So there's been a lot of controversy regarding the people on that horrid show Duck Dynasty. My brothers, being the conservatives that they are, love the show. I, on the other hand, have more important things to do than watch a bunch of rednecks out in the bayou.
Here's the thing that I do want to express. Everyone has an opinion, living in this country we have the freedom to express that opinion. We can rant and rave and call people rednecks and not worry about getting shot in the street. I worked in the media, I write a blog and I teach American History and Government. I wouldn't want someone to censor me and my comments. While I do not have the same views as the man from Duck Dynasty and as wrong as I feel his comments are, everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion. It's our first amendment right, although I don't think hurting someone or a group of people is OK.
My cousins and I were discussing his ignorant comments. He says that he's a Christian and was quoting from the bible, but doesn't being Christian mean to "love thy neighbor?" I'm not the most religious person in the world, and I'm extremely judgmental, but I know how to treat others. What bothers me so much is that people go off and thump their bibles and yet they only interpret the parts that suit them.
If you've gotten a divorce, said an unkind thing about another person, treated someone like dirt or can't forgive or turn the other cheek or have lied, you better never thump your bible in my direction or talk to me about religion. If you're going to thump your bible, you better be prepared to follow it entirely, word for word, not just the selections you deem suitable for your lifestyle. But guess what, some of the things in the Old Testament are illegal here in the United States (Abraham was married to multiple women, not just Sarah).
This isn't meant to be a post about religion, it is a post about how we should treat others. I know I'm judgmental, sometimes too much so, but I try not to be so closed minded and ignorant. I'm not posting any photos today. For my next blog I will. I just needed to get this off my chest. I get so frustrated when I see my own family and friends post ignorant, hateful things about others on Facebook. My solution, I hide their posts, because it's up to me to read what I want to read. It's up to us to teach future generations how to be loving, tolerant and respectful of all people, gay, straight, fat, thin, tall, short, black or white.
I am going to end with a quote from the Bible itself, from Matthew 7:1-29 "Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgement you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye."
Monday, December 30, 2013
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Marinello School of What?
It's 1:00 a.m., I'm still up, watching reruns of Beverly Hills, 90210. I really shouldn't have had that second Starbucks Venti Cap.
All of this information is irrelevant for my post. Companies have been challenging the validity of the website Yelp, a site I've used a lot and have written about before. I love the site, as a matter of fact, I'm trying to become an elite member.
I recently wrote a negative review about Marinello School of Beauty in Anaheim, and one of the bigwigs contacted me regarding my negative review. For the record, I went there to get my nails done ONLY!
If a journalist gives a negative review about a company, movie, book or restaurant, do the companies respond to the journalist? Are their reviews more important than mine? In this day & age, I don't think so.
I'm going to copy and paste my original Yelp review and responses from the school director.
HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE DO NOT EVER COME HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVER
This can't even get a star. Worst place ever. I was even told by the student who did my work.
Let's begin:
My cousin and I walked by. A Marinello girl was outside on her phone while I mentioned, "We should go get a manicure." My cousin agreed. I asked the girl outside if they do gel nails. I had already painted my nails at home and they looked pretty good but I like the gel nails and for only $14, why not?
For me, they called about 3 girls to ask if they can do gel before someone said they could. I've had gel nails done before, and I've NEVER seen them do it this way before. I don't know how long I sat under the light and the gel NEVER set. Let's just say, by the time I left, my nails were already peeling.
Now my cousin's experience. She wanted gel nails too. The girl had no experience with gel AT ALL. After 2 applications, the gel wouldn't set. My cousin wanted to leave. They spent at least the good part of 45 minutes trying to remove the gel they tried to apply. My cousin didn't want to pay for a "non service". They still wanted to charge her. Her nails were NEVER finished and they were bare. There was absolutely NO supervision by a teacher. The girl even told my cousin she had never done a gel set. My husband and cousin's kids were waiting outside for us. After 4 hours, my cousin called the police, who came and said she didn't have to pay for a service that was not done correctly.
The staff was extremely unprofessional, trying to charge for a service they were unable to provide. I've never been so disgusted by a place in all my life.
STAY AWAY AT ALL COSTS!! You get what you pay for. The customer service was so beyond poor. There has to be a number to call to recommend shutting down this school.Tabatha Coffey, please take over!!
Their response:
Marinello of Anaheim provides services to the public and all services are rendered by students and supervised by licensed Cosmetologists. Students are supervised throughout their time on campus and all services are crosschecked by the instructor prior to guest checkout. Guest are charged based on services received, nothing more. Our team does the best we can to provide the good customer service to each guest. We have many loyal and returning guest who are happy with the services provided. - Priscilla Villatoro, Anaheim School Director
My response:
Thank you for your comment, but I will have you know, that not once during our services did an instructor come to speak with us and nothing was crosschecked, as no one once spoke with me. There was absolutely no supervision. Your customer service was nonexistent and the lady at the front didn't even know the company policy. When your students are even complaining about your school, there is a serious issue. I've worked in both education and public relations and I'm sure you know that the best PR is through word of mouth. Enjoy the customers that you do retain, as this was my very first and last visit. One last thing, when 6 out of 7 reviews are a 1 star, you many need to re-evaluate something within your company.
Their response:
I appreciate your concern; however the six poor reviews do not equate to the thousands of satisfied clients which do not post to Yelp and many students, which we helped start new careers.
My response:
Again, thank you so much for your response. Instead of trying to justify your bad quality of service, why don't you just accept the faults and fix them. It seems as though one of the reviewers is a former student and the students who I spoke to, said that had they known what they were getting into, they would have decided to find another beauty school. My lord, acknowledge the issue, accept the criticism, fix it and move on.
For some reason when I copy and paste, the background comes out white.
Marinello School of Beauty gets 0 out of 5 Gerber Daisies
I have no quote for today. It's 1:25 a.m. and I'm now tired.
All of this information is irrelevant for my post. Companies have been challenging the validity of the website Yelp, a site I've used a lot and have written about before. I love the site, as a matter of fact, I'm trying to become an elite member.
I recently wrote a negative review about Marinello School of Beauty in Anaheim, and one of the bigwigs contacted me regarding my negative review. For the record, I went there to get my nails done ONLY!
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| Tim getting a facial at "Jonelle's School of Beauty" |
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| Back in the day |
I'm going to copy and paste my original Yelp review and responses from the school director.
HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE DO NOT EVER COME HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVER
This can't even get a star. Worst place ever. I was even told by the student who did my work.
Let's begin:
My cousin and I walked by. A Marinello girl was outside on her phone while I mentioned, "We should go get a manicure." My cousin agreed. I asked the girl outside if they do gel nails. I had already painted my nails at home and they looked pretty good but I like the gel nails and for only $14, why not?
For me, they called about 3 girls to ask if they can do gel before someone said they could. I've had gel nails done before, and I've NEVER seen them do it this way before. I don't know how long I sat under the light and the gel NEVER set. Let's just say, by the time I left, my nails were already peeling.
Now my cousin's experience. She wanted gel nails too. The girl had no experience with gel AT ALL. After 2 applications, the gel wouldn't set. My cousin wanted to leave. They spent at least the good part of 45 minutes trying to remove the gel they tried to apply. My cousin didn't want to pay for a "non service". They still wanted to charge her. Her nails were NEVER finished and they were bare. There was absolutely NO supervision by a teacher. The girl even told my cousin she had never done a gel set. My husband and cousin's kids were waiting outside for us. After 4 hours, my cousin called the police, who came and said she didn't have to pay for a service that was not done correctly.
The staff was extremely unprofessional, trying to charge for a service they were unable to provide. I've never been so disgusted by a place in all my life.
STAY AWAY AT ALL COSTS!! You get what you pay for. The customer service was so beyond poor. There has to be a number to call to recommend shutting down this school.Tabatha Coffey, please take over!!
Their response:
Marinello of Anaheim provides services to the public and all services are rendered by students and supervised by licensed Cosmetologists. Students are supervised throughout their time on campus and all services are crosschecked by the instructor prior to guest checkout. Guest are charged based on services received, nothing more. Our team does the best we can to provide the good customer service to each guest. We have many loyal and returning guest who are happy with the services provided. - Priscilla Villatoro, Anaheim School Director
My response:
Thank you for your comment, but I will have you know, that not once during our services did an instructor come to speak with us and nothing was crosschecked, as no one once spoke with me. There was absolutely no supervision. Your customer service was nonexistent and the lady at the front didn't even know the company policy. When your students are even complaining about your school, there is a serious issue. I've worked in both education and public relations and I'm sure you know that the best PR is through word of mouth. Enjoy the customers that you do retain, as this was my very first and last visit. One last thing, when 6 out of 7 reviews are a 1 star, you many need to re-evaluate something within your company.
Their response:
I appreciate your concern; however the six poor reviews do not equate to the thousands of satisfied clients which do not post to Yelp and many students, which we helped start new careers.
My response:
Again, thank you so much for your response. Instead of trying to justify your bad quality of service, why don't you just accept the faults and fix them. It seems as though one of the reviewers is a former student and the students who I spoke to, said that had they known what they were getting into, they would have decided to find another beauty school. My lord, acknowledge the issue, accept the criticism, fix it and move on.
For some reason when I copy and paste, the background comes out white.
Marinello School of Beauty gets 0 out of 5 Gerber Daisies
I have no quote for today. It's 1:25 a.m. and I'm now tired.
Monday, June 3, 2013
Chicken and Waffles Anyone?
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| Sad because he couldn't get his chicken and waffles |
We walked in and were greeted and seated right away.
We ordered right away, this is where the tides started to turn. First I think it's ridiculous to not include any sides with the meal. Every side you're charged for and they up sell you, even if you've already ordered a side. We ended up with 2. Not good.
Next we sat and waited and waited and waited and waited some more until we asked for our check to leave. We kept getting excuses. The food is made to order (yeah so is In and Out, it doesn't take over an hour). Fine, but you can't tell me that my chicken takes longer to cook than the 4 other parties that came in after me and got their chicken before me. I'm a little confused?? Why did my chicken take so much longer to cook?
We brought it to the staffs attention and were just given the runaround/excuses. No apology.
My husband told the server that I'm a Yelper. She asked me to not mention the long wait for our food. How can I not? I'm giving an honest OPINION about MY time here. I'm also a blogger and a Facebooker and I tweet. Word of mouth on social media is pretty important.
Our server asked us to please recommend this place to all our friends and family. I simply can't. With no clear reason and no apology I can't subject my family and friends to the same service we received. I've never fried chicken, but does it take over a hour? We got there at 12:21, we asked for our check to leave without our meal at 1:30 and the food finally arrived at 1:45. Is this right?
Here are the positives: the chicken was good.
I copied this review straight from my Yelp account sorry for the white.
I'm being generous here, but I give Mrs. Bea's Chicken and Waffles 2 Gerber Daises out of 5.
Tonight I don't have a quote. Sorry! Happy eating!
Saturday, March 9, 2013
The Devil and Miss Prym Review
It's been a very long time since my last blog, more than six months. I've been neglecting it I know. So many things have happened, a New Year has come and gone. The title of my blog is severely outdated, I'm another year older and a few grays wiser.
In January I read a book called "The Devil and Miss Prym" by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho. It's about the inhabitants of the village Viscos. A stranger enters the town with 12 gold bars and a proposition to determine whether or not men and women are just innately evil. The proposition presented in the novel; kill one of the villagers before seven days are up to receive the good bars. It got me thinking can people truly be good or are we all evil? Interesting concept, but with what has happened lately in California, it makes me wonder. In the last few months Orange County has been plagued with both Christopher Dorner and Ali Syed.
I don't think we are all born bad. On a bad day I've said I "have little faith in mankind." There are days that I do in fact believe my statement. However, if I was presented with this proposition, I could never do it, it's not even a temptation for me. For the most part I'm good. As much as it pains me to say it, I'm not perfect, I make mistakes. Being raised a Catholic and attending Catholic school for 12 years, I have to say Catholic guilt would get the better of me. The 12 gold bars wouldn't be worth the guilt I would feel later.
I wasn't completely thrilled by the ending of the "The Devil and Miss Prym". The beginning and middle truly made me think of the importance of human life and that maybe there's hope for us yet.
Right now I'm reading The Host by Stephanie Meyer (I decided to try it even after Twilight, yuck!!). Since most of America has already read the story, I won't give any plot information but once I am done I will review the novel. It makes me what wonder would happen if our free will was taken away? For the record I'm not suggesting that it should, but would we be any better off?
WARNING: "The Devil and Miss Pryn" is not for everyone! If you're not a thinker or you are a thinker but you just like to read happy novels as a form of escape, then don't read this. This is a story about human nature. But, because I like this type of novel, I will award it 4 out of 5 Pink Gerber Daisies. The ending was a little lackluster.
This time my quote will be a little different. I am going to end this blog with a quote from the novel "The Devil and Miss Prym" by Paulo Coelho "The story of one person is the story of all of humanity" (Coelho 195).
In January I read a book called "The Devil and Miss Prym" by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho. It's about the inhabitants of the village Viscos. A stranger enters the town with 12 gold bars and a proposition to determine whether or not men and women are just innately evil. The proposition presented in the novel; kill one of the villagers before seven days are up to receive the good bars. It got me thinking can people truly be good or are we all evil? Interesting concept, but with what has happened lately in California, it makes me wonder. In the last few months Orange County has been plagued with both Christopher Dorner and Ali Syed.
I don't think we are all born bad. On a bad day I've said I "have little faith in mankind." There are days that I do in fact believe my statement. However, if I was presented with this proposition, I could never do it, it's not even a temptation for me. For the most part I'm good. As much as it pains me to say it, I'm not perfect, I make mistakes. Being raised a Catholic and attending Catholic school for 12 years, I have to say Catholic guilt would get the better of me. The 12 gold bars wouldn't be worth the guilt I would feel later.
I wasn't completely thrilled by the ending of the "The Devil and Miss Prym". The beginning and middle truly made me think of the importance of human life and that maybe there's hope for us yet.
Right now I'm reading The Host by Stephanie Meyer (I decided to try it even after Twilight, yuck!!). Since most of America has already read the story, I won't give any plot information but once I am done I will review the novel. It makes me what wonder would happen if our free will was taken away? For the record I'm not suggesting that it should, but would we be any better off?
WARNING: "The Devil and Miss Pryn" is not for everyone! If you're not a thinker or you are a thinker but you just like to read happy novels as a form of escape, then don't read this. This is a story about human nature. But, because I like this type of novel, I will award it 4 out of 5 Pink Gerber Daisies. The ending was a little lackluster.
This time my quote will be a little different. I am going to end this blog with a quote from the novel "The Devil and Miss Prym" by Paulo Coelho "The story of one person is the story of all of humanity" (Coelho 195).
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