I ordered something from Gadgets and Gizmos early on the morning of March 27. By late the next night, two full business days later, I’d received no shipping notification. I sent them the following email. I’ll let it and the subsequent exchange I had with them speak for itself: To: support@shopgadgetsandgizmos.com My order was placed… Read More: Gadgets and Gizmos: Rude Internet retailer of the day »
I was handed this flyer today in front of Boston City Hall: It’s a spoof mocking the Mayor’s demand for teachers to work a longer school day. Hey, BPS teachers… The teachers at my children’s private school work longer hours than you, with worse benefits than you, for less money than you. They do a… Read More: Boston Teachers Union: STFU and do your jobs »
Apparently, enough people have linked to my complaint about the abuse my family received at the hands of US Airways that it is now the first match that comes up when someone googles for “CEO of USAir”. Many people are doing that because they want to complaint to US Airways themselves but don’t know how… Read More: How to complain to US Airways »
I can’t speak to the quality of the custom tailoring work at Gregory’s Fine Tailoring, located at Boston’s downtown crossing. What I can do is report the facts of what Gregory did to me, and then you can decide for yourself whether to patronize his business. Executive summary: Work on my jacket, which I was… Read More: Gregory’s Fine Tailoring: buyer beware! »
My employer uses Oracle Financials to manage its books. The user experience of Oracle Financials is truly awful. We’re in the process of upgrading to a new version of the application, after using the old version for several years. One would think in the interim Oracle would have hired a decent UX designer and some… Read More: Bad UX example of the day »
The Hague, The Netherlands – February 10, 2012 – The International Criminal Court today announced a sweeping indictment of the Lord God Almighty for mass murder. An ICC spokesman explained the indictment. “We are emerging from a dark era in which humanity failed to recognize the full personhood of fertilized eggs. Now that we know… Read More: International Criminal Court Indicts God for Mass Murder »
My wife received a bill last week from Simon Medical Services for $90.22, part of the cost of a brace her doctor gave her for her broken foot. This confused me because our health insurance, Tufts HMO, usually provides 100% coverage after copayments. I looked up the claim on the Tufts web site and found… Read More: Simon Medical Services over-bills customers »
I received the following email this morning from Bill Groome, the owner of Madhatter Magic Shop, about whom I’ve written previously and who has posted several comments on my blog (along with one of his employees) which if anything make him look even worse than what I wrote about him: Subject: Re: Lawsuit Date:… Read More: Bill Groome, of Madhatter Magic Shop, threatens to sue over… »
UPDATE [2012-12-10]: I’ve updated the script with the new login URL shown in the comment below. UPDATE [2012-12-10]: I’ve added a new “–import” option to the script for importing a text file listing to-do items into a project. UPDATE [2012-12-10]: I’m not using Todoist anymore. I’ve switched to Toodledo, which I’m much happier with. You… Read More: Don’t lose your data if Todoist goes away »
I have written previously about the problems I had with Winters Plumbing when they replaced the heating system in my house. I wanted to post an update because while I still wouldn’t recommend them, they’ve done some things to address my complaints which they deserve to get credit for. They fixed the duct opening which… Read More: Some final words about Winters Plumbing »