Amazon Redeemed

I was lucky enough to work yesterday when the rest of management decided to take off the day between the 4^th and the weekend.  I was pleased with the almost somnambulant day as the heat rose and my office air conditioner struggled.  I was catching up on work until one of my bus drivers made the mistake of hurrying through a bus stop and failing to pick up one of the community activists that Worcester seems to supply in droves.

I was shortly talking with the mayor’s office, my boss, and the big boss as well as a newspaper reporter to quell the tidal wave of indignation.  I’ve seen axe murders get less attention from political leaders.  Politician = Coward  I guess I did the job because the story in today’s paper was positive.

I wrote last week how impressed I was with Amazon when a Father’s Day gift of movies did not show up.  My admiration was short lived when they managed to lose the replacement shipment.  When I contacted them again, a young man from India sent me a message stating since they had failed twice, they were going to give up, refund my money and call it even. 

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I decided to give it one more shot.  I started pushing buttons to report problems and finally got one that asked for my phone number.  Two seconds after pushing it my phone rang and I was shortly talking with a young man who shared my confusion about how two orders of the exact same movies could be lost in exactly the same fashion.  He took $10 additional off the order and promised next day delivery.  I was not overcome with confidence but the movies showed up as promised yesterday.  My faith in my go to shopping location was redeemed.  Still, it was weird.

My wife and I beat the heat last night with our weekly ritualistic dinner at the fabulous Zorba’s.  My favorite waitress traipsed by for her obligatory hello and the prime rib rocked.  I finished the night in couch potato mode waiting for the start of the Sox game, since they’re out on the left coast.  I am well into the second season of Falling Skies and find myself increasingly vocal at the incredibly stupid military decisions made.  I’m getting no answers back from the television.

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