Archive for the 'on my soapbox' Category


Don’t send me hoax emails!



Disclaimer: I am sometimes guilty of forwarding on emails that say “if you don’t send this to 5 people, a fridge or something will fall on your head” because basically, if a fridge happens to fall on my head, it will be my own fault, won’t it?!
But the email I’m talking about is different….it won’t [...]

To whom it may concern….



…if there is a delay in receiving a response to your email, or my blogs do not get updated or I don’t get around to your blog to drop my Entrecard or I don’t finish my assignments, IT’S NOT MY FAULT!
It’s because SOMEONE (looking in the general direction of DH) won’t get off my laptop!

Protected: Step families



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Some people are just plain rude!



Well that floored me!
As you know, we’ve recently celebrated some birthdays in the mummified household. Well, yesterday I received a phone call from a older friend, whose son happens to be my son’s godfather. Instead of saying hello when I answered the phone, she right away asked how come her grand-daughter (the godfather’s daughter, who [...]

Take one day off…..



..and the whole house looks like a bomb hit it!
I didn’t do any laundry yesterday and after picking up all the dirty laundry from the bedrooms and bathroom this morning, I have probably 6 loads of washing to be done! How in the world does this family give me so much washing to do??!! Don’t [...]

Shopping vent



I think I may be becoming a shopping cart snob! I was looking for gifts to buy for the baby for her birthday and I came across the perfect gift but unfortunately the website I found it on uses a not so friendly shopping cart software. Seriously, if you are planning on selling your products [...]

Staff don’t get enough training



When I was working in retail, the company I worked for provided training for staff monthly in regards to customer service and professionalism. It seems that these days, good customer service isn’t that important anymore - well, it seems that way to a certain chain store that we went to today. The checkout operators seem [...]