clarify. She was extremely rude to me. She told me that the insurance told me the wrong information and argued with me over the phone. She, reluctantly, offered to call the insurance back and made sure to add that the insurance would tell her the EXACT same thing that they told her earlier in the day.
Me: I just got off of the phone with insurance and they told me we met the deductible.
Martha: They told me that you hadn't
We proceeded to argue about what the insurance said to each of us and then she said:
Martha: I guess I can call them back but they are going to tell me the same thing they told me this morning.

We hung up the phone and then I came to my senses and realized that I didn't want to go there even if my insurance proved to be good. And then I thought to myself
Wait, I want her to to call
I want her to realize she is wrong

Does that make me a bad person?

She was supposed to call me back once she spoke to insurance. I was getting antsie, so I called her back before she called me and told her I wanted to cancel and told her that she was extremely rude and that I would take my business elsewhere. She didn't even acknowledge that I called her out.
Me: I would like to cancel
Martha: Oh! So you want to cancel now?
Me: Yes, you were extremely rude and I do not want to take that and I will take my business elsewhere
Martha: Ok, Sorry, Bye
And she hung up!

I was shocked!
I get bad days...
We all have them...
That doesn't mean you can talk to people this way...

They got a bad review on yelp...!
Thank you social media!

I hope you all are having a great day!

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Pomodoro Fresco Sourdough Bruschetta

Food Network Pomodoro Fresco Sourdough Bruschetta

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You can find the recipe here

My recipe was inspired here.
I just made the bruschetta
And If I may toot my own horn...it was soo tasty!


How gorgeous are these tomatoes??
And I typically don't like tomatoes...
{I know you are thinking, then why did you make bruschetta? I was just craving it....it was weird...}


Fresh ground Pepper


The fresh basil....yumm!

It smelled sooo good!! 
Enjoy!