Category Archives: Life

Everything that happens in my life and around me.

My Life My Opinion about Finding Mr Right

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An acquaintance of mine (not sure if were friends yet as we’ve only met about 3-4 times) has her own blog. She has a great sense of humor and she really makes me laugh. I love her writing style. She’s a lot younger and she’s not married and much of her blogging is about finding “Mr Right” and the experiences she has gone through in that search. As a father I wish more than anything that I could help her in some way. I know she’s alone and being the young vibrant person she is, she wants a partner. We all want to be wanted by someone. We all want to have someone to share our thoughts and feelings with. We all want someone to make us laugh. She’s gone on many dates, done the bar scene, I’m sure her friends have tried to “Hook” her up on many occasions. Nothings clicked yet for her and she’s changing her writing to reflect a more upbeat positive self. I really hate to see her make this change.

What I enjoy about her is that witty sarcastic view of hers. She makes you laugh by bringing out the obvious. I’m sure their is someone out there that will also appreciate that side of her.
I’m not sure anyone has told her but, stop trying to find him. I think he has to find you! Live your life and let your life come to you. Stop trying to make it (force it) into happening. The right person is out there and sometimes it takes a little longer. I was with the wrong person in the beginning. Don’t make that same mistake, don’t settle because someone is there and “may” fit the bill. Don’t change to fit other’s idea of what you should be! Be Yourself! Don’t forget sometimes a prince is a frog first and its the princess that turns him into a prince!

My Life as a TV Addict

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In my life I hate to admit it . . . but, I know I’m not alone, I am a TV addict. Yes, I watch the “boob tube” as our parents referred to it. Who can help it, there is  so much on it! I must also admit, I am a late bloomer in that I didn’t get “cable” until 2007. It was like my life hit the jackpot! I try to control it by going to my other “boob tube” the internet and I tell myself I’m learning something as I watch some dumb video on “Youtube.” I am insatisable when it comes to the screen. I even have to force myself to go to bed. I hate the imprint the keys make on my face when I wake up, they take a while to go away you know. I use to love watching the “Apprentice” with Donald Trump. Having worked for the man, I had  somewhat of an understanding of how he works. It was fun watching the board room, those idiots didn’t know when to keep their mouth shut. Some of them just didn’t understand that sometimes you have to step aside and get out of the way. We all have to be strong enough to defend ourselves.  Then there is that new “Top Chef Masters” show, where famous chefs have been competing against each other. The last episode really showed something important.   There is an old saying (yes I know I’m full of them) “you are only as good as the team under you” Chef Keller was brilliant at it and that is why he won. He knew he had good talent in his team and he used it to his advantage. He trusted his team and they worked their ass off for him. Chef Michael (the Italian American Chef) wouldn’t let any of his talented team do anything unless they did it his way. He wouldn’t ask them for help or ideas. His team ended up not supporting him and he lost. Now I know many chefs have big egos, but in order to get ahead in this world you are going to need some help. Many managers are afraid to hire good people, afraid they will take their job. Hell, they should take your job and you should move on and up. You can’t win the card game without a full deck. How will you play your hand. In my life I’ve been pretty trusting but I’ve also been burned. I think I will keep on trusting as they say (yes I know here I go again) “You’ve Got To Have Faith.”

My Life At the Emergeny Room

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Well it happened again in my life. In fact I think I’m becoming a regular going to the emergency room at our local hospital. First off you must know one thing, if you decide your going to visit the emergency room. You can count on at a minimum 4 hours if your lucky. On average, I’ve got to bet its more like 6.5 hours of your life.

Grandma (my mother-in-law) was sick so you know who “The Chosen One” (me) got to accompany her on this exciting experience. One new tip for those of you thinking of going down this path. Go on a weekday not a weekend! Everyone is off from work and doing stupid things on the weekend and their doctors aren’t available so they come in mass to compete with you for the privilage of who gets to go in first. I kept telling Grandma (who actually had Bronchitis but wasn’t coughing at all now that we were there) to pretend like she was having problems breathing but no, she sat there very quiet and eventually dozing off to sleep a little. Two hours later we both wake up to someone calling her name. So we get to leave the germ infested waiting area and get to go to room number 4. Of course now its time to punish me more… The last time I was here with Grandma we were in the same room number 4 and they had installed tv’s for your enjoyment! It greatly helped to pass the time away when we were here last time. Of course this time the tv didn’t work and I was having to face my mother-in-law for more endless hours of fun. In the middle of the “pit” (nurses station) they have a 42″ screen tv displaying all the patients like a spread sheet. I found my mother-in-law on line four and at some point the column for “length of stay” turns red. Two other people had red backgrounds also but they were at 6 hours or more. We had at some point passed 4 hours and it went red. At least you knew they were noticing you because as your hours increased they seem to pay more attention to you as if they were on some sort of time limit. I was afraid to see what happened once you got to 7 hours. So the hospital is trying to make an effort to improve your experience when you visit. Everyone seemed overly friendly compared to previous visits. Then I noticed they had signs all over about customer service and to please fill out their survey. The nurses kept repeating their names so we would remember them. Then when checking out, the papers had their names typed out so we could spell them correctly. You know I’m in the hotel business and when ever the guests have a bad experience like the tv not working they complain they want a free room for the night. I wonder how far I could carry this?

My Life With Walter Cronkite

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In my life there was no other man more trusted than Walter Cronkite. I grew up with him. To me he was a “grandfather type” that wouldn’t lie to you! You liked him and he would tell you what you needed to know. We would watch old film clips in school about history and Walter was in them I believed they were called “And You Are There” or something close to that.

Not many news anchors even come close to him since he retired. Maybe Peter Jennings was liked a lot but I don’t think it was half as much as Walter. He retired quite a few years ago and he has been missed. Will some one please replace Katie Couric with an older friendly grandfather type!

Customer Service Where Has it Gone?

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Where I live small independent hardware stores are disappearing. When I was in high school I worked in a store called Tovi’s “True Value Hardware” The store was just a few blocks from my parents house and I would work after school and on weekends. You could walk in and ask the toughest questions and we would help you. We would go out of our way to make sure you knew how to handle your problem. If we didn’t know we would find out for you or we knew where to send you. I use to remember shopping with my parents at other stores and I remember the good service they got and they knew their product.

Things are becoming to automated. I ran accross a website recently that told you how to get to a live person at some of the more well known companies that have “800 numbers” automated and put you through phone loop hell. Many times, you can’t even understand the people because of their accents. Your talking to “Bob Smith” and he has a Philippine accent.

I find it fun sometimes to go to Home Depot and walk down my favorite isle. (I use to be a plumber in another life) I love to hear how the clerk who doesn’t know a p trap from a mouse trap try and tell someone how to fix their problem. Usually, they tell a guy “to take this putty and pack it around the leak and that should do it.” I wait a while after the clerk leaves to take care of another poor soul and tell the guy what to do. The problem with that is everyone is listening and then they come like kids to ice cream. Why don’t these retailers wise up and get the big picture. A few years back a bunch of executives from Sears were meeting in my hotel and I guess they were trying to figure out how to improve their hardware sales. I happened to walk by when they were at the bar and heard them discussing their tales of woes. I volunteered the same information that I just mentioned above about un-knowledgeable staff and they end up coming out with their separate “Mini Hardware Stores” I think they still missed the boat and those stores are struggling just as much as before. The Baby Boomers again I think… We wanted things fast, convenient, and we wanted mass quantities. If it isn’t broke don’t fix it! Damn we have broken a lot a good stuff.