Yard Sale Hell
Last weekend we had a big yard sale here that ran thru Saturday and Sunday, what a pain and a huge mess. Although a lot of stuff was sold there was way too much junk left over. In spite of putting signs out all over the area and running ads in the local paper the turnout was very poor and disappointing. The sale was a shitload of work and now there’s the problem of packing up and removing the tables loaded down with picked over crap. What fun! Next time I think we’ll just have a nice bonfire and pass on the yard sale…
As you can see in the photo above the roof of the house still has tarps on it from Katrina, badly tattered now from the weather.
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Went to Wendy’s for a burger the other day and ordered just a regular combo with fries and a drink. The fuckers upsized it to a larger drink and fries with out me specifying it or even asking me if that’s what I wanted. When she told me the price it sounded a bit higher than I expected. When she handed me the ginormous cup of diet coke that hasn’t a fat chance in hell of squeezing into my cup holder I realized they had “upsized” my order. When I told her she had screwed my order and I wanted it corrected, she got pissy with me and snatched the bag away and gave me a smaller fries, smaller drink and refunded the difference. The swap was fine, that didn’t bother me, but she can take her rude attitude and shove up her ass!
Is this a new tactic fast food places are using to gouge your for a few more pennies? Anyone else have this happen to them? I never order large fries anyway, we all know that “large fries” just means “larger container”, you still end up with medium sized fries!
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Lots of fun stuff in the news lately! John Kerry’s horrendous gaffe was a good one, he almost made Bush look good, didn’t he? The Bush response that it wouldn’t have made sense if he had told the joke correctly made them look even more stupid, if that’s possible. We all know he meant that Bush was the dumbass that got us stuck in Iraq, and not that you were dumb by being in the military. Of course, we’re all just a bunch of school kids and we couldn’t help picking on the dorky guy for a huge but silly mistake.
It seemed like the entire nation pitched in to give Kerry an Atomic Wedgie! Even the troops jumped on that one!
The blog template business at my BGW! site has been going crazy lately, I can’t recall being this busy before. I’ve done 4 new skins since my last post and I’m currently working on 3 more with even more coming up! Here’s one that I really enjoyed doing for a cool guy over at Afro Nerd, it’s done in a bright, classic comic book style. Jottings From Jersey is another favorite for a nice lady that loves cats. The Mamarazzi is a lady that loves to take lots of photos and finally, I did a totally new look for Chris over at Faded Sunsets. Cool!
Get ‘em while they’re hot! Hope you guys have a great weekend!
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Wendy’s is all ways doing that crap!
You really have to specify what you want or they will size it up.
What gets me is when I just what the classic double cheese and the try to sell me fries and a drink.
*rant over*
The whole yard sale thing is a lot of work, but to not have many come to the party…well, that just sux…so does Wendy’s!
Luke Cage Rules! I fondly remember Power Man and Iron Fist. Great job on all the blogs as always.
You gotta love our troops. They never miss a smart ass moment.
I know how hard you worked - sorry the yard sale tanked
Love the new blogs, especially Afro Nerd. You did your usual fantastic work!
You might want to see if Goodwill or Salvation Army will come and pick up your leftover yard sale stuff for you. I’ve done that a number of times.
Se7en! Put the leftover stuff on Craig’s List! There is a huge NOLA community there. The fact is that a disproportionate percentage of the population in your city is comprised of college students ’cause Tulane, Loyola, Xavier, Dillard, UNO & Southers were the first big institutions to get back up and running. College kids are always looking for stuff and their usual sources (resale shops, Goodwill, etc.) are out of business because so much was ruined. List it (for free) at Craigslist.org.
Southern (University at New Orleans), not Southers. *sigh*
Great Job on the blogs as usual!!
I effin hate garage sales…I’m like you…I’d rather build a big bonfire, maybe toast some marshmallows.
We have trash pickers in our area. We pile everything neatly by the curb. They come along in the pick up trucks and take away most of it for their second hand store. Easy for us, profitable for them and I feel like we are not being wasteful.
I knew there was a reason I went to Burger King…..
Yard sales are hard enough. The Wendy’s snafu on top of it would have sent me ballistic for sure. They all do that stuff. If I don’t specify “small” when ordering, they hand over enough food to feed three people.
All those skins — and THIS one — are stunning. Kudos!
Last time I was at Wendys, I ordered two kids meals at the drive-through. At the pickup window, she hands me two cokes.
I didn’t order coke, I said.
They come with the kids meals, she said.
But you didn’t ask me what kind of drinks I wanted.
We never ask. We just give coke unless you say you want something else.
OK, take these back. I want Sprite.
Then she acts like I’m being unreasonable. But I suspect its not the first time this has happened. Dave Thomas is rolling in his grave.
As a former employee of Wendy’s… (did I just admit that out loud???) they push for plus sales (try to sell more stuff to the person than they want) and upsizing to the largest (more expensive) sizes. By doing the upsizing through the take out window where most people are in a hurry, they get away with it quite a bit. Most don’t notice or don’t have time to argue the point.
I hate trying to put together a rummage sale. I’d rather just donate.
The new skins are gorgous! Excellent job!
Looking forward to the final product.
Yard sales…you are supposed to give all the crap to the last person showing up. Did you have anyone show up at 6am?
THANK YOU THANK YOU
I love the new skins!
I kept looking at the John Kerry mis-joke in the papers and thinking “Damn, if he would have said it right, that would have been awesome.” Typical Republican thing to try to smear the Democrats based on that and ignore their own party’s scandals and stupidity.
I’d send it right back if they upsized me without asking too! A small fry and a sandwich is enough to fill me up anyway. Any more than that and I feel like a greaseball!
I hate fast food. Love your new skins though.
I haven’t had fast food in so long; not the biggest of fans of it. Wendy’s kinda tends to suck anyway…. Nice skins
Interesting blog site!
I liked the way you bombarded so many things in one post. Garage Sale to John Kerry:)
Great job!!
Wendy’s is the pits!! Try Jack in the Box instead; their new House Burger ROCKS!!