My Wal-Mart Experience

And it wasn't a good one either...Here is my verbage to the corporate customer service email I sent:
As a Christmas gift, I received a Tetra Whisper Aquarium Kit and was very excited. I went to Wal-Mart to purchase the other items needed for my aquarium...stones, food, foilage and even some fish. When I got home, I started putting it together and then noticed the filter suction cup was broken off. I needed to replace it right away because the fish were still in the bag. Now since I already started putting it together and the stones and water were already in the tank, I only brought with me the broken filter and I went to the store in Mays Landing. I retrieved a new aquarium kit and brought it to the customer service/return area. I nicely explained that all I wanted to do was exchange the bad filter for the new filter in the new box. The "representative" explained that I needed to bring the entire KIT back in order to replace it. I then asked to see the manager on duty and the assistant manager walked out and tried to explain the reason he could not do it. I asked that he take the new filter from the box and exchange it for the broken one...therefore damaging out that box. He told me I needed to go back home, empty out the aquarium and bring it back to him. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I was not happy and told him that is unacceptable. Myself being a Store Manager I would do everything I could to make the customer happy which he did not. I still do not understand his reasoning or logic. This is now an inconvienence for me...all I needed was a non-broken filter so my new fish could have a happy home. If I had brought back the kit from home and replaced it with a new one, it would be the exact same thing as replacing my broken filter but with less inconvienence. do you understand my point? So I went back into the store, bought a new one, brought it back to my car and replaced the new one with the broken filter, return back to the store and returned it. The exact same thing your assistant manager should have done in the first place without having me purchase it first. I walked away very upset from that AM. In the end, I got what I wanted and my fish have a clean home. I would rather travel to a different store than ever shop there again. thank you for listening and this story will be blogged...

The Return?

So i had to return a star tree topper I bought for my beautiful Christmas tree because it was too heavy. I find the receipt and bring it to the customer service area. "I would like to return this please" and hand her the receipt. She looked it over and said "you bought this at Wal-Mart?" I was thinking to myself...the receipt clearly has the Wal-Mart logo on top of the receipt but I said "yes". Now she is looking at me funny and doesn't know what to do...then we look at each other and it hits me...I'M IN K-MART!!! How embrassing. I said "Well I guess I'm in the wrong place then", then I grabbed the star and left, faster then I've ever moved before. LOL...good times

Mistletoe Love

Mistletoe has been the subject of many legends and traditions for hundreds of years. Ancient Druids considered mistletoe sacred because it grew without roots in the ground and assumed that is must have been planted by the gods. Mistletoe was thought to ban evil spirits and bring good luck and great blessings. When warriors met beneath mistletoe, they had to lay down their weapons and call a truce. From this, it became a sign of peace and good will. But why do we kiss people under the mistletoe?

"It all started with a goddess called Frigga. Her son, Balder, was shot with an arrow made of mistletoe. Frigga's friends succeeded in conjuring up powers to save the boy. Balder lived anew and Frigga ordered that the mistletoe should never again be used to harm. Instead, she made it a symbol of love by kissing anyone who passed under it."

Do you think this is the REAL story behind mistletoe or did I just make it up? Tell me what you think...

Wishing you and your families peace and love this Christmas Season and all year through!!!

Man on Bus

So I'm on my way back home from New York City, taking the Academy bus from Port Authority, when I look across from me and see this:

the man is reading the newspaper with a mask on...he didn't get on the bus that way but as soon as we took off the mask went on!!!

so now i'm laughing because I never saw this happen before and I can't ask the man if I can take his picture so I cleverly held my phone in a way so he didn't suspect and this is what I got on the first try.

The fun you can have with a camera phone and a blog site...

Please comment often and let me know if you laughed too!!!