Odd Interactions

Had a really difficult interaction today. Sunday’s, spouse and I like to eat out. We decided we’d try one of our local taco joints that had expanded, we thought, into a full service restaurant. They went from a 10x20 shack to 5000sqft remodeled/recycled restaurant space that used to have tons of booths, tables and a bar. You may see why we thought it would be a real restaurant. We like to patronize community spaces.

To our surprise, they gutted the old space and made a cafeteria style space.

We ordered our usual kind of plate to share. Basic. We had a pleasant interaction with staff and immediately got hit up for a tip. I’m not fond of tipping where staff don’t really serve you. Plus we got handed one of those hateful buzzer/pager things. Staff wouldn’t be delivering the food 10 ft to our table. But they expected that tip.

When the buzzer went off I stated how much I hated the thing to the staff.

The response, You’re not the only one.”

Could you say something to the boss.”

Oh, I can’t do that!”

Really?”

He won’t listen to me!” <—- verbatim

Can I have a contact number?”

No.”

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Got to wonder what kind of boss runs a business where he discourages Any feedback from customers. Usually, if your clients have an unpleasant experience they just stop coming. I know I will.

January 19, 2025






Another Test This written on my iPad, using Dropbox’s native text editor and markdown.

January 19, 2025






So, The reason I’m here at all is that I read a post on Mastodon. I know! Big Whup! Well, it sorta is. I got recommended to blotdotim as a potential site for a down and dirty self published blog site. As you can see from the first couple of posts things seem to be working well on the limited trials I’ve made (.txt file - docx file using LibreOffice - and a md markdown file) All pretty basic stuff for $5 a month via paypal.

(Aside, I’m a fan of using paypal for subscription because I’ve been burned too many times by handing over various forms of payment data, you name it, and then being unable to cancel it when I was through with the service. I don’t want hoops! So, I maintain a very small, completely separate bank account ,nothing else there,linked to paypal. Then I can turn off the subscription at paypal with out muss or fuss.)

So, I think you should check things out. There is quite a nice video demo on the marquee page to give you an idea.

Blot IM

January 19, 2025






Yet another test. But Will It Work?

  1. I’m not sure
  2. It possibly could.
  3. Definitely not!’

January 19, 2025






Proof of Peach — Image Courtesy of Pngall.com — not for commercial use.

January 19, 2025






Hello World! This is the first installment of MildPeach Musings. Of course that doesn’t mean all that much.

January 19, 2025