Making A Difference

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Ramblers Way. All opinions are 100% mine.
I hate driving around town and seeing empty buildings.  In South Carolina, (and probably in other states as well) when a grocery store wants to expand, they build a new store instead of adding on to their existing one.  This usually means that when they move to the bigger store, they leave the other building empty.

And it stays empty.  Over time, it is vandalized, and ends up looking horrible.  The same is true for all the small businesses downtown that have closed over the years.  Right now, the town I live in is trying to "revitalize" downtown, but all the money they are putting into making downtown beautiful is wasted if the businesses can not stay open.  It's actually pretty sad watching shops that have been open for decades have to shut down.  Maybe if more people bought things that are Made in America, these mom and pop stores would stand a chance.

I was reading about how Rambler's Way is trying to help revitalize America's small towns.  One of the things they have done is buy an old building that was built in 1792 and restored it to it's original condition, while also updating it to make it the home of their companies corporate offices.  They also source, grow, and produce their fine woolen apparel using 100% domestic resources. Their fabric is amazingly soft, too.  (I know this because a couple of months ago I requested a sample from their website.  You can, too.)

Try and imagine how many less empty buildings there would be if every company bought an old building (like a supermarket) and updated it for their own use.

Apologies

Night before last, I was sitting here at the computer (what else is new?) when our cell phone rang.  The number came up, but not a name.  I answered, and a woman asked for Junior.

I asked who it was, and she gave her name.  I told her Junior wasn't home, and asked if she wanted to leave a number.  She said, quite rudely, that he could call the number that showed up on the caller ID.  I asked what it was in reference to, and she got all pissy and said,

"it's personal".

Well, that ticked me off, so I told her that if she didn't tell me what this was in reference to, I wouldn't give Junior the message.  She said, "Ma'am, this is a LOAN".  I took a deep breath and told her, "look, you have no reason to get nasty with me.  You call my cell phone, asking to speak to my husband, tell me it's personal when I ask what it's about" and that is when she hung up on me.

I walked outside and asked Junior (who was home...I just didn't want to get up...lazy, I know) if he knew who it was, and he did.  It was a woman who works at a place we have a loan with, calling to remind Junior that we have a payment coming up.  This is a place that I have spoken with numerous times on the phone.  They know that I know about the loan.  I have even made some of the payments.

So yesterday, Junior called her back from work, to tell her that he hasn't forgotten, and that he was going to come by after he got off.  The woman who called me told him to apologize to me, because she had the "big wigs" in the office, and couldn't tell me who she was.  I was a little shocked that the "big wigs" would rather hear her being rude than friendly, but whatever.

When Junior went by there after work, she was still wanting him to know how sorry she was for the way she spoke to me on the phone.  I was home, and the phone rang, and caller ID showed it was the loan place.

I didn't answer.

Junior called me five minutes later from the cell, saying it was the woman calling to apologize to me herself.  I kind of figured, that's why I didn't answer the phone.  He told her I was probably home, just not answering, and that made her feel worse.

Oh well. Maybe next time she will think twice before being so rude to her customers.

The Perfect Place For A Business Meeting Is Not A Fast Food Restaurant

The family and I went to a fast food restaurant the other night, and I was surprised to see a meeting being held in the dining room.  It wasn't an employee meeting for the restaurant; it was a sales meeting of some sort.  Of course wanted to be nosy, so we sat close enough that I could hear what was going on.   They were discussing selling something,  and even though they never said what, I got the feeling it was one of those pyramid type deals.  You know, where you sell a product, and then get other people under you who also sell it, and then you get a cut of their profits?  To me, I wouldn't be able to take them seriously if they have to have their meetings in a fast food restaurant.

I would think that if they were serious about getting people to sell their product, they would take their presentations a little more seriously.  In my opinion, it would look better if they had their meetings in an actual board room, or even a Holiday Inn Meetings room.   It's so easy to find a meeting room close to where you live, and I bet the company would have better luck getting people to sign up with them.  I know I would be more inclined to join a company who took pride in their business meetings.

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Vending

I am hoping someone can explain this to me, because it happens everywhere I go. Well, everywhere they sell cold drinks. We go into the grocery store, and as we are checking out, the cooler full of Cokes looks so inviting. I will usually grab a diet whatever, and be on my way. I usually pay about $1.50 for said diet whatever. Not twenty feet away, right by the exit doors, are the Vending Machines. These vending machines offer the same selection, the same size bottles (or cans), and are just as cold, if not colder, then the one I just bought. Yet the Vending machine beverage is about $.50 cheaper than the one I just bought at the checkout. Why do I keep buying the one at the checkout? I have no idea.

The people who manage the Vending Machine Business must get their drinks at a great price, and therefor can offer them to us customers at a lower price. I bet they make a ton of money, too. I have seen vending machine routes for sale in our local paper, and they all claim to bring in thousands of dollars. Junior and I really should look into starting our own vending business, because we could use a couple of thousand dollars.

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