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Excerpt from my WordPress blog post. The rest of the story here: Good, Better, Best – A Christmas Story
Merry Christmas!
Dear Santa,
I know every year I ask you for presents, but my behavior seemed to have gotten worse over the past few years. But I’ve done so much this past year to show that I deserve a Microsoft Surface with a blue touch cover keyboard.
As you know, a couple of years ago I was not faithful to my wife and that probably led to not getting the iPad with the retina display that I really wanted. But this year, I’ve been better. I only cheated on her a total of 6 times with only 3 other women; compared to the 17 times and the 16 other women from the previous year. That shows improvement!
I have also been improving on my relations with the elderly. I know I’ve been harsh to them, especially when they’ve been crossing the parking lot at Target and I blare on the horn and yell swear words at them. While I’m still a ways from helping them cross the street, I’ve show a tremendous restraint and now only beep the horn at them.
See, I’ve done better and certainly hope to have a Surface in my stocking on Christmas Morning.
Very truly yours,
Nick Bonura
The Stone Wall and The Protective Cap
I’m at the Mohegan Sun Casino on a Saturday night waiting in the lobby. I notice that someone has placed a protective cap from a deodorant stick on the ledge of a decorative stone wall. Admittedly I don’t get out too often, but this seems a bit strange and arbitrary. Am I wrong in thinking this?
If this is true, I think I may need stop shopping at Best Buy. I ordered an item from PartStore.com and they shipped the wrong item to me.
I ordered the correct one from the site and the plastic bag even had the correct SKU on it. But the item inside the bag was clearly incorrect.
When I called to complain, they insisted I was wrong and that I could return this three dollar part it at my expense (clearly not worth it) or just re-order the “correct” one from them (and risk getting a yet another mislabeled part)
I do applaud Best Buy in this instance for admitting “Hey, we screwed up so keep the excess iPads.” I just wish they were willing to correct a screw up for my meager $20 PartStore.com transaction (~$3 for the part and ~17 for shipping).
I find myself going to Best Buy less and less because of my PartStore.com experience … I think this news may have finally have weaned me off of them completely.
