L is for Lipstick

What do you notice with the picture above? 

If you noticed there are three shades of lipstick, you would be right.  

If you noticed that 2 lipsticks are nearly used and 1 still has a good amount, you would be right.  

If you noticed a frustrated consumer sitting at the side, you would be right.  You would also have super-hero sight.  

Why do cosmetic companies insist on changing their shades and not continuing with the hues that they have already developed?  It seems with each new season companies roll out a new line of colors and get rid of last year's shades.  

By golly,  I LIKE the shade of lipstick that I use.  And every year I have to find a new shade!   

Granted all three of these lipstick shades are very close in color-- but not quite.  And that "not quite" can change a whole way that one looks.  How would you like it if the closest you can find to "yummy plummy" is "mauve mania" or some other cousin in the same color family --"magnificent mauve"?   Worse yet --- what will be waiting at the counter when it is time to replenish my stock?   

So if I were a beauty queen and asked the question of what I wish for the world-- you just might hear me say "Consistent Lipstick Shades that never retire."  

After World Peace of course. 

  

What's Up with That?

I was making a nice meal the other day and to go with it I bought a loaf of Italian bread from my local big box super department +grocery store.
As I sliced it, this is what I found...... or rather what I didn't find.  An air bubble so big that there was very little bread.

What's up with that? 

What is Up with That ?

I was working at the department store a few Saturdays ago and it was quite busy with people taking advantage of the sales and incentive campaigns.  I like it when it is busy because time goes so fast and I am never bored. 

I love to see what people have decided to purchase--it is almost like my own personal shopping tour-- I do not have to go look for things I want.  If I see something I really like, I just ask the customer where they found the item. After my shift ends I am then free to go get one for myself.

As I was checking a customer out, another customer comes up to me and tells me something that shocks me.  "There is poop in the aisle of one of the departments. I am not sure if it is human or dog poop."    What???  Oh my gosh.  Well, since there are no dogs in the store, I can only imagine that it must be of the human kind.   I thanked the customer for letting me know and immediately called the manager to inform them so it could be cleaned up.   Soon I saw the manager come walking towards that department with the custodial staff and a broom/mop and dust pan.  I assume they found it and took care of it-- but really

Who does this kind of thing???  Who goes in to a place of business and defecates on the floor?  What is wrong with some people?  

What is up with that? 

What's Up with That?

NOT.

I stopped by a  pizza place this afternoon to pick up pizza for dinner.  I had called it in earlier and timed it so I was there to pick it up soon after the time I was given for it to be done.  It was right before the typical dinner hour and there was only one car in the parking lot as I pulled in.

There was maybe 6 or 7 employees standing behind the counter when I walked up to it.  The person standing at the cash register was talking business to one of them--something about money needed for a delivery.  Two others were having a casual conversation about the upcoming dinner hour.  The others were sort of just milling around.  I stood there for a moment waiting for the person at the register to finish her business with the delivery person and turn to me. 

I waited...and waited...and waited...and waited some more.  She finished the conversation and so I prepared to tell her that I had a take out order to pick up.  She was very engaged with the register. 
I looked to other of the other 6 people  just standing there.  No one looked at me.  No one acknowledged that I was even standing there.  I could have been invisible!  I opened my purse and got out my wallet hoping to cue them to at least say hello. 
Nothing.  
I waited some more. 
I waited.........  and waited.......and still waited. 

Finally, a server looked at me and asked if I had a take out order.  I said yes and gave him my name.  He want and got my pizza.  

How long should it take for a person to be waited on after entering a restaurant?  

I can understand if it is busy.  I have a food service back ground, I sympathise with getting everything taken care of!   But to not even acknowledge me?  These people were not even busy.  They were just standing there.  Someone should have said hello very soon after I got to the counter.   Since there was so many workers just standing at the counter, someone should have asked to help me immediately,  Even if it is not their specific job. 

Come on people!  And we wonder why business is slow.....  Show a little customer service!  Make me feel like you want me there and appreciate my business.  My time is money too,  you know.

 Is the problem a lack of training?  A lack of care?  A lack of ambition? 

If this kind of service keeps up they will have a lack of customers.

What's up with That?

One needs to have a psychic sense if watching your transportation budget.

Case in point:  I needed gas in my car last week.    Since it was near the end of the month, I thought I would try to hold out as long as I could before investing my dollars in a tank.  But it got down to only 2 gallons, so I went and filled up.  The very next day prices in my area dropped 10 cents a gallon. 

Why, oh why can't I have better timing when it comes to putting gas in my car? 

 Today the price is back where it was 3 days ago.  What's up with that?  

Does gas in your area jump around in price or is it just in my area?