Rants and Raves

For many years now we have been buying natural peanut butter. The kind with just peanuts as the only ingredient. The kind that separates when left sitting for a while.

I don't mind the separation, and I don't mind the mixing. What I do mind is the spillage that results because the jar is too small. Mixing a full jar of peanut butter and not spilling some of the peanut oil over the side is impossible. A forever oily jar is a pain too. Surely it can't cost that much to make the jar a tiny bit taller to aid in the mixing?

I know it will never happen, but I would love it if Telus could explain something to me.

I pay $30 a month for 1GB of data for my smartphone.

I also pay $7 a month for caller id.

The data transfer for caller id is absolutely negligible for Telus, yet they charge me 1/4 the price of a GB of data? That doesn't make any sense. I also know it is not difficult for them to turn on caller id. It took the guy 30 seconds to add it to my account and it was active immediately.

I guess the differential is due to the value of the service, but this seems a little ridiculous to me.

I travel on BC Ferries a few times each year. Lately with the kids we spend a lot of time in the kids play area which is a welcome attention grabber for the kids.

A long time ago BC Ferry Corporation changed where smokers were allowed to smoke. Previously smokers could smoke anywhere outside, but the change restricted them to a small spot on one outside deck.

My question though is why they chose to place this location right outside the windows to the kids play area? Does this really make sense? I certainly don't want to watch people smoking, and I really don't want my kids to watch people smoking as well.

I've only noticed this on the spirit class ferries, but these are the ones that we seem to ride the most.

Soon after I got my new cellphone and phone number, I started getting calls from @Blockbuster informing me of overdue movies. These calls were destined for the previous owner of the number since I rarely rent from @Blockbuster any more.

This morning I called to get this fixed up. I called at a few minutes before 10 and the person that answered sounded cheery enough. It sounded like the store was already open. When I started to explain the issue she cut me off saying she couldn't help me because the store wasn't open yet.

I was dumbfounded. I was a little speechless.

I verified that she couldn't help me and she said yes. She needed to get the store ready. I asked if the fact that I am a customer made a difference and she said no. She couldn't help me because the store wasn't open yet.

Not being totally coherent I said something to the effect that "That is pretty bad.", and she actually said no it wasn't! I hung up after that since I didn't want to deal with her any more.

On the weekend we made a trip out to Costco to grab a few necessities (and a few other items too). After Costco we had to head across Millstream Road to buy some dog food at Petsmart.

The intersection is a pretty busy one, and the lights are regular green lights. If people are turning left, they need to yield to people driving straight.

Well, that didn't happen. Some dude in a white Ram turned left, following some other vehicles, not seeing me. I honked at him for cutting me off.

I get it that people make mistakes, but at least own up to them. This guy just ignored me, and that made me mad. Pay attention while driving!