Wonderful World

It's a wonderful world

On a bad day, search out the good 

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Keep Your Damn Parade Macy's

At times I am terrible at picking up my mail,

especially when it's 112 outside 

 and when I finally do

(at 1 am in my pj's last night)

I remember why.

(stay with me to the end folks)

Because it often ticks me off.

I received a bill yesterday from Macy's for $2

Three months ago I ordered some 

products on line and had a balance of 

95.00 and change. I paid the bill in full, and mailed it 

10 days in advance of the due date.

I received the next month's bill with a 

29.00 late fee (32%) plus a 2.00 balance fee.

I called and never even made it to a living being, 

just an automated voice saying 
"if you are calling about your late fee we will gladly
 remove it from your bill". 
I punched 0 several times until I got a human and 

voiced my displeasure at the policy 
and that I appreciated the removal. 
I was informed I needed to leave 10-14 days
 for processing and that it had been
 "processed 1 day after the due date". 
I said my job was to get it

there on time, it was their job to process

it on time... and I may have commented 
on the lovely way for Macy's to add to their coffers.

Last month I receive a bill for 4.00.

$2 for minimum balance charge of the month before

and another $2 for the current month.

I paid it just to make it go away.

WHY? WHY?

 I know better - I was just not up for an argument,

or I got lazy, or stupid.

Yesterday's bill was another $2 charge 

attached to a bill I paid in full 3 months ago.

NOW I WAS up for an argument.

I got a human,

after an automated voice said

"If you are calling about the $2 charge,

 we will gladly remove it.

I punched 000000000000 

HA!

Obviously so many folks call about these charges,

that they automate their answer.

The human I spoke with 

read off Macy's apology from a card.

I know this because she repeated the exact words

 verbatim 3 times at least.

She finished with "because you have a 0 balance there 

is nothing I can remove for you today."

If only half of their customers have 

noticed this sneaky little deal,

 and only half complain, that still leaves

a big bunch of $2 charges being tacked on willy nilly 

each month, especially after claiming we all need to mail

14 days in advance as if the USPS wasn't doing their job.

Pretty clever huh?

We need to pay close attention my friends:

I don't trust the fat dude behind the curtain.

If I hear one more person say

"I don't care about politics"

"I don't "do" politics"

"It's all so corrupt I wash my hands of it all"

I just may scream

No, I know what I'll do instead.

I'll have an automated voice at the ready

"we are sorry for the inconvenience" - 

"We will gladly 

remove all your civil rights, 

 remove your reproductive rights,

remove all attempts to save the planet, 

remove quality education

remove aid to the ill and the poor,

remove health care

remove people due to race and ethnicity

remove the fish from the oceans, the trees

from the forests, the oxygen from the FRICKIN' AIR

YOU BREATHE!"

deep breath...

Not one of us can afford to be lazy or stupid right now.

Once you have a 0 balance, there 

is nothing more for them to remove.

Pretty floats and balloons cannot

disguise the seriousness of our times.

Keep your damn parade Macy's

I'm marching for a better cause.

wikipedia

Z

Choosing to listen- choosing to act

Are you turning a deaf ear?

Refusing to listen? 

Refusing to act?

If you are brave enough,

look at your heart and

ask yourself why?

The glorification of busy

is a damn lousy excuse.

If nothing else, make a phone call,

write a letter, send an email.

DO SOMETHING!!!

Will you finally care when

 it touches someone you love?

and everyone else is shaking their head saying

"something should be done"

NV Legislators

NV Senators and Representatives

there ya go all nice and easy for you NV folks

other states

just google your state______ then senators/congress

                        ______then legislators

their emails phone numbers etc- all there

rant complete

for now......

Don't Follow Alice

On days such as this one

it seems to me 

that the world is no different

than the one Lewis Carroll

had Alice fall through

down the rabbit hole.

Emmanuel A.M.E. Church

It will not stop until

silent people stop being silent.

Until people in this country

care more about life and decency than

they do about their favorite 

sports team, tv show,  

and fake celebrities.

This does not happen in other

industrialized nations.

What the hell does that say about us?

Project Genesis 2/1/2011

Welcome Back

We took 2 months off to allow us to

 celebrate the holidays with Gusto.

Now we have to get focused back on 

doing our part to change the planet. 

This year I'm starting off with something 

easy and simple to do but it will have guaranteed impact.

My chosen word for 2011 is BEGIN,

and I have begun a new goal.

I never spend my change, or use it to pay. 

Even if the bill is $5.01, I give them the $6.00.

I save it all in this tin, and in the past 

few years used it to take DD to a Shakespeare festival.

This year I've decided to save it and donate to

 Arbor Day Foundation

My dad was a lifetime member

For every $10.00 donation they are able to save

2,500 square feet of rain forest.

I usually save over $200.00 a year in change, so the possibility of my impacting 50,000 square feet is 

my goal for 2011.

I have my annual charity contributions for

St Judes

Habitiat for Humanity 

Heifer International 

KNPR 

Goodwill

 Safe Nest

NRDC

and now the Arbor Day Foundation.

(Shakespeare will forgive us)

Whether your contribution alters 

the environment, a person's life,  

searches for medical cures or rescues

an animal it has impact.

Lest you think I live a cushy life...ah, no...

I do aim for 10% of my income
annually and most years I make it.

ANY amount multiplied by 

hundreds, thousands of others,

IMPACTS.

So get educated, find a group(s) you believe in,

and routinely donate. Lest we forget, 

 volunteer your time to these groups, just as valuable.

IMPACT OUR WORLD

See the Rules to participate if new to PG:

(no self promotion, link directly to your 
PG post not just to your blog, etc)

C'mon we would love to have you join us!


BTW- all the Valentine Necklaces have been sold- thank you!