Yellow Hammer Restaurant Rots
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My wife received a $50 gift certificate to Yellow Hammer Restaurant from her students as an end-of-the-year gift. We forgot about it for a while, or weren’t able to go when we did remember. Anyway, we thought we would use it for our 14th wedding anniversary tonight. My wife checked the certificate and it had expired one month ago. She contacted Yellow Hammer to see if they would still honor the gift. They said no. Now, first off I’ll acknowledge that we let the certificate expire. Technically, we are at fault for not using it. Now from the restaurant’s perspective, however, they are going to let $50 turn into an internet campaign to let everyone know that their customer service rots.
Let’s lay this thing out: They received the $50, and they won’t honor the certificate, so they have they made a 100% profit on that sale. However, that $50 is going to going to cost them more in the long run because it is now my mission to yell from the mountaintops that Yellow Hammer has all the customers that they can stand and have no desire to earn more by treating people fairly. Is it really worth that $50 Mr YellowHammer?
There’s a good chance that we would have spent beyond $50 had we been able to use the gift certificate. Let’s say we spent a total of $70 on dinner. Yellow Hammer would probable have made $40 profit on that meal. Amazing! These people are willing to shaft us over a potential $10 loss.
I believe in spreading the word, good or bad, about companies, services, experienced, etc. So had we gone to Yellow Hammer and had a good experience, I would be right here telling hundreds, maybe thousands, of people about it. Alas, here I am telling that same crowd about the pathetic attitude and customer care presented by this restaurant.
Apparently these people are oblivious to the effects of a dissatisfied customer, or would-be customer in this case. Second, they have no idea about the power of recommendation, especially where food is concerned. And last, they have no understanding of basic, everyday, do-the-right-thing.
So here’s my recommendation for this restaurant: Don’t go! We are going to Applebee’s in Auburn instead.
Ashlee’s America
By · CommentsMy daughter recently wrote this poem for me. I must say, I was extremely proud of her. Apparently she’s her daddy’s girl.
America by Ashlee Sanders
The USA
America
Presidents
Blessed by God
50 States
Free Country
Loved by me
Discovered by Columbus
A perfect place for US
United States of America
Many people love the one true God
Oh, I love the USA
Oh, I love the USA
Brian Clark Explodes on the Writing Scene!
By · CommentsBrian Clark has kept his writing talents hidden, until now. I read some of his work on facebook , and I was impressed. I’m posting some of his work here for everyone to enjoy. You can also check out Brian’s facebook page.
Dream
i’m in a dream or so it seems
of life and death as silence screams
to be set free from this dream
that works silently inside of me
it had no beginning, nor an end
no way to stop or to win
a part of time I cannot see
for I cannot stop it until it stops me
First Verse From “The Ride”
Take a step out the front door into the fog and the breeze shaking the leaves on the trees.
Got a handful of CD’s’ check my back pocket for my wallet and make sure I didn’t forget my keys.
Get in the car, put on G n’ R or Alice In Chains and head on down the driveway.
Take a left onto the road, stop at the sign
Memories unfold into the light as I bear right to hit the highway.
Roll the windows down, grab my Zippo and smokes
Same thing I did so many years ago. This time though,
it’s a different car and I’m a different man, but I’m no closer to any promised land.
Same as I was as a very young man
with dreams and hope when I was still smoking dope and thought I had a plan.
Blind
If only allowed to see those things in life in whick I seek, I would be blind, for I cannot reach without the confidence to teach myself to seek that whick is not easy to find.
Xylitol Update
By · CommentsUpdate to Dubya’s sugar free gum snack. I took Dubya to the vet Saturday morning for blood work to check his liver. Vet says he’s fine and should have no long term effects. Good thing we were here when he ate the gum.
Xylitol Dog Killer
By · CommentsI believe half of what I see and almost none of what I hear. With all of the “verified” inaccurate information zooming through cyberspace it’s almost like white noise to me most of the time. Well, I found out that the xylitol used in sugar free gum actuallly is dangerous to dogs.
Snacktime with Dubya
Our 3 month old retriever, Dubya, had a little snack today. My wife found him with his snout burried in a pack of the kids’ sugar free gum. It’s really a good thing she was here. I probably wouldn’t, in fact I know I wouldn’t, have acted as quickly as she did. I would have brushed it off and waited to see some kind of symptoms. She immediately went into crisis mode and called our vet. Turns out the stuff really is bad.
Pink Puke
Our vet told us to make the dog puke right away. Luckily he also told us how to accomplish this. One tablespoon of peroxide. My wife held his mouth open and I poured it in. He gagged a bit then took off playing outside. He seemed lilke nothing was wrong. I thought that the peroxide must not be working. Suddenly his back arched up and he started heaving like crazy. After several seconds we had a pile of bubble gum flavored puke in the yard. Cool.
Dangers of Xylitol
The short term danger is low blood sugar. The dog can go into a diabetic coma in no time. Possibly fatal. Immediately after throwing up we gave him honey. Can you imagine a 3 month old lab juiced up on sugar? They are already ADHD. Anyway, the long term danger is liver damage. We have a date with the vet on Saturday for blood work. The vet told us that since we actually saw him eat the gum and got it out immediately, he would probably be ok. If he had snacked on the gum when we were gone for the day, who knows.
Dubya’s First Play Date
By · CommentsDubya met a female hound at my grandmother’s house a couple of days ago. I got home today and she was sitting by our front porch looking around. She seemed to ask as I got out of the truck, “Can Dubya come out and play?” I let Dubya out and the two of them ran and chased for about 30 minutes. We had a busy day planned, so I had to stop the fun and get Dubya cleaned up. It had been raining this morning, so this was his first real romp in the mud. These pics don’t show exactly how dirty he was. He’s normally white/light yellow.
Robert Reich And Charlie Rangle Promote Racism
By · Comments“We need to make sure that jobs don’t go to white male construction workers.” “Jobs should be mandated for minorities and women.” This is blatant racism. It’s unbelievable that the very people who whine about racism the most are actually the most blatant racists! You want to award jobs fairly, to the best candidate? Then let’s remove race from all applications. Period. Similar to the judges of a talent show sitting behind a curtain so that only the performance will be judged, not the performer. Hire workers based solely on credentials. Oh wait, let me guess, hiring someone based solely on ability is surely racist, right Mr Reich? As long as people like these are in Washington, on the news, and on the radio, this country has no hope of moving past racism. As long as we say “He’s the first black coach to reach this achievement” or “This is the first time a black woman has done this” we will continue to be a racist society.
Do you really want to get beyond racism? Then stop making skin color part of the equation. It never fails that when people talk about someone of a different race than their own, they feel the need to point it out. “There’s a little black girl in my daughter’s class that did this” or “There was this white man at the store today that said this”. Until we can fill out an application, or even have a simple conversation, without having to make a point of race, we will continue to struggle.
No other way to explain it. The Obama administration supports racism. Here it is in their own words.
Throwing Babies Away Could Become Common
By · Comments“Live Baby Thrown In Trash” is a headline that’s unblelieveable, but Obama’s voting record indicates that he supports these heinous crimes. Put aside white, black, democrat, republican, red, yellow, or green. Anyone who claims to be human could in no way support allowing a baby to die just bacause it was supposed to be aborted. If you have any doubts, just search “Obama born alive policy”. Or, you can watch a National Right To Life video.
Thanks to digitalcaffeine for bringing this article to our attention.
Successful Chili Fundraiser
By · CommentsWe had a chili cookoff last night at Church of the Harvest for our Royal Rangers and Girl’s Ministries. We are just getting started with these ministries, and both have high startup costs. I want to thank everyone who supported this event for helping us kick off these ministries with the proper supplies needed for success. You helped raise $440 to buy handbooks, workbooks, and other supplies for these kids. Once again, thank you.
Nancy Pelosi Demands A Recount
By · CommentsThe last time I checked there were only about 304,000,000 Americans alive. How can 500,000,000 of us lose our jobs? Does this mean that the next 196,000,000 people born are guaranteed to be jobless? Maybe she’s using this as a scare tactic to justify abortion. I mean, if they won’t have jobs anyway what’s the use? It’s too bad that “no child left behind” didn’t apply when Nancy was in school. Maybe she would have done a little better in math. Nancy please, Obama is the only person who can blow that much smoke and have people buy it.