about 11 months ago - No comments
Up until about a few years ago my family had a favorite place to go out and eat in McAllen, Peso Bills on north 10th. The restaurant started off as “Bonanza,” and years later transitioned into “Peso Bills.” For years a huge chunk of my family got together for lunch or dinner at our favorite [...]
about 11 months ago - No comments
I love the look on people’s faces when they walk into a reception area and are trying to get some attention… only to find that they won’t be seen. It’s always an awkward moment for just about everyone involved. I also love when the situation turns into a wordy and often tedious “why the hell [...]
about 12 months ago - No comments
Everyone has had a terrible experience with a business or organization. There’s no way to avoid them, but some of them are quite common. Here’s the top five customer service mistakes that absolutely tick me off.
1. Exaggeration.
Dealing with companies/organizations that exaggerate their knowledge and success, is really a quick way to a horrible experience. [...]
about 12 months ago - 1 comment
Whataburger is often the target of my tweets, blog posts, [dry] jokes, and general fast food admiration. From an every-day consumer point of view Whataburger is simply good food made “just like you like it.” But there’s more to the Whataburger brand than their slogan.
Whataburger knows its roots, in fact you can walk into just [...]
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
So I was having one of those conversations where I can’t shut up about how I’m totally into watching way too much TV, and when I was listing my favorite shows the first one was Fox’s House.
Before I even managed to get to the second show on my list, I got a response that I [...]
about 1 year ago - No comments
Tim Russert died yesterday, I can’t say he was my favorite, but he was great at what he did and they way he did it. He also seemed tohave fun doing it and his fans simply adore him along with allot in the media.
Not exactly Peter Jennings (who I admired) but a terrible loss none [...]
about 1 year ago - 5 comments
If you’ve ever lived in the Rio Grande Valley or, like yours truly, was born and raised down here you absolutely know who Larry James is. He’s been doing the weather on KGBT 4 since November 1964.
On Tuesday, after 43 years with the station Larry left with a simple, “I decided to retire. Effective today.”
Like [...]