Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Kids Always Get The Short End Of The Stick When It Comes To Public Service

Bad service. It always happens. Just today, I went to a beauty salon. When me and my friends walked in, no one greeted us, asked us what we want, or even acknowledged the fact that we were waiting for service. So we sit there waiting for some one to come and help us, 5 minutes...10minutes...15mintues. Irritated as hell, my friend suggest that I go to the front desk and ask for some help. I stand up from the uncomfortable waiting chair and head for the front counter. A lady walks up, "How much longer will we have to wait?" I asked. 5 minutes she replies, and walks away. 5 minutes...10minutes...15minutes, I couldn't take this any longer! That's when a lady walks into the salon, at first, no worker acknowledged her, she turns to me and my friends and asks, "Is this what you do? Sit and wait?" "That's what we're doing," one of my friends reply. "Hi, how may I help you?" Unbelievable! Just because the person was an adult they get acknowledged? "I would like a pedicure," the lady answers. "Follow me this way." The lady starts following the worker, as she was walking, she turned back around towards me and my friends and gave us a look. The look read, "What is going on at this salon, you guys were in line before I was!" Though she didn't seem to mind taking our spots in line. 5 minutes... finally our turn! Kids always suffer for bad service, where's the justice in that!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

"When You Live Forever, What Do You Live for?"

Twilight. One of the most anticipated movies of the year, written by Stephenie Meyer, a New York Times bestseller. Twilight was written from a dream Stephenie had: "In my dream, two people were having an intense conversation in a meadow in the woods. One of these people was just your average girl. The other person was fantastically beautiful, sparkly, and a vampire. They were discussing the difficulties inherent in the facts that A) they were falling in love with each other while B) the vampire was particularly attracted to the scent of her blood, and was having a difficult time restraining himself from killing her immediately. For what is essentially a transcript of my dream, please see Chapter 13 ("Confessions") of the book." Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, play Bella and Edward in the upcoming movie. Portraying a flawless immortal, will surely be difficult. As this fictional book becomes "reality", on December 12, 2008, all will be reviewed in the last installment of the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn, on August 2, 2008. The trailer.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Man Dies of Water Overdose

Andrew Thornton, a 44 year old English man dies after drinking 10 litres of water in 8 hours. Having had gingivitis for 20 years, Thornton had rejected pain-killers and drank cold water instead to numb his mouth. After drinking 5 times the recommended daily amount of water, he was rushed to the hospital. When Andrew Thornton got to the hospital, he was unable to move his right arm, and his vision was becoming blurry. At first, the doctors thought he was drunk. His brain was swelling from the excess fluid. Doctors tried putting salt back into his body, trying to balance out the water Thornton had taken. Andrew Thornton died the next day from a fatal heart attack. Doctors say that the overload of water in his body caused the heart attack. "Your body tells you how much you need. Eat and drink normally and your body will regulate itself."

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Roger Cuts iPhone Price

iPhone is finally coming to Canada this Friday! Though it can only be used with a Rogers phone plan. The plan includes: 400 megabytes of data, 150 minutes of weekday talk time, unlimited evenings and weekends for $60 per month plus fees, taxes and a three-year contract with Rogers. Last week, 22,000 people have signed a petition to protest Rogers expensive demands on an online site: ruinediphone.com. Now there are 57,000 who have signed the petition. With all the complaints and outcries of people demanding a lower cost to the iPhone, Rogers has a new package deal: Buy an iPhone before August 21 can buy a 6 gigabyte data plan. 6 Roger Plus and 1 Fido store will be selling the iPhone on Friday July 11 in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Halifax, Calgary and Vancouver. Is the iPhone worth all the money? You decide.