Thursday, April 27, 2006

Inaugural: "I am Loving..." / "I am Hating..." of the Day

An easy way to post for the day: what I'm currently loving and hating at this hour. (and their tentative link to my simplicity practice).

I am loving... comment cards and customer service numbers. It's a cathartic outlet (and possibly a fool's errand) but there's just something about expressing my opinion that gets me going. Over the past week I've called the smoking ban hotline for a violation (Union Cattle Ranch in Hermosa Beach, bad! bad!), written my two cents on a card at the Getty Center, and getting together my thoughts to rate the 4 Motel 6 chains I stayed in over the long weekend. I think of it as a training exercise to build up to larger issues and my eventual crazy old lady letter writing campaign about whatever sticks in my craw.

I am hating...In and Out Burgers from sub-par branches. Why you gotta sully the reputation of the greatest hamburger chain in the land?!

2 comments:

Brian said...

Be sure to let us know if you get any free stuff out of this campaign. We've all heard the rumors that just taking the time to write a formal letter to these places gets the marketing staff in such a tizzy that they'll just throw free stuff at the writers. Are the rumors true?

CBD Simplist said...

I once called a company that discontinued a toothbrush I really liked, and they sent me 2 free replacements! I then tried to get friends to call up and do a similar call to see if they could get more free (thus extending my use of said toothbrush) but no one took me up on it.