Wasting Energy: How Penticton Celebrates Earth Day
Posted on April 22, 2008 by Rosalind
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It is Earth Day and I am appalled and disgusted by the complete lack of regard that the both the City of Penticton and a local baseball league has for both the environment and city taxpayers.
AGAIN tonight, the baseball diamond lights are on at Nkwala School while no one is playing. And if the past 2 weeks are any indicator, the lights will be on until 10:30PM — a total waste of precious energy and taxpayer dollars. That’s right… this town spends Earth Day adding to the problem of global warming.
I am particularly disgusted because I spoke at length this morning with a Penticton Parks Board representative about the fact that these HUMUNGOUS lamp standards burn for hours on end almost every night while NO ONE uses the park.
On hearing my complaint, the rep expressed dismay as the lights are on a computerized schedule based on the local baseball league’s stated schedule and the lights must be physically turned on at the field. He assured me that he would speak with someone from the league today about co-ordinating their schedule more accurately.
Well, apparently the message didn’t get through. Here is a picture of the empty field tonight… Read more
100 Cars Keyed in Port Coquitlam
Posted on March 25, 2008 by Rosalind
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Ed told me about the CBC news story he heard yesterday about 100 cars being keyed in the Silver City cinema parking lot as well a surrounding residential neighbourhood, in British Columbia.
OK, tell me. What the hell is wrong with people who would do such a thing?
What pleasure could anyone get from vandalizing someone else’s property, or causing them the hassle of having to have their cars repaired and having to pay hundreds of dollars in insurance deductibles?
Are they freaks that don’t know right from wrong? Did their parents not spank them enough? Is it our crazy Canadian juvenile system which hardly gives kids a slap on the wrist for murder?
Please tell me… ’cause I can’t figure out such perversity.
Thanks a Pantful!
Posted on March 12, 2008 by Rosalind
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To say that I like my food is an understatement. Therefore, when I learned that I was to have nothing to eat after midnight on the night before surgery, I worked out a meal plan for maximum dining pleasure.
Today’s plan included a nice big pancake breakfast, follwed by Pho for lunch, Vietnamese vermicelli for dinner and a tasty little snack of Mac ‘n Cheese at around 11pm. Not exactly the healthiest choices to be sure — but anyone who has spent any time in a hospital knows that the dining options don’t exactly include your favorite comfort foods — and I was determined to ‘load up’.
Imagine my chagrin therefore when the nurse from the surgeon’s office called this morning to tell me that the doctor had forgotten to tell me that I wasn’t supposed to eat today - at all. (Fortunately, she called after I’d already had breakfast, so all was not lost.)
Adding insult to injury, the nurse also told me to take Peglyte, which, put nicely, is a very mean form of intestinal Drano.
“Bummer” I responded.
Sadly, she didn’t get the joke. 
Customer Service Hertz at Toronto International
Posted on January 7, 2008 by Rosalind
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This entry was originally posted on the Roamsters blog at http://roamsters.com/customer-service-hertz-at-yyz/
We rented a car over Christmas from Hertz at the Kipling and Dundas Street kiosk in Toronto.
The folks at that location were excellent… friendly, fast and helpful. We received an upgrade to a PT Cruiser for no extra charge, and when I remarked that the car was a tad dirty and somewhat odorous, the car jockey ran in and returned immediately with a $15.00 voucher to use for either a car wash or as a credit toward the rental.
The Hertz customer service experience at the Toronto International airport Hertz location on January 3rd was quite another story.
- My cheerful “Good Morning” greeting was not returned in kind. There was no “Good Morning” or “Happy New Year”… nada.
- The agent literally barked at me. “You returning the car?”, “Did you fill up?” and “What’s the mileage?”.
- The desk clerk processed the paperwork which I signed. After slapping another piece of paper on the counter, he appeared to continue working on our file.
- After a lengthy pause he regarded me with a look that said ‘What the he** do you want?”, so I asked if we were done. “Ya.”
No “Thanks for your business” or “Have a nice day”. Just “Ya.”
My response to his extremely poor manners? “You’re welcome… NOT! Next time we’ll rent from Budget!” loud enough for the agents at the Budget car rental counter to hear.
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Tractor Trailer Driver Lies to his Insurance Company…
Posted on September 10, 2007 by Rosalind
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I am absolutely livid.
On August 31st, a Sager Transport tractor trailer driver made an unsafe right turn on North Queen Street in Toronto and rammed into my rental car. The damage was considerable and the vehicle was no longer driveable. (See the full set of pictures in larger detail.)
That’s not what I’m livid about however…
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