Fast Food Nightmares

So it's probably a good thing for my temper that I'm off fast food for lent, however I still have to deal with crazy people at other prime locations who don't understand what I'm saying...years ago it was the lovely folks at McDonald's who had no idea all I wanted was a number 6, and later the subway employees who wait until I say "tomayto" before they understand what I'm asking for. I've tried pointing but that seems to add more confusion into the mix, I'm tired of the woman in Tijuana Flats who EVERYTIME I go in there she asks: "do you mind if I ask you where your accent is from" and then when I tell her, as if prompted by the devil himself I get "oh I thought it was Australian."

So anyways, good times...I'm at Panera the other day and I think they must have changed their menus 'cause the used to have a sign with all their specialty coffees on. When I ask the woman behind the counter where they now, she simply points behind me where the self-help coffee pot is...I try another method; "what selection of special coffees do you have, such as cappuccino or mochas?" I get a blank response until the guy behind her cleaning up "translates" for me and suddenly I get what I want. The I ask for a "chocolate pastry." I say it slow and clearly and all I get is a blank response again...I mean why do these people think they can be successful if they have troubles understanding people...I mean I'd accept it if I walked in there saying "Awright geeza, gizza Joe Roffie mate!" then I'd accept a look like i'm talking another language...if my German colleagues have more luck than I do ordering you know it's all just a cunning ploy to drive me insane...

Best response by far:

Woman in Golden Coral "England (paused for thought) is that a sport?"

Trip to SF

So, good times in San Francisco (except for missing the family and having to sit through work related stuff). There was something pretty cool; a guy from Boeing gave a presentation on how they provide monitoring data on their aircraft to their customers...live plane data via satellite. No sooner said than done he'd pulled up a website and presented United's fleet of aircraft and all the little error messages from the on board computers...they track them to provide alerts in case a service is required...kinda cool! Even better when I get on the plane to Denver and the pilot says; "we're just getting a message from control that we have a fault...we're trying to ensure it's something that we can ignore before we depart."

Went to a great steak place called Harris' steak house for dinner their aged thick bone-in NY steak was pretty freaking amazing. When one of the other guys from Roche asked if they could write "Roche Diagnostics AG" it came back "Roche Diagnostics space AG." Pretty funny stuff...i think you had to be there tho. Had some great whiskey and some that tasted like iodine which wasn't...

I actually got caught by the bush man on Fisherman's Warf...freaked me out...in and out burger and wow Rubio's fish tacos were freaking amazing! Other than food San Francisco is okay...very pricey and loads of homeless people (or maybe they're just really dirty)...and hippies. My taxi cab was a Prius...no joke!

Oh it's also a dead zone for AT&T and Verizon (although Verizon seemed a little better) so make sure you bring your own carrier pigeon or really fast midget to pass on messages. Maybe they think the radio waves will damage the trees or something!

Overall it's a fun place to visit for free...other than that I'd probably go somewhere else on the west coast in California as long as I can get those fish tacos...

United screwed me over and not only cancelled my flight on Sunday but also put me in the back of the plane in a center seat...who does that to me!?!? It was worth a quick complaint online so at least i'm 500 miles better off but seriously...i'm a freaking premier executive damn it!!

Introduction

Yeah, so I don't think my life is that interesting or any different from anyone else's...I mean I know I am very blessed and lucky to have what I have, but anyone can achieve it...it's not just because I talk funny. People said I should create a blog about all the little events where people just fold to my superior personality...fact is it doesn't happen like they see it. They think they know, but they have no idea...this is my bubble!