What do you expect, in the way of a a complimentary breakfast, when you are traveling?
You can set your expectations too high or too low. Either of these extremes is NOT good.
Some motels only offer a basic "Continental Breakfast" of coffee, tea, cereals, milk, juice, fruit and sweet breads.
Other places will offer some type of hot breakfast. This may include some type of egg (boiled, scrambled, cooked to order), one or more breakfast meats, waffles or pancakes, hot and cold cereals, juice, fruit, milk, coffee, sweet breads, bagels, toast. Maybe even sausage gravy and biscuits.
In my experience, most will offer something somewhere in between these two.
You can not expect every motel to offer every possible breakfast option out there.
If you are on a special medical, religious or other diet, you can not, in all fairness, expect a complimentary breakfast to cater to your diet.
You can not live in the southwest where Huevos Rancheros are a common place item on full service restaurant menus, to be served on a complimentary breakfast bar.
Is it truly fair to expect a mid-range motel, without a restaurant in it, to serve biscuits, gravy, two or more breakfast meats, eggs to order, waffles and pancakes, english muffins in two or more flavors, bagels in six flavors, salsa, hot sauce, and on and on?
If have specialized needs and or tastes, when making your travel plans, please, research the motels you will be staying at. Before making a reservation, call the motel and ask what is served on the breakfast menu, including what condiments are available.
With this information in hand, you can better prepare for your special needs and/or wants for breakfast. We all have them and it is just plain impossible for a motel's complimentary breakfast to accommodate every person's "perfect breakfast wish".
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Last 2008 Update on my Brother
Well, unless something drastic or miraculous occurs!
When I went to Pau Wau I stopped at Mama & Don's both ways. Don is getting around for short distances fairly well. You can see the pain on his face at times though.
I was very surprised to see his right leg bowed out so badly. It is apparently because the hospital in Atlanta had him placing weight on it much, much too soon after the surgery.
He is still going to therapy several times a week. Sometimes we will be talking and he tells me the therapist was either hard or easy on him. LOL
The doctor recently verified that he will bee 100% disabled for the rest of his life.
Don was pretty good artist at one time and he is thinking about making greetings cards.
A lady at church that is also disabled but able to drive is taking Don to his appointments so Mama does not have to take days off work anymore. Many thanks to Laurie for doing this.
When I went to Pau Wau I stopped at Mama & Don's both ways. Don is getting around for short distances fairly well. You can see the pain on his face at times though.
I was very surprised to see his right leg bowed out so badly. It is apparently because the hospital in Atlanta had him placing weight on it much, much too soon after the surgery.
He is still going to therapy several times a week. Sometimes we will be talking and he tells me the therapist was either hard or easy on him. LOL
The doctor recently verified that he will bee 100% disabled for the rest of his life.
Don was pretty good artist at one time and he is thinking about making greetings cards.
A lady at church that is also disabled but able to drive is taking Don to his appointments so Mama does not have to take days off work anymore. Many thanks to Laurie for doing this.
Expecting A New GrandBaby!
I will have a new granddaughter in April. She's due the ninth but I'll bet my bottom dollar my Mom is praying for her to be born on the twelfth--Mom's birthday!
As with all births there is some apprehension along with all the excitement! All babies are welcome, but G. had complications during the pregnancy and birthing of her last child--a beautiful boy.
G. is in an expedited nursing program and will be graduating in April about two weeks after the babies birth. She'll be a bit strapped for about four weeks but she is conservative with her money and a good pre-planner.
Actually, she pushes herself much too hard sometimes.
Right now G. has a cold that has turned into an ear infection and is spending her Christmas break trying to rest and recover.
As with all births there is some apprehension along with all the excitement! All babies are welcome, but G. had complications during the pregnancy and birthing of her last child--a beautiful boy.
G. is in an expedited nursing program and will be graduating in April about two weeks after the babies birth. She'll be a bit strapped for about four weeks but she is conservative with her money and a good pre-planner.
Actually, she pushes herself much too hard sometimes.
Right now G. has a cold that has turned into an ear infection and is spending her Christmas break trying to rest and recover.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
firstamendmentcenter.org: news
firstamendmentcenter.org: news
Five year boy expelled from school for practicing his religious beliefs!!!
Five year boy expelled from school for practicing his religious beliefs!!!
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Baby Blanket for a Friend
I have finally finished a blanket for a friend. She is expecting a boy and is doing his room in teddy bear browns.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Handicapped Parking Spots
Sometimes, people, myself included, just do not think.
I want you to take a moment and close your eyes and picture a handicapped person. What do you see?
My car, sadly, sports a handicapped license plate. I park in the handicapped parking spot at work and other places. Several weeks ago a lady came back and told another employee that she wanted to lodge a complaint--an employee was parked in a handicapped parking spot.
I want you to take a moment and close your eyes and picture a handicapped person. What do you see?
My car, sadly, sports a handicapped license plate. I park in the handicapped parking spot at work and other places. Several weeks ago a lady came back and told another employee that she wanted to lodge a complaint--an employee was parked in a handicapped parking spot.
It apparently never occurred to this woman that handicapped people have limitations and are productive, contributing citizens.
As the conversation ensued this woman expressed that surely I could not have any handicapping conditions as I was gainfully employed and did not use a wheelchair.
People, not all conditions that limit mobility are visible.
You can not see into my spinal column and see the bone spurs that are prying my vertebrae apart and at times cause nerves to be pinched thus causing excruciating pain that can and does bring me to my knees. There are times the pain is bad enough I faint.
You can not see the spinal stenosis that is causing my bony spinal column to close in around the nerves of my spinal column and that movement, such as walking, can cause the nerves to rub against those bones. Again, this is extremely painful.
You can not see the rheumatoid arthritis in my hips, knees and other joints that has been damaging these joints since I was nine (9) years old. You can not see the pain that causes me.
You can not see the rheumatism in my lungs that makes breathing difficult.
Then there was my Daddy. He had gout in the soles of his feet. It looked like someone had implanted golf balls in them. I could see the pain on his face as he would walk the shorter distances from the handicapped parking spots to the door.
I also saw the tears as people yelled at him for being lazy and taking a spot he did not deserve.
No one could see the enlarged heart beating in his chest overworked by the exercise of walking those few feet.
I continue to work because I refuse not to. My Daddy continued to go to the store whenever he had a good day.
Think before you judge someone.
As the conversation ensued this woman expressed that surely I could not have any handicapping conditions as I was gainfully employed and did not use a wheelchair.
People, not all conditions that limit mobility are visible.
You can not see into my spinal column and see the bone spurs that are prying my vertebrae apart and at times cause nerves to be pinched thus causing excruciating pain that can and does bring me to my knees. There are times the pain is bad enough I faint.
You can not see the spinal stenosis that is causing my bony spinal column to close in around the nerves of my spinal column and that movement, such as walking, can cause the nerves to rub against those bones. Again, this is extremely painful.
You can not see the rheumatoid arthritis in my hips, knees and other joints that has been damaging these joints since I was nine (9) years old. You can not see the pain that causes me.
You can not see the rheumatism in my lungs that makes breathing difficult.
Then there was my Daddy. He had gout in the soles of his feet. It looked like someone had implanted golf balls in them. I could see the pain on his face as he would walk the shorter distances from the handicapped parking spots to the door.
I also saw the tears as people yelled at him for being lazy and taking a spot he did not deserve.
No one could see the enlarged heart beating in his chest overworked by the exercise of walking those few feet.
I continue to work because I refuse not to. My Daddy continued to go to the store whenever he had a good day.
Think before you judge someone.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Remember to Complain, Forget to Praise
It has been a great few days but as I work with the public it is pretty much anything goes.
The boss is out of town and "Murphy" of Murphy's Law fame does live very close to the workplace and comes by to visit on occasion.
Since Friday many people have complimented me on my great customer service and all the little extra things I have done to make their experience here more pleasant.
These people did not fill out a survey card and drop it in the comments box. They did not call the corporate office and tell them how impressed they are with the company due to my wonderful attitude and customer service skills.
However, I will remember these people and their praise will stay in my heart and spur me to continue to always to my best and treat people as humans.
Today there were two complainers. One I believe was a misunderstanding and the other just wanted a freebie.
Did they call the corporate office? Well, of course.
That is fine. That is one of the reasons we have managers and supervisors.
It sure would have been nice if just one of the people that saw how I was doing all I could to be friendly and helpful would have made sure the head honchos knew that also.
Please, let the managers and supervisors of the businesses you use know when someone is doing a good job.
You never know, but if all that ever gets reported are complaints, your fav grocer checker just may get fired.
The boss is out of town and "Murphy" of Murphy's Law fame does live very close to the workplace and comes by to visit on occasion.
Since Friday many people have complimented me on my great customer service and all the little extra things I have done to make their experience here more pleasant.
These people did not fill out a survey card and drop it in the comments box. They did not call the corporate office and tell them how impressed they are with the company due to my wonderful attitude and customer service skills.
However, I will remember these people and their praise will stay in my heart and spur me to continue to always to my best and treat people as humans.
Today there were two complainers. One I believe was a misunderstanding and the other just wanted a freebie.
Did they call the corporate office? Well, of course.
That is fine. That is one of the reasons we have managers and supervisors.
It sure would have been nice if just one of the people that saw how I was doing all I could to be friendly and helpful would have made sure the head honchos knew that also.
Please, let the managers and supervisors of the businesses you use know when someone is doing a good job.
You never know, but if all that ever gets reported are complaints, your fav grocer checker just may get fired.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Brother's Shoulder Surgery
The doctor's operated on Don's shoulder this past Tuesday, the 16th of September 2008.
There was a bad rotator cuff tear. The surgery was successful and out-patient.
They also cut a small slit in his leg and removed the screw put in at the hospital in Atlanta. It was close to breaking through the skin. The Atlanta hospital had him standing up and doing too much physical therapy much too soon. This caused the already poorly repaired leg to start deteriorating before it could even start healing.
The shoulder is immovable for five to six weeks. In two to three months physical therapy can be started on the shoulder-all according to the healing process. It will be approximately six months before the shoulder will be healed.
According to how fast the shoulder heals and the therapy goes, it will be three to four months before the doctors can go in a repair the leg.
Again, we all thank you for the prayers and good thoughts.
There was a bad rotator cuff tear. The surgery was successful and out-patient.
They also cut a small slit in his leg and removed the screw put in at the hospital in Atlanta. It was close to breaking through the skin. The Atlanta hospital had him standing up and doing too much physical therapy much too soon. This caused the already poorly repaired leg to start deteriorating before it could even start healing.
The shoulder is immovable for five to six weeks. In two to three months physical therapy can be started on the shoulder-all according to the healing process. It will be approximately six months before the shoulder will be healed.
According to how fast the shoulder heals and the therapy goes, it will be three to four months before the doctors can go in a repair the leg.
Again, we all thank you for the prayers and good thoughts.
