Coming to AT&T Park today, I was so amazed by the fact that Barry Zito won the Patriot Award on behalf of his charity Strikeouts For Veterans. What I find so amazing is the fact that he’s been working with MLB and BofA in helping returning vets and their families.
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Barry Zito’s Award
Coming to AT&T Park today, I was so amazed by the fact that Barry Zito won the Patriot Award on behalf of his charity Strikeouts For Veterans. What I find so amazing is the fact that he’s been working with MLB and BofA in helping returning vets and their families.
Such An Aggrivating Day
In the first story, it has to do with AT&T (infamous from my last posting), only this time not in conjunction with Starbucks. What happened was that at work, we (meaning our small insurance company) had no internet, and as a result, could not do any work all day. Imagine if you can’t email clients or check the status of other business when all of it is online, and then having to wait until close to the end of the workday for a repair person to come and fix the issue. For us, the repairer was attending a house call first down in Daly City before shooting up 280 to get to us asap. This I know, at AT&T has little to no ability to coordinate its workers to house calls, when only having a call center located at the headquarters in Dallas. These guys don’t know the San Francisco Bay Area’s geography or metropolitan make-up in any form, which leads to more confusion than ever for their workers. I just hope that they can get their act together before people begin to leave in large droves.
In the second story, I learned from a woman with whom I was on the bus with that she’s been dealing with SamTrans about filing a complaint about a driver who shut the bus’ front doors on her ankle on March 5, 2013. The driver in question wears the badge #1115 and drives bus #333, if someone sees his name, please send it to her, or post it here on my blog. She should not have had this happen to her, and for SamTrans to be pushing this much red tape on her is beyond inexcusable. She just wants this issue dealt with by the proper channels so that it’s fully resolved.
Such An Aggrivating Day
In the first story, it has to do with AT&T (infamous from my last posting), only this time not in conjunction with Starbucks. What happened was that at work, we (meaning our small insurance company) had no internet, and as a result, could not do any work all day. Imagine if you can’t email clients or check the status of other business when all of it is online, and then having to wait until close to the end of the workday for a repair person to come and fix the issue. For us, the repairer was attending a house call first down in Daly City before shooting up 280 to get to us asap. This I know, at AT&T has little to no ability to coordinate its workers to house calls, when only having a call center located at the headquarters in Dallas. These guys don’t know the San Francisco Bay Area’s geography or metropolitan make-up in any form, which leads to more confusion than ever for their workers. I just hope that they can get their act together before people begin to leave in large droves.
In the second story, I learned from a woman with whom I was on the bus with that she’s been dealing with SamTrans about filing a complaint about a driver who shut the bus’ front doors on her ankle on March 5, 2013. The driver in question wears the badge #1115 and drives bus #333, if someone sees his name, please send it to her, or post it here on my blog. She should not have had this happen to her, and for SamTrans to be pushing this much red tape on her is beyond inexcusable. She just wants this issue dealt with by the proper channels so that it’s fully resolved.
Apple and Taxes
Moreover, the recent report released by the Senate about Apple’s activities should be placed in the context of doing something about reforming the tax system as a whole. This means that both the President and Congress need to do everything they can to close as many of these loopholes as possible and identify companies that do this as a way of increasing profitability. I’m for business success, but not at the expense of everyone else.
Apple and Taxes
Moreover, the recent report released by the Senate about Apple’s activities should be placed in the context of doing something about reforming the tax system as a whole. This means that both the President and Congress need to do everything they can to close as many of these loopholes as possible and identify companies that do this as a way of increasing profitability. I’m for business success, but not at the expense of everyone else.
Starbucks and AT&T Internet.
Speaking of my own experience, from working in a small insurance office (we have AT&T U-Verse internet) we’ve had so many connectivity issues, that it’s getting rediculous. This is not to say that Comcast is any better, because let’s face it, they’re not. My point is that their service is terrible and their customer service is beyond unacceptable, as the level of red tape they throw at customers trying to solve a problem is unbelievable. I wish the manager at the Starbucks here on Fillmore Street luck, and hope that this new set of publicity will finally make AT&T act.
Starbucks and AT&T Internet.
Speaking of my own experience, from working in a small insurance office (we have AT&T U-Verse internet) we’ve had so many connectivity issues, that it’s getting rediculous. This is not to say that Comcast is any better, because let’s face it, they’re not. My point is that their service is terrible and their customer service is beyond unacceptable, as the level of red tape they throw at customers trying to solve a problem is unbelievable. I wish the manager at the Starbucks here on Fillmore Street luck, and hope that this new set of publicity will finally make AT&T act.