The other night we went out with friends for dinner at a place with great food and terrible service. As we waited and waited and waited for our food, our poor server eventually ran out of excuses and reassurances that we would not be late for our play and simply went to hide in the […]
Archives for June 2016
No Sleaze Please
I always hope the man from India calls to talk about duct cleaning when I have a bit of time on my hands. That way I can keep him on the phone for ages, first by insisting that while I don’t have any ducks my chickens are filthy. Once he works past that and we […]
Why You Need a Data Avenger Department
When I go to Starbucks, I rarely give them my real name to scribble on the cup. I prefer to test out spelling and general attention paying with names like Niamh or Zoltan. Sometimes I am Queen Magrethe of Denmark. The challenge, of course, is remembering what name I gave them while I’m standing around […]
Not All Market Problems Are Marketing Problems
By noon there were six of us, including Derek, who figured he was on Day Four of trying pay for a tie clip and Yvonne who could only say, to nobody in particular, “do you have this in a size six?” Floor after floor we wandered, passing abandoned cashier stations, clutching tight our purchases and little […]