Mary Anne Carter
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May 3 2012

Sweet tea

by Mary Anne

One of the things that I find interesting about living in this area is that when I go into a restaurant and order “tea” that if I don’t specifically say that I want “hot tea” that they will bring me ice tea. I don’t understand why the wait staff does not ask for clarification on that. Seems to me that if it is early in the day, say before 10am or so, that a person that orders tea would probably be more interested in hot tea than in ice tea.

Not long ago a friend of mine was going to McDonald’s for lunch and asked me if I wanted anything. She told me that they sell large “sweet tea” for one dollar. So I said, sure, I’d like that, and I gave her a dollar ten (the extra ten for tax) and when she came back with my large cup of sweetened ice tea I was quite surprised exactly how yummy that was! Whenever I order sweet ice tea anywhere else it just is not as yummy. Even if I add tons of sugar, it just is not as yummy. I wish I knew exactly how they made it; I’d try to duplicate it at home! And I wish that they had it available in a sugar-substitute form so that it was zero calorie. I’m sure I could drink a lot of this stuff, but I hate to think of the weight I’ll gain if I do!

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May 2 2012

Spice racks

by Mary Anne

One of the most frustrating thing to me about my kitchen is that I really have not been able to figure out a good location for any kitchen spice racks. I’ve read that you should not keep spices near a source of heat, and yet most of the time when I see displays of spice racks they are usually right beside or right above the stove top!

To make matters more complicated, I can’t seem to find a spice rack that actually holds most of the spices that I use. Spices come in such a variety of boxes and cans and bottles, and different sizes. I’m the kind of person that would like to have all of the spices lined up in alphabetical order so that I could find the spice that I need quickly and easily. But since they are all different sizes and shapes I can’t get them organized very well at all. I’ve heard that the world will beat a path to your door if you invent a better mouse-trap. Well, I would beat a path to the door of the person who created the perfect spice rack!

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Apr 29 2012

Customer satisfaction

by Mary Anne

One of my friends has posted twice recently that she has had some bad experiences with the local pizza parlor. One of her complaints was that she had called in her order for it to be ready at a particular time and when she arrived there it was not ready, and she ended up waiting more than an hour after that to get her pizza! That reminded me of the time when the exact thing happened to me at the same place a couple of times too!

The first time it happened when I arrived to pick up the pizza I went ahead and paid for it and then they told me that it wasn’t ready yet and it would only be a few more minutes. In reality it was more than an hour before it was ready, and I was livid! So the next time that I ordered the pizza I asked the order taker on the phone if it would REALLY be ready on time, and I was assured that it would be ready on time. When I arrived and it wasn’t ready and the cashier asked me to pay for the pizza I told the cashier that I would pay for it after it was ready and I could inspect it to make sure it was done to my satisfaction, and if it wasn’t ready within ten minutes I was leaving without paying and without the pizza.

You know what? It WASN’T ready, and I left without paying and I walked across the parking lot to Wendy’s and bought my family dinner there. I refuse to be held hostage there again by paying for my food before it is ready.

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Apr 24 2012

Working the room

by Mary Anne

As we walked through the building, Tim introduced me to some of his business associates, and we wandered over to the tables full of food and beverages. I recognized the serving ware from the last social networking event we had gone to and I mentioned to Tim that it was the same stuff as before. He said that the organization supplied that kind of items to the events, that they could get them wholesale through a Hotel Product Supplies & Catering Supplies company’s website.

Well, ever since I worked for a Hotel Bathroom Supplies & Restaurant Supply Company myself back in 1972 and 1973 I have had an interest in where people can go to get those types of supplies at a wholesale price. The place that I worked at did not advertise that they would sell their products to walk-in customers, but people walked in just the same and bought things from the company.

I decided to try to look up the company I used to work for on the Internet, and I couldn’t find them online. I wonder if they’ve gone out of business! I did, however find the website of the PeachSuite Wholesale Hotel Supply & Restaurant Equipment Company and found myself spending quite a long time looking at the different flatware and stemware and thinking about how even after all of these years I am still using the same flatware that I bought back in 1972 from the company that I worked for. I’d say that was a good investment, wouldn’t you agree?

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Apr 23 2012

Networking

by Mary Anne

Last week I was invited to attend a networking social event with Tim. The event was being held at the local Boys & Girls Club, and I agreed to go with Tim because I had never been in that building since it opened for business about three years ago. I was really interested in checking it out, just out of curiosity. And Tim told me that there would be free food and drinks, so I was all for going! I mean, how could you beat the chance to check out a place you’ve been wanting to check out and getting a free meal to boot!

So Tim picked me up at the appointed hour and drove me to the club. When we first walked in the door, there were four greeters there, introducing themselves with a smile and a handshake. One person was selling tickets to a 50/50 raffle, and another was collecting business cards for a prize drawing that was going to be held a little later. At first I felt a little bit awkward, but it wasn’t long before I recognized a few people that I had met before and I went over and chatted with them for a little while.

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