Leaving on Jet Plane.....

I am leaving a jet plane tomorrow!! Yes I am so excited...even though I've taken this exact same plane every two or three weeks for just over two months now and countless times over the past few years. I love the fact that there are no tickets, no worry about parking and whether it is more economical to park in short term or long term for a 5 day trip, no TSA to worry about, no frisking of passengers, no baggage sercurity checks and best of all, I don't have to tip the baggage handlers! They even serve delicious unlimited snacks (several types of fresh fruit, beef jerky, M&Ms and various candies and assorted cookies) and countless drinks on board. The only way it could get better is for you to actually have the snack/drink pantry right in the seat pocket in front of you! Prior to landing they come round with mints and entire packs of Trident gum! And they even have hot towels!! Real towels, people!!!! A downside that I don't mind too much, but my fellow passengers dislike, is the "no alcohol" policy. I haven't seen anyone try to bring it on board to mix with their Coke, tonic, or OJ yet. From door to door it's just a 2.5 hour flight for me, that with other airlines and from the closest commercial airport would end up being atleast a 5 hour flight...if not more. That is like 1/3 of the way to Jordan!!

One day when I am wealthly(like in great quantities of molah, greenbacks, dough, and cheddar) I will buy this type plane...and remodel it to have huge bathrooms and bedrooms! Speaking of bedrooms on planes...check out http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A9900-2004Dec18?language=printer What a great idea! I wonder how much the fares are going for?

Wish me a pleasant flight and great stay at my destination!

You gotta love Grandma's!

Mom said the follwoing (quote below) to daughter, about mom's mom (daughters 93 year old grandmother). The grandma is in a nursing home and is losing it slightly....

"What would I do without my mother? She heard I was getting married this afternoon and she made them call me so she could tell me the diamond ring I got is fake - he got it from her dresser drawer."

LOL!

I don't think I can say it any better.....

I hope and pray that one day the two can live side by side in peace and harmony and that children can be children. Enough bloodshed on both sides and I add my voice to those saying, enough in enough! I hope that one day the powers at the top, realize this.

Do you tip?

Interesting article today in the Detroit News. Apparently Pro Bowl receiver Roy Williams doesn't tip anyone. And this coming from a multi-millionaire who can afford to give money away. Now I don't claim to be the worlds best tipper...but I give 15% for what I consider bad service up to 30% for great service. I have left 100% tip on rare occasions, but these have less to do with the service and more to do with the person. I mean if it appears that they need the money, then I will just leave a $20 bill. You just never know what they need to buy...diapers, food, school clothes or what it will go for, school trips, lunch money, or doctor visits. I like to think that I am doing my little part. I mean these workers are making 2.50 per hour and have to put up with a lot BS from customers. But then again they have to do their job and if that means being nice to people and wering a smile and being professional that so be it. That is their job. But they work for tips. What I can't stand, but still tip them, are taxi drivers, hotel doormen, luggage handlers, furniture deliver persons, or those places that have those tip canisters at the cash register like Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, or Subway. I will usually give them a dollar per bag or dollar per coffee or sandwich. But still it's like they are begging for it. Do cops get tips? How about the ambulance driver, or firefighter? Those are the ones who should be getting tips.


Here's the article, enjoy!

Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Special deliveries: Williams works for Pizza Hut to make up for frugal past
Tim Twentyman / The Detroit News
DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- Detroit Lions receiver Roy Williams is a self-confessed cheapskate.

Dating at McDonald's. Splurging on Red Lobster. And forget tipping the pizza delivery guy -- that's just a faux pas.

That's until Williams found out what it's like to be on the wrong end of a no-tip customer.

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Williams spent Tuesday afternoon as a honorary Pizza Hut delivery man for a restaurant in Dearborn Heights. Williams took on the job after receiving national attention -- and a challenge from Pizza Hut president Scott Bergren -- for comments he made in a WDFN 1130 interview last month.

Williams was asked about his frugal nature and said: "I am cheap. I'm a cheap date. Get you some McDonald's, with some cheese on it, and I'm just really cheap, man."

Later he was asked about tipping the pizza guy, Williams said: "There's no such thing as a tip. But I'm really polite and I say, 'Thank you sir.' The pizza man knows, when he comes to my address, he's coming for free."

The comments prompted a challenge by Bergen. Bergen wrote that if Williams agreed to be a delivery driver for Pizza Hut for one day, Pizza Hut would forgive Williams' past tipping transgressions.

Not one to back down from a challenge, Williams donned the red-and-black Pizza Hut jacket and took to the streets. In addition to donating his tips to the World Food Organization, he donated $5,000, which Pizza Hut is matching.

"I get to be in someone else's shoes for a couple hours and see how they work," he said. "See how it is for those guys and girls to do their job delivering pizzas and see if they get tips, if they don't get tips, and how much it is."

Williams' first stop was Tiffany Marchyok's house. Tuesday is pizza night at the Marchyok house. Always a plain pepperoni, but never delivered by an NFL Pro Bowler.

"Quite a surprise," she said. "He was very polite and very gracious to take pictures with the kids."

Marchyok was prepared to give a $6 tip, but when Williams said the pizza was free the money went back in her pocket.

"I'm standing in the rain with no tip and no money in my pocket," Williams said. "I said the pizza was free and I stood there ... you know how the driver still stands there waiting for a tip a little bit, I stood there and no tip. I learned that you have to say 'I need a tip.' "

Williams gave away another pie at the next house. Again no tip.

"I'm starting to respect these guys," he joked.

If Tuesday doesn't change Williams' no-tipping ways, a conversation he had with a delivery guy at a red light a couple of weeks ago might. He asked the guy what a person should tip. The guy told him $3, $4, maybe $5.

Williams tipped a pizza guy $7 last week.

"I have turned over a new leaf," he said.

Caught on Video......

As a police patrolman I had to laugh at these....maybe I will use them when I am handing over the ticket to the violator. Enjoy!


These comments were actually taken from the on-board video recording equipment from various patrol vehicles around the country...

#16 "You know, stop lights don't come any redder that the one you just went through."

#15 "Relax, the handcuffs are tight because they're new. They'll stretch after you wear them a while."

#14 "If you take your hands off the car, I'll make your birth certificate a worthless document."

#13 "If you run, you'll only go to jail tired."

#12 "Can you run faster than 2700 feet per second? Because that's the speed of the bullet that'll be chasing you."

#11 "You don't know how fast you were going? I guess that means I can write anything I want to on the ticket, huh?"

#10 "Yes, sir, you can talk to the shift supervisor, but I don't think it will help. Oh, did I mention that I'm the shift supervisor?"

#9 "Warning! You want a warning? O.K., I'm warning you not to do that again or I'll give you another ticket."

#8 "The answer to this last question will determine wheth! er you a re drunk or not. Was Mickey Mouse a cat or a dog?"

#7 "Fair? You want me to be fair? Listen, fair is a place where you go to ride on rides, eat cotton candy and corn dogs and step in monkey poop."

#6 "Yeah, we have a quota. Two more tickets and my wife gets a toaster oven."

#5 "In God we trust, all others we run through NCIC."

#4 "How big were those 'Just two beers' you say you had?"

#3 "No sir, we don't have quotas anymore. We used to, but now we're allowed to write as many tickets as we can."

#2 "I'm glad to hear that Chief (of Police) is a personal friend of yours. So you know someone who can post your bail."

AND THE WINNER IS....

#1 "You didn't think we give pretty women tickets? You're right, we don't. Sign here