All summer long, McDonalds: any size soda $1
QT gas stations: $.49 for 32 ounces
Sonic: Happy Hour = half price sodas
On the Run: $.69 for 32 ounces
Damn you, marketing people! The only summer I cannot indulge in Diet Coke and you people display Fountain Drinks for mere pennies. Mere change. Mere misery!
I am free to indulge in four weeks. And I know how this game will be played out: the specials will all be in the past. There will not be one special deal on Diet Coke fountain drinks. There will not be one Diet Coke costing less than $1.79 for 32 ounces. And I am going to need a lot of fluid ounces! I need them NOW. Intravenously.
God, please grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change or control
God, please grant me the serenity to give up Diet Coke for good, not just 280 days
God, please grant me the serenity to select another vice and may this vice be a good habit
Showing posts with label sales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sales. Show all posts
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Friday, November 27, 2009
PINK Friday
Black is not a very happy color. Not a very mind-pleasing word. not very colorful. not very enlightening.
We should call it "Ice Cream Friday". Everyone loves Ice Cream! But November's end could be a bit chilly. And "Coffee Friday" would be very limiting... because not everyone loves coffee.
Or we should call it "Pink Friday". Pink is a wonderful sounding, ear pleasing, eye catching word. Pink, as in "spoiled pink", "think pink", "tickled pink", "pink power", and "the pink panther". Ahhh, PINK! A GREAT ADJECTIVE for the Friday after Thanksgiving!!
PINK!
Pink Friday is a very colorful, exciting, mind-jumping, hand-clapping, foot-dancing kind of day!! There are savings abound. Items galore. Stores to explore.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Excessive Nature
I just drove 3 hours roundtrip to buy ... placemats. Round. Blue. Ruffled. Adorable. Perfect shade. Excellent price.
Shipping was not an option. Even after begging. Pleading. Even after six phone calls to six different sales' associates. Claiming pregnancy, with TWINS, on 90% bedrest. NOT an OPTION.
Regular price would have cost me $80. Yes, that's right. Yikes. How would I explain that charge?
So, I found them on sale. $15. And some change. Total cost for ten.
Gas, miles driven, gallons depleted, vehicle wear and tear... haven't figured those numbers out yet. Probably won't. Probably doesn't even add up to the $65 I saved. Probably still saved. Besides, who cares? And, the bottom line is: I have my beautiful placemats.
I gushed with enthusiasm at my find. The sales' associate remained politely aloof, yet, she wondered ALOUD when my TWINS were due!? [Oops, I would have to get that sales' associate!]
Well, I am currently using my 10% non-bedrest time to buy THESE placemats. The TWINS are due in four weeks (week 36) because the Doctor will induce. AND, I am not showing much since I haven't gained any weight because I have been vomiting for 32 weeks thus far, plus, I just started FAT.
Sales' associate had no further comments as she bid me farewell.
I must buy now because my project date will be beginning soon and I don't want to have to 'ruin' my yearlong experiment by having to splurge on placemats. Which are neither depletable or disposable.
Shipping was not an option. Even after begging. Pleading. Even after six phone calls to six different sales' associates. Claiming pregnancy, with TWINS, on 90% bedrest. NOT an OPTION.
Regular price would have cost me $80. Yes, that's right. Yikes. How would I explain that charge?
So, I found them on sale. $15. And some change. Total cost for ten.
Gas, miles driven, gallons depleted, vehicle wear and tear... haven't figured those numbers out yet. Probably won't. Probably doesn't even add up to the $65 I saved. Probably still saved. Besides, who cares? And, the bottom line is: I have my beautiful placemats.
I gushed with enthusiasm at my find. The sales' associate remained politely aloof, yet, she wondered ALOUD when my TWINS were due!? [Oops, I would have to get that sales' associate!]
Well, I am currently using my 10% non-bedrest time to buy THESE placemats. The TWINS are due in four weeks (week 36) because the Doctor will induce. AND, I am not showing much since I haven't gained any weight because I have been vomiting for 32 weeks thus far, plus, I just started FAT.
Sales' associate had no further comments as she bid me farewell.
I must buy now because my project date will be beginning soon and I don't want to have to 'ruin' my yearlong experiment by having to splurge on placemats. Which are neither depletable or disposable.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Roofer for Hire
Middleman service companies are everywhere. The middleman becomes an entrepreneur and serves as the salesperson, estimator, contract employer, and customer service. But how qualified is the middleman?
Entrepreneur: creates and sets up a business under his/her name. "Joe Schmoe's Roofing"
(Nice, catchy name)
Salesperson: "We are the best roofing business in town. We have very competitive rates. We can complete the job within two days. We are superior."
(He could sell a sandpit to a tree frog!)
Estimator: "To replace this roof, you are looking at $9,450 dollars. The existing old shingles will be removed and hauled away. New shingles will be laid."
(As a client, don't you want to know the break down for the large sum given? Where did this number come from? I believe Joe Schmoe pulled it out of his ass."
"Since your current shingles are asphalt, call your insurance company adjuster to inquire about a claim."
OR
"Since your current shingles are wooden, your insurance company will not allow any claims. The insurance companies allowed claims about fifteen years ago if you removed your existing wood shingles and replaced them with asphalt or metal."
Contract Employer: "After you sign the 'contract', I will schedule a time/date and send over a crew to begin the deshingling."
(Translation: I need to call my brothers, cousins, nephews, uncles, brother-in-laws, friends, neighbors, and friends-of-friends and BEG them to help me. I will pay them $100 dollars per day. Whether it is a five hour or an eleven hour day, it is still $100 dollars. I will do NO work. I need to be available to answer the phone. I need to be available to screw people over for a living.)
Customer Service: "Thank you for your business. Good-bye!"
Do you know what your middleman's ROOF looks like?
Entrepreneur: creates and sets up a business under his/her name. "Joe Schmoe's Roofing"
(Nice, catchy name)
Salesperson: "We are the best roofing business in town. We have very competitive rates. We can complete the job within two days. We are superior."
(He could sell a sandpit to a tree frog!)
Estimator: "To replace this roof, you are looking at $9,450 dollars. The existing old shingles will be removed and hauled away. New shingles will be laid."
(As a client, don't you want to know the break down for the large sum given? Where did this number come from? I believe Joe Schmoe pulled it out of his ass."
"Since your current shingles are asphalt, call your insurance company adjuster to inquire about a claim."
OR
"Since your current shingles are wooden, your insurance company will not allow any claims. The insurance companies allowed claims about fifteen years ago if you removed your existing wood shingles and replaced them with asphalt or metal."
Contract Employer: "After you sign the 'contract', I will schedule a time/date and send over a crew to begin the deshingling."
(Translation: I need to call my brothers, cousins, nephews, uncles, brother-in-laws, friends, neighbors, and friends-of-friends and BEG them to help me. I will pay them $100 dollars per day. Whether it is a five hour or an eleven hour day, it is still $100 dollars. I will do NO work. I need to be available to answer the phone. I need to be available to screw people over for a living.)
Customer Service: "Thank you for your business. Good-bye!"
Do you know what your middleman's ROOF looks like?
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