Clearly I need to see all three of those.

Have to share. Can't stop laughing. A story of Customer Service, as related to me this evening:

Stupid Customer: You overcharged me, and I want a refund. I bought two [items] and I got charged $196!

My friend Mike: Sir, [item] is $98. Each.

SC: I know that! I was charged the wrong amount! Don't you understand?

M: But, sir, two [items] at $98 each is $196.

SC: That's not right!

M (with the patience of Job): If you bought two [items] that were $100 each, that would have been $200, right? $98 is two dollars less than a hundred, so two of them is four dollars less than two hundred. Thus, $196.

SC: "Don't try to confuse me!"

M: Well, how much do you think it should be?

SC: About $120.

M: $120 would have been two $60 things. You didn't buy two $60 things. You bought two $98 things.

SC: I know that! Are you going to refund my money?

M: Well, no.

SC: I want to speak with your supervisor!

M: I AM the supervisor. I'm the manager of Marketing.

SC: Well, you're doing a terrible job! I want my money back, or I'm going to take you to court!

M: Good luck with that, sir. Enjoy paying your attorney.

Even better, SC is a wholesaler with his own business. "Don't try to confuse me!" was my favorite part.

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I have a community supported ice creamery! Ok, not really, but I have a local dairy and a kitchenaid. And a husband who makes really good ice cream.
 
I just got back from a swim, so although it is still 78 in the house I am nice and cool. Although when I say swim, I mean paddle around and float, not swim like sarameg. But we dithered about and then went and I`m so glad we went. This was the first time I`ve used our neighborhood lake to swim and I really liked it. It was nice and clean with a rough sandy beach. I need to go out regularly and get my strength up. There were people waterskiing and people hanging out on the dock and little planes headed for the local airstrip and people walking their dogs and it was just nice.

M (with the patience of Job): If you bought two [items] that were $100 each, that would have been $200, right? $98 is two dollars less than a hundred, so two of them is four dollars less than two hundred. Thus, $196.

My math teacher heart loves that there is someone out there who would go to this as the first explanation.

OMG! My SIL just was offered a position of Director of a LaPetite in B'ham!

Not the one she works at now, but one only 20 minutes away. Basically, they need someone to whip it into shape, and she really is the one to do it. She salvaged their training program in the past year alone, and grew the location she's at now even though that wasn't technically in her job description (they're a top performer in the state, and even her director said it was in large part due to her advice.) Just this summer, she talked herself into a $1/hour raise after meeting with the new district head for a mere couple hours.

This will actually double her pay, and she'll be salaried, not hourly. WOOHOO!

And she's about to take a vacation to Hawaii largely funded by her best friend, with a bunch of her closest friends.

She's loving life.

Oy, Matt. But really is ita the one you want to ask about avoiding marks or bruising, really?

I made the Hyperbole and a Half girl laugh on Facebook! She responded to my comment! I am inordinately pleased about this.

Skipping and skimming for a meMeME post...

Dear God,

I don't know if you removed the funny bones of many earnest Christians (or if it's the work of The Enemy), but thank you for sparing me, just the same.

Love,

Me

P.S. And thank you for letting me retain my thread-killing powers, despite my long, unexplained absences from b.org.

So despite being bloody careful and actually planning out this stripping session (I cut pieces ahead of time, afixed necessary tape, made it all accessible, so no seat of the pants plastic wrapping)...I got paint stripper on my boobs.

OTOH, my neighbor friend just called me from Zion to let me know she's out of town and had a nice chat with her. I really like her. Like, she could easily become a dear close friend like.

Satellite picture comparison of flooding on the Indus, last year vs. this year: [link]

Note the scale in the corner.