Sorry, no customer service after 4:00 P.M.

My real, live experience with “customer service”. If you run a business, don’t do this.

A while ago, I wrote about 8 ingenious styles of customer service that every business should know about, mostly because their employees have been inflicting them on unsuspecting customers.

For instance, I warned about “in your face customer service” and “run for cover customer service”, two equally effective opposites…like pouring too much sugar on your Shreddies one morning for breakfast, and dumping too much cayenne pepper on them the next morning. [Read more…]

Teachers travel free

If you have the temperament for it, teaching can be a very rewarding career.  But did you know that one of the rewards can be free travel?

It’s great to be a teacher. What an amazing career, with so many benefits.

I’m not saying it’s for everybody, not that there aren’t challenges.  I could never do it. [Read more…]

Creating a memorable vacation in Honolulu

Dreaming of Hawaii? Me, too. It’s far away, but why not keep dreaming? Here’s what we are missing.

When my oldest daughter was very young, she had an imaginary friend called Lulu.  She came from…you guest it, Honolulu. Lulu was staying at our place so that she and my daughter would set up a “beauty shop”.

If you somewhat more adult fantasy also includes Honolulu, here are a few things to feed that fantasy. [Read more…]