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Social Media is Improving Customer Service! As one who constantly rails against poor customer service, I must say I am noticing a slight change in the trend! Utilizing social media to @mention the issues gets my problems on the radar of the company execs or CS managers. It began with a less than stellar experience [...]
Have you noticed Google’s image has been replaced by a barcode today? It is the 57th anniversary of the patent of the omnipresent barcode…later to become the UPC. Bernard Silver and Norman Joseph Woodland received the patent on October 7, 1952. The original barcodes were circular in design. It was soon determined that equipment needed to read [...]
Life is a game… these are the rules
Kitty Genovese was murdered shortly after the Kennedy assasination. Americans were still reeling from the shock of that. The model 10 years later was murdered shortly after the Nixon regime. No explanation needed! And this most recent episode is at a time of the lowest morale in history with the exception of the aftermath of 911.
As avid Bruce Springsteen fans (I would not say die-hard or fanatical), my husband and I purchased tickets to his concert tour months and months ago. We kept his concert in our ‘future plans’ as something great to look forward to. Imagine our disappointment when, the night before the concert (April 18, 2008), we learned [...]
Lemon Study No more lemon in our drinks, and no more artificial sweetener!
Frozen Grand Central As a long time commuter through Grand Central Station, I only wish I was there to witness this feat of improvisation! While I happen to think New Yorkers are among the nicest people in the US, I also know it takes quite a bit to get their attention. This stunt sure seems [...]
The Right Brain vs. Left Brain test … do you see the figure turning clockwise or counter-clockwise? If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa. The majority of people see the dancer turning counter-clockwise. LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS: logical thinker detail oriented facts rule over creative thinking words [...]
A seagull in Aberdeen, Scotland has been stealing chips from a neighborhood shop. The seagull waits until the store owner isn’t looking, and then walks into the store and grabs a snack-size bag of cheese Doritos. Once outside, the bag gets ripped open and shared by other birds. The seagull’s shoplifting started early this month [...]
OK, I admit it! I play Mah Jongg! I learned the game when I turned 40! What a cliché. Mah Jongg is a game for 4, played with tiles and a card, in which you have to match hands on the card. I think it is a cross between Bridge and Rummy Cue. Yes!! — [...]