Wednesday, August 13, 2008

The Tulip

Location: Ontario, Toronto
Industry: Restaurant
Annoyed by: Old Blonde Chick w/scragly hair

Went ther for breakfast and the service was non-existant. Took 25 minutes to take out order and when it arrived my medium steak was well done and very grisly and when we finnished our meals we waited for the bill for another 20 minutes (at which time we received our 1st and only refill).
If you go at night try to get the young latin man, he is friendly, he pays attention and he is quick.


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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Med Bar & Grill

Location: Quebec, Montreal/blvd. St Laurent
Industry: Restaurant


Tipped 16% before tax on a round of cocktails - worked out to be over $2 per cocktail and inside the 15-25% before tax bracket.

She TOLD me she would keep my change, although we were due $5. I said, no, I've calculated this pre-tax - your TIP is actually right. She turned around and yells to her colleague, "HA! 5 BUCKS!"

We left, stunned. Now I'm more confident with tipping, I should have ripped her head off then and there, got my money back AND asked to speak to a manager.

Only in Montreal....

Arrogant tart.

Druxy's Eaton Center

Location: Ontario, Downtown Toronto
Industry: Restaurant
Annoyed By: Meat lady

SHE may be in a routine with asking what meats/bread/sauce you want, but it was our first time there...

In a super busy food court, lunch time, Wednesday, she waves her hands and goes "HELLLOOO?" when we didn't hear her mumble, "mustard....? ..... mustard?....."

I say back, "Oh, we didn't hear you!" and she just sighs and plonks the sandwich on the plate.

ARGHHH

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Telus long distance

Location: British Columbia, Kamloops
Industry: Telecom
Company: Telus
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I decided to cancel my long distance with Telus and move it to Primus because it would save me this big amount of money. Instead of paying $0.18 a minute to call my sister it would only be $0.11 and I could call whenever I wanted instead of having to wait till after 6pm.

So I had service with Primus for about a month and got one bill. Then I get the typical call from Telus about why did you leave blah blah blah we'll give you this if you come back. So I said no thanks I like what I have I'm not switching back.

Next thing I know I don't get another Primus bill, I get instead a nice thick Telus bill because when I had said no thank you to Telus the ass just switched me back anyway!

So I had kept calling like I was with Primus when unknown to me I had been switched back after saying no. So to get to the bottom of this I Telus and ask them what the hell is going on and they told me it was probably because I hadn't paid my bill on time and that thos "other" phone companies like to do that. So I call Primus to ask them why they would do that when I paid my bill right away and was told that the note on the account said Telus had contacted them and advised them I had decided to go back to them and to cancel my account.

Mad? That does not even describ where I was at that point. I told the Primus operator that that was very wrong and I had never said that I had actually told them I wanted to stay with Primus. So they turned my long distance back on with them, and off to the wonderful land of Telus I went.

I called Telus and raised hell there about what the hell did they think they were doing when someone says no thank you it means NO! I DON'T WANT YOUR CRAP! I want my account credited I'm not paying my phone bill you can kiss my ass! So off to a supervisor I went and he credited my account in total of get this $324.40 for what I would have saved with Primus! He tells me to take that off my bill and just pay the remainder. So I did.

If only it ended there. Next I get a disconnection notice in the mail for the amount that they owe me! I call their wonderful customer service yet again and tell them that I am credited that amound of money and why are they cutting my phone off. The girl on the phone tells me that I have to pay the full amount on the account and they will just credit it back to me on the next bill. My next question then was WTF is a credit then? You owe me over $300 but you want me to pay it to you so you can pay it back to me? Does this make sense to you? Back to a supervisor I got (starting to love Telus oh yes!). I tell the supervisor what is going on and that if they cut off my phone I'll sue them lol why not sue? ha ha ha Pain and suffering ya know wink wink Finally though with this last call things all worked out, but never an appology like oh sorry we screwed up, nope just what ever we took up that much of your life to make you deal with our crap.

Gotta love that Telus!

Friday, August 8, 2008

LUMBERJACK'S

Location: Alberta, Edmonton
Industry: Restaurant
Annoyed By: Some silly waitress

Long story short, She spilled my chocolate milk and I saw her wipe my glass with her sleeve. YUK!


Wednesday, August 6, 2008

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Friday, August 1, 2008

I was sure a Tip was a gratuity for Good service??!

Location: Ontario, Kitchener-Waterloo
Industry: Restaurant
Annoyed by: Irratated Sushi Boy!! Kitchener


The Food at Ye's All-You-Can-Eat Sushi and Japanese Restaurant is Awsome!!!

What is not awsome is there service, it is to say the least borderline apathetic! Order sheets picked up from the table in a snatching motion(like why are you people here?) and food tossed at the table in a similar fashion without barely looking.... half the time it belongs to another table and we have to call the servers back to say "I think this belongs to someone else?!" at which point they grab it back... making faces, and take it somewhere else?! Then only part of what we did order arrives .... and we wait.... and we wait... then the rest arrives tossed at the table, no apology for delay..... I say again the Food itself is awsome and the Chef's are to be comended for a stellar job! BUT they need to train their servers on how to properly serve a table in a restaurant!! And this is the part that really frosts my windows.... they automatically charge everyone a 10% service charge on the bill!!! I thought this was illegal? and to top it off... they have a tip jar by the cash register!!!! The nerve. I am also going to put a bug in the ear of the taxman... as I am quite sure they are not declaring that extra income that they are charging people!?



Monday, July 21, 2008

Do NOT use Snapfish

Location: Other, San Fransisco
Industry: Retail

They failed to send digital prints I paid for and then tried to tell me they had refunded my card when they didn't. They tried to rip me off!! After a week of trying to get my money back for something I never received, I had to complain to teh Better Business Bureau to get a result. 5 days after I received an email that I was credited, I actually got my money back. SAD!!!! Don't fall for the free prints or prints for a penny!! Not worth it. After you pay shipping charges you'll pay the same as going to your local Walgreens.

Monday, June 30, 2008

Rogers iPhone plans.....

Location: Ontario, Toronto
Industry: Telecom
Company: Rogers


What more can be said?

Unreasonable pricing because they are the only game in town.

Ted Rogers should be held to task for this...