Restaurant Scam

Posted by Pam on Feb 26 2007 | Tagged as: Food, Pam Rants

Yes, it’s a scam - they charge us for things we don’t get, and we let them get away with it.

You go to a restaurant and order a chicken sandwich, and it comes with bacon and cheese. So, you say no cheese — do they give you any money off for not having cheese? If it came without cheese and I asked for it, you know they’d charge me.

Ever order a burger with extra tomato and they charge you half a buck? So why don’t they take off money if you ask for your sandwich with no tomato?

The media again … local media

Posted by Pam on Feb 20 2007 | Tagged as: In The News, Pam Rants

So, this morning I’m watching one of the morning talk shows and my local news station interrupts with a breaking news story.

To paraphrase: “There has been a shooting in the parking lot at the Barnstable Courthouse. That’s all the details we have and we’ll bring you more news as we find it out.”

Uh, excuse me?? WHY? You gave NO information. If I had a relative working in the courthouse, or someone who was driving by that area, etc., I’m be a nervous wreck at that point.

They interrupt to give you a half-assed news story lacking any depth, so they can say, “we brought it to you first.” Hoo ha. Yippee.

They did it weeks ago when they interrupted to say there had been a shooting at a school, but had no more details. If I were a parent in that school district, a relative of a teachers, etc, I’d have been going bonkers.

Must the media ignore human emotions for ratings? What happened to what I learned about journalism in school — WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN AND WHY.

Anna Nicole Smith

Posted by Pam on Feb 09 2007 | Tagged as: In The News

Yes, it’s very sad that she died. But, why is every media outlet covering this story 24/7 without a break? She was a girl from a small town who wanted to be famous, and did whatever she could to get there, from modeling jeans, posing in Playboy, married a billionaire, using drugs, losing weight, etc.

Her life wasn’t charmed. A marriage at 16 led to the birth of a son who died 5 months ago, barely 21 years old, from a drug overdose. She married a man in his late 80’s, a billionaire, and got 400+ million dollars when he died, lost it due to a court case by her stepson, then got it back. She seemingly found love with her attorney, gave birth to a daughter and 3 days later her son died. Then 3 people claimed to be the father of her child, and now she’s dead, the young daughter without a mother or known father at this time.

Ok, so she was a young girl who died tragically, though at this point her cause of death is unknown, but prescription drugs were found in her hotel room where she died.

But WHY is so much attention given to her? Other people have passed on without much fanfare or just a passing mention.

Are we so gossip-hungry that an entire nation is poised on the edge of their seats to find out if a former model, part-time actress and known publicity seeker died from a drug overdose?

Reality Television

Posted by Pam on Jan 13 2007 | Tagged as: Pam Rants, Televison

I have to admit I don’t watch a lot of television. I do admit to watching American Idol, The Shield, NCIS and other occasional series, but that’s about it. Oh yeah, The Young & The Restless I watch at night during dinner and I try to listen to the People’s Court with Judge Marilyn Milian in the afternoons.

What I don’t watch is reality TV. I’ve never seen Survivor, The Flavor Of Love, The Great Race, etc.


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Should first-time offenders get off the hook?

Posted by Pam on Jan 06 2007 | Tagged as: In The News

NEW BEDFORD — Former New Bedford High School basketball star Brian E. Rudolph will receive no jail time for stabbing another teen in the back last April, a court decision that has angered police who investigated the case.

Mr. Rudolph, 18, a New Bedford basketball star who at the time of the stabbing had a full basketball scholarship waiting for him at Providence College, received three years of probation and 300 hours of community service yesterday for his part in a stabbing last April in Acushnet.”

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Do You Look At Postage Stamps?

Posted by Pam on Dec 26 2006 | Tagged as: Pam Rants

When the mail arrives, do you look at the stamp before you open the envelope? Does the stamp matter to you? I ask because I was stuck in line at the Post Office today when an older woman went up to buy stamps. Oh no, not just any stamps, she wanted Christmas stamps, but they could not be rectangular, they had to be square. The clerk said he only had one type left but pointed to several other types on the bulletin board that were available. Nope, not good enough for her. He made the mistake of saying maybe another clerk (there are only 2 there) had some, so of course she interrupted the other clerk mid-sentence to ask — loudly — if he had square Christmas stamps.

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Are We Getting Cruder And Cruder?

Posted by Pam on Dec 22 2006 | Tagged as: Pam Rants

Driving behind a truck today with a bumper sticker that read, “don’t like the way I drive? Dial 1-800-EAT SHIT”, I realized we’re a really crude nation. And, it’s getting worse and worse.

Been down the candy aisle in your local grocery store or pharmacy lately? They have this chocolate moose with little tiny chocolate pellets and yeah, you guessed it, it poops out little chocolate pellets. They also had a penguin that has the same features — push a button and it craps out chocolate.

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The Food Police Are Attacking

Posted by Pam on Dec 20 2006 | Tagged as: Food, In The News, Pam Rants

They now want to ban all restaurants from using oil with trans fat because it’s so dangerous to your health.

Some restaurants say no, it will change the price of the oil they buy from $10 to $35 and they can’t afford it. Sports bars will be hit hardest as all their appetizers appear to be fried.

I’m waffling on this. When I buy food products for my house, I’m careful what I buy. When I eat out, I try to be careful, but you don’t know how much salt they use or what types of oil.

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Were you born in or before 1970?

Posted by Pam on Nov 25 2006 | Tagged as: Jokes

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn’t get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets - and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.

Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.

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Is it no wonder our country is getting fatter and fatter?

Posted by Pam on Nov 20 2006 | Tagged as: Food, Pam Rants

So, I’m watching TV the other night and on comes a commercial. I ignore most of them, but I heard “fried macaroni and cheese” and thought I was hearing wrong. Nope. It was a commercial for TGI Fridays. Not only that, they now have “CRISPY GREEN BEAN FRIES” — Crunchy and crisp battered green beans with a cool creamy Cucumber-Wasabi Ranch dip.”

Now, fried macaroni cheese is a scoopful of elbow macaroni, smothered in fake Velveeta cheese, then covered with batter and deep fried.

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