Shmarya Rosenberg reports that the OU’s NCSY is creating a service award named after a rabbi who protected Baruch Lanner for decades, concealing knowledge that Lanner had sexually abused children in his care and smearing the children and parents who dared to go public about the abuse. It’s just one scandal after another with the… Read More: Terrified by the idea that I might find myself forced… »
About a year ago, my wife and I bought an expensive sleeper sofa from Jordan’s Furniture. Well, actually, our parents bought it for us. We paid a lot of money for it because we wanted the American Leather sleeper sofa, which has a rather unusual design. The mattress is actually several separate foam cushions mounted… Read More: Jordan’s Furniture warranty: buyer beware »
For those whom this might amuse: From: Jonathan Kamens <jik@kamens.brookline.ma.us> To: info@commutercheckdirect.com Subject: Typographical error on “Commuter Benefits Order Fulfillment” email OK, so admit it, I’m ridiculously picky, and this is a ridiculously trivial thing I’m writing to you about. Still, on the off chance that someone there might care about it… The “Commuter Benefits… Read More: Grammar Police on patrol »
A little less than a year ago, my employer, Tamale Software (since acquired by Advent Software, in what I would happily classify as the fourth successful acquisition of the five in which I’ve been involved), decided to outsource its human resources function to the Professional Employer Organization (PEO) Administaff (note: Tamale used Administaff, but Advent doesn’t,… Read More: Administaff disappoints »
November 14, 2008 Branch Manager Chase Group 2775 Sand Hill Road, Suite 120 Menlo Park, CA 94025 To whom it may concern: I am writing to complain about Citi Smith Barney’s poor service, incompetence, gouging me out of a bogus $95 fee, and then trying to snow me into believing that it wasn’t your fault.
I went for a walk downtown today to get a new battery for my wife’s watch, and I was pleasantly surprised to have positive experiences with four different businesses. So here’s a shout out to… Long’s Jewelry and Watch Store at 100 Summer Street (617-426-8500). I stopped here first. The woman who helped me was friendly,… Read More: Recs for downtown Boston businesses: Long’s Jewelry, Minuteman Coin &… »
Operation Smile started spamming me in 2004 after I donated to them on-line and gave them my email address so they could send me a receipt. They have sent me spam on November 5, 2004; December 22, 2004; January 11, 2005; December 7, 2005; December 20, 2005; March 8, 2006; May 11, 2006; May 28,… Read More: Operation Smile: Unrepentant, Egregious Spammers »
So, I know that I said that when my phone contract expired I was going to switch to PalmOS or BlackBerry, because the software on the AT&T 8525 (a.k.a. HTC Hermes) was so sucky. But when push came to shove and I needed to buy a new phone (because I dropped the old one for… Read More: AT&T Tilt continues the tradition of crappy Windows Mobile phones »
My letter to the CEO of Virgin Mobile paid off, although it took them two months to respond. I got a voicemail message from a woman there apologizing for the way my problem was handled and letting me know that she was sending me a new phone and putting a $10 credit on my account to… Read More: Virgin Mobile makes amends »
I sent the letter below to the CEO of Vigin Mobile over a month ago. Thus far, there has been no response. Can anyone suggest a decent, inexpensive prepaid cell phone service?