Anyone noticed that PFB isnt getting the traffic it use to?

Very few people post based on the number of letters. Shoot the top 25, some
of them are months old!

What happened to the regulars?

What happened to letter of the week?

What happened to the kitchen table?


I'm sure someone will say oh, the traffic is up, it may be, but the
postings are clearly down.


oh well



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http://tinyurl.com/yztdvqu

2 lines from it below


This would apply to all business open, malls, supermarkets, restaurants.

Lets keep our cool people and not take it out on retail clerks.

Thank you

______________________________________________________

As a final word of Thanksgiving advice, Seaney urged travelers to not vent
their frustrations on airline and airport employees.


"The people who are working those holidays are just as frustrated about
being at the airport as you are on the holiday, and you're not going to get
what you want if you blow up at them," he said.

Has anyone thought of instant messaging for PFB?

You know like many other message boards, you can see who is logged on, and
send them instant messages directly through the site, or leave them an
email etc.

Might also be an effective way of letting them know they have received a
demerit, they may not always check their email.

Think of the possibilities!


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Why if you cant find something in the store, instead of asking, you make a
game of it.


Instead of asking.....Where are the envelopes?


They respond.....If I were an envelope where would I be?

I respond, the envelopes are on aisle 5.

I guess they want me to laugh, and act like I have never heard that line
before.

Or should I say something like.....oh if I were an envelope I am sure I
would be at the postoffice, maybe in a bin ready to be sorted. Hopefully I
would be a card that would bring someone cheer, and not a collection bill.
After that, I would walk off from the customer never giving them their
answer. Well I guess it wouldnt be an answer since they asked me STUPID
QUESTION!

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Why is PFB posting pixels of businesses that you can't even read, or make
out the writing?

Like, if there is a priceline letter, there is a priceline pixel next to
it, you cant even read what is shown.

That is just one example.

If you cant make it clear, dont post it, its just annoying.


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Perhaps this story

http://tinyurl.com/y8vs8k4

should be the standard to judge the letter of the week.

I agree with so many points of it, and its not just applicable to cruise
lines. I was searching out cruise deals when I found it though :-)


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It always makes me laugh when I go to the gym and see people trying to get
the closet parking spot.

Its not like it raining, which I would understand.

Its called exercise, whether in the gym or outside it walking to your car.



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I was on vacation a few weeks ago. Didnt really go anywhere. Had to catch
up on some things around the house.

Anyway, we "had to go see the baby", like the Seinfeld episode. The neice
had a girl, so we had to go see. Even though she has posted numerous picks
and we know what she looks like, we had to go.

We packed up the car, and drove to Midland Texas.

On the way back, the wife was hungry.

I always pack things with me to eat, because I dont eat at restaurants
hardly at all.

So she decides on Subway.

I swear every Subway is located inside a gas station.

There is no way she would eat at a place like that. I cant blame her for
that either.

The employees that work in these subways, chicken places, etc, also work
the gas station. I know because I asked them once when we went to Vegas
recently and did a tour to the hoover dam/grand canyon. We had to stop at a
gas station type place like this.

The gas station type of Subways, the people their just dont seem to be the
type of people that subway would hire, they are a bit rougher looking and
less hygenic.

I wouldnt eat at either restaurants, but a gas station one is even worse
for me!


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Ugh, Mrs Rowdy loves the Smart Cars


Fortunately there werent too many used ones out there! Woo Hoo!


I personally dont like them, but I see why she would.


I cant talk her out of them.

Ive tried safety, that doesnt work when I want
another 1 liter crotch rocket

I tried premium fuel requirement, the 1 liter bike does too.

2 seats, thats goos she says, people wont ask her to drive.

Insurance is cheap on them

Anything other arguments that I can use? HELP!!




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This is hilarious!

http://tinyurl.com/9zthp6



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Read the hersheys candy bar story for this to make sense.


I always find it humorous that when settling with a company for damages
that people tend to say, "I never want this to happen to anyone else", as
part of their argument for getting a bigger payout to them.


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There was a mother with her 7 year old looking son walking in the store.

He had a note pinned to his shirt, typed out, saying, "I'm Austic, what's
your problem?"

I thought it was a bit tacky and could be humiliating to the child.

On top of that, the kid appeared well mannered to me, had that note not
been there, I would not have even noticed.


What do you think?

Why is it that some teachers feel the need to moan and complain about their
jobs, especially in public?

I know everyone has things about their jobs they dont like, but two
teachers were in the store the other day complaining publicly about school
starting.

Of course, they are the type that stand right in front of all the
checklanes and block people.

Of course, they are shopping for their kids on the last day too, so it
makes me wonder if they are last minute type of people.

Last minute to get the week planner done, last minute to schedule an
appoinment with the parents, etc.

Their last minute habits may be short changing other peoples children.



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Finally its over!

It was really busy over the weekend at work, because as always, people wait
til the last minute for everything.

They wait til the last minute for Turkeys for Thanksgiving.

They wait til the last minute for Halloween candy, and get mad when "all
the good stuff" is gone

They wait til the last minute at easter, when all the dye kits are gone.

You would think parents would put their kids education first....nope, they
wait til the last minute.

They get mad because all of the prepackaged school supplies for their
district are gone.


I would really really love to tell them, that my back to school set has
been up for over 5 weeks, they sat there for the longest time.


Why do people wait til the last minute, then complain???


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When are people going to learn to put down the flap on their grocery
cart.

You know ladies, that area where you put your purse.

Please put the flap down, so the jar of spaghetti sauce you put there does
not fall through the hole, where the childs legs usually go, and break on
the floor.

I see this almost everyday.

Im getting quite tired of this.


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I am so ready for this one!

Im not a big fan of September cruises due to the hurricanes, and choppy
waters but they are usually cheaper then.


Mrs Rowdy loves it when the waters are rough though, me, not so much.

I do however like the cost savings.


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Did you read the post about the "Air Condission: at the store.

I was afraid to call it "Air Conditioning" for fear of being accused of
making fun of her.

But then again, if I would have referred to it as "Air Condission", I might
have got demerited too.


So I just called it AC. Sometimes being PC is so stressful!


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This is what customers do quite often:

And it doesnt always have to pertain to milk, can pertain to almost any
item.



Customer buys too many gallons of milk

Notices the one in the refrigerator is expired

Takes the milk with her to the store, leaves it in car.

Goes in store to buy a fresh milk.

Goes back to car, puts milk in the car.

Gets expired milk out of car brings back to store

Produces receipts, accuses store of selling expired milk!!!

Gets money back!


And yes it happens quite often.

But much of what goes on here doesn't sense to my anymore.

I don't want to be bothered emailing Greg on someone else's behalf. It
would be so much easier just to leave a comment on the letter. Or better
yet, PFB should remove the personal info and employees' names in the first
place. For some reason, they stopped doing that. It actually seems like
they are deliberately leaving in the names of employees.

Isnt it funny how nobody responds to the letters about Verizon cell
phones?

Id never go with that company, they are like laptops, too many issues.


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Read a post about this recently

People dont seem to understand the difference

At my store, Dairy Sour Cream's date is Sept 30, 2009.

Too many people think they can go home and open it today and it will stay
fresh til Sept 30, 2009.

They do not read the side of the package that says consume within 7 days of
opening.

The same applies to refrigerated Orange Juice, it may have a date pretty
far out, but once you break that seal, most say 7-10 days

My Deli in my store uses Milk. When the health department comes, they are
looking for a label, that we put on there, when the milk expires.

We are told it is 7 days from when it is opened. Regardless of what the
preprinted date on the milk says.


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My wife and I were invited to a get together.

Unfortunately it was a restraurant.

I do not like to eat at them often due to hygenic practices people do not
follow.

We went to CiCi's pizza. I, of course, had the salad. I knew from
experience, that all of their lettuce is bagged.

So I was eating my salad, and had a clear view of the kitchen area.

I watched one guy hand the apparent shift leader cash money from his
pocket.

I watched the guy that handed the money to see where he was going.

My suspicions were correct, he was the one making the pizzas. Never once
washed his hands, got the hand sanitizer, nothing.

This is why I dont like to eat out.

I was watching what was happening, and made a face.

Of course the wife without knowing what was happening, knew what I was
watching and mouthed to me "Stop it!"

And this place is in full view for all customers, imagine what they do in
restaurants where you can't see them.

Ever been in the restroom and seen an employee not wash their hands, know
how often that happens?

Or what gets me is the smokers, they lite up, come back in, and get right
back to work, no washing of their hands.


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In response to the Service disconnection post:

My response would more than likely be pulled if I posted in the main room.


Ok here goes:

If you were late in making your payment to them, why do you expect them to
hurry over and turn your gas back on.

______________________________________________________

She never states that she was "late" only that she made a large payment
over the phone. I am assuming this, and that cannot be tolerated.


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http://tinyurl.com/mxo56c


This will be the shortest line in the whole park.

Too bad they will never make a profit on this stand, and thereby lose money
on this endeavor.



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Bought a new Air Conditioner for the home the other day.

Our outside unit was about 10 years old, the inside was original.

A guy from work was buying a new unit, and unloaded his used compressor to
me for 50 bucks. That thing lasted 10 years!!! Its not quite dead yet, so
I am selling it to a guy that says he rebuilds them. I made 25 bucks on
it.

We ended up buying a 3 ton 2 Speed Rheem unit, inside and outside. Got
some additional vents installed, oversized ducts, and a new return air as
well.

Funny thing is, the guy asked, how will you be paying for it. Said he had a
financing plan, or do I want to put it on a credit card?

I said, no thank you, I will write you a check. He said he didnt get too
many of those,but gladly accepted it.

Nothing better than flipping on the switch of a new AC unit, feeling the
cold air, knowing its paid for, and you dont owe a dime.


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I about fell over when I mentioned it to my Frito Lay Salesman.

I jokingly asked him, "So when's the Restaurant Style Salsa coming back"
He told me he had it a few days ago, and its sold out. I was like no way.
A few days later it was back.

Oh well, thought I would pass on the news.



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Okay I am back.

I was working with my wife on her facebook. She got caught up on this
game on their called Farmtown.

I helped her get to the highest level (34), so the game is essentially
over. She was spending so much time on there I wanted to hurry her up so it
would be over.


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I am off today and started on the ol yard work.

When it stops raining our fence will be installed. The back fence is
falling down, and on the side its almost completely gone. We can see into
our neighbors backyard.

This does not bother me much, but is upsets Mrs Rowdy. I built one fence
before, and it fell over after the first storm, so I tried. I am leaving
this one to the professionals.

Anyway, I am working on what I call "Wall of Bush".

I let the shrubs get overgrown on the front and side of the house, it
follows the sidewalk, so much that they have grown together to form on big
bush. We have a garden home so the front door is on the side.

So now I am out there on my hands and knees pulling out all the old leaves
trying to find the roots so I know where to get the saw to cut the
branches. One of the shrubs grows with almost vines so it chokes out the
other ones, so I had to cut that mess out.


Prior to this I had to uproot two bushes that got tall, that are next to
the gate.

I was looking for an excuse to get rid of them, they are too close to the
new gate, which they are going to stain for free!

So I uprooted those things, that was a pain.

Im also trying to design a new area there but right now its just all mud
due to the rain.

Im hoping all of this hard work gets recognized when I plead my case again
next year for the Kawasaki Ninja.

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Yes I got it alright!!! I am so happy!!! I dont know what I am going to do
with all that money!!!

Thats right, you all guessed it! I got my six dollar jury duty check in the
mail the other day.

They shuffle you in this room filled with 400 other people or so. I sat on
the wall where there were chairs and watched where people sat. Most people
sat with a chair in between them so they dont get too close to each other.


Everyone is on their cell phone or laptop or are acting like they are
reading a book. The gal next to me never made it very far. She seemed too
interested in looking at my paperwork.

The judge tries to crack some jokes to loosen the mood. Then they show you
this sappy movie about how important jury duty is, yah yah yah. I know all
of this.

I was disappointed to find out that I can no longer wear my political
shirts. I found them a great way to get out of jury duty.

This particular one is the face of obama, the whole "hope" mantra thing he
has going on. The one I have the face of obama with some big ears, with
the word DOPE, instead of HOPE underneath it.

Nope I can no longer wear this, censorship rears its head again.

Anyway, the court lady says there are low numbers of cases today so today
is a good day if you are not wanting to get picked.....so I am
hmmmmmmmmmm.

I need to reschedule, but will take my chances. I need to reschedule
because I am to testify in in a case.

The first group called up in a group of 50, whew I did not make that one,
that was the case I was to testify in.

The one I get called for, has to show back up the next day! Just my luck.

I hang around, and find out that the case I was to testify in, she and her
lawyers made a plea bargin when they found out how many people had shown
up.

Then I got a call that the other case plea bargined so I didnt have to come
back the next day.


In the past I have found that if you are called and have to listen to the
pre trial case, that if you sneer or roll your eyes when they lawyers
present the case, they will not pick you.


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Alaska is a beatiful place. We went on a Princess Cruise. I think it was a
4 day, maybe a 5. It went out of Vancouver to Ketchiken.

Mrs Rowdy Retailer was hesitant to do an Alaskan Cruise due to it being
cold. However she did love it, so we will be back to do the 7 day to more
places in Alaska.

We rode the Seaplane that went over the mountains and glaciers, we landed
between some of them and stood on the floaties of the plane and took
pictures, it was really beautiful.

Then we went on a Zipline. I dont mind those too much but the suspension
bridge was a bit much.

We had the anytime dining, something we have never done before, and really
enjoyed it.

Usually on Carnival, we eat at the earliest dinner. On a 7 day cruise, by
the last day or so, most of the couples know each other pretty well. This
is why I liked the anytime dining, you get to know each other for a short
period of time, but you get to meet more people and see them on the ship
the entire time.

We are taking another cruise in September out of San Juan to Antiqua,
barbados, ST Kitts, St Thomas maybe one more place I forget. This one is on
Carnival.

We like to vacation alot. However I do have my eye on a Zx-10r Kawasaki.



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