I met a woman from Denmark last week. She’s been living in the United States for about a year. I asked her what she liked best about our country. Her…
My poor son, riding around in the awful Whole Foods, munching on a bit of hateful broccoli, while trapped inside a bulky, uncomfortable winter coat. It’s as if my wife…
Last week, we dealt with two incredible acts of customer service stupidity by two large companies. As someone who has worked in the customer service industry as an employee, a…
There are a lot of problems with Whole Foods’ policy of awarding larger discounts to employees with lower blood pressure, cholesterol and BMI. There is the issue of privacy, of…
Like Whole Foods, our Thanksgiving table, located in the home of my brother-in-law’s parents, was piled high with delicious, attractively displayed food. Unlike Whole Foods, there was also Diet Coke…
On Tuesday my wife was in Bloomingdales in Manhattan, attempting to make a purchase, when our debit card was declined. It turns out that the bank put a hold on…
The grocery store that will sell me damn good pizza but cannot deign to provide a soda that wasn’t squeezed from the bark of a tree has decided to offer…