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ApK · 08-04-2020, 05:13 PM

OK, a few FWPs I need to vent and rant about:

1. To the owner of the quartz counter top fabricator who, when the counter top that they made and installed spontaneously cracked within the one-year warranty, told me they would not honor their warranty because "if we had to replace a counter-top every time they cracked, we'd be bankrupt," I say "F-you, B--ch, if that many of your installs fail, you deserve bankruptcy. You NEED to go out of business."

2. On the subject of kitchens, whoever decided that breakable glass was a good material to make into a cook top? "Do not scratch" "Do not spill hot sugar" "Do not slide heavy objects" Like, you know, pots and pans full of food.
For God's sake people, it's a COOK TOP. For COOKING ON! Why do we accept this garbage? We need more durable electric cook top options, something better than those old coils, for people who can't have gas but still ACTUALLY USE THEIR KITCHEN FOR COOKING. Save the glass and ceramic for New Yorkers who use their oven for storage and they cook top as extra desk space. (IIUC, induction cook tops are covered in the same glass/ceramic).

3. Dear business people: when you tell a client you'll call back with follow up info, CALL BACK WITH FOLLOW UP INFO. If you CANNOT remember to do so (as opposed to just intentionally lying and making empty promises) I understand that we have various forms of technology available to help you remember stuff. Tech like "paper and pencil" or "Post-It notes," not to mention all the little computers around for helping out.

4. LED light bulbs that are so poorly made that they die within a year or two are NOT better for the environment, or your pocketbook. The energy cost of manufacturing them and disposing of them, not to mention the (re)purchase prices, negates any operational savings of using them if they don't last for many years, like they are supposed to. We need to stand up against this garbage!

Who's with me!? Stand up! March!! Protest!!! Apparently it's OK to riot and burn down business if you're protesting! Oh, that brings me to number 5....no I'll leave that rant for the folks in P&R.

08-04-2020, 05:13 PM	#33805
ApK Award-Winning Participant Posts: 7,390 Karma: 68329346 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ, USA Device: Kindle	OK, a few FWPs I need to vent and rant about: 1. To the owner of the quartz counter top fabricator who, when the counter top that they made and installed spontaneously cracked within the one-year warranty, told me they would not honor their warranty because "if we had to replace a counter-top every time they cracked, we'd be bankrupt," I say "F-you, B--ch, if that many of your installs fail, you deserve bankruptcy. You NEED to go out of business." 2. On the subject of kitchens, whoever decided that breakable glass was a good material to make into a cook top? "Do not scratch" "Do not spill hot sugar" "Do not slide heavy objects" Like, you know, pots and pans full of food. For God's sake people, it's a COOK TOP. For COOKING ON! Why do we accept this garbage? We need more durable electric cook top options, something better than those old coils, for people who can't have gas but still ACTUALLY USE THEIR KITCHEN FOR COOKING. Save the glass and ceramic for New Yorkers who use their oven for storage and they cook top as extra desk space. (IIUC, induction cook tops are covered in the same glass/ceramic). 3. Dear business people: when you tell a client you'll call back with follow up info, CALL BACK WITH FOLLOW UP INFO. If you CANNOT remember to do so (as opposed to just intentionally lying and making empty promises) I understand that we have various forms of technology available to help you remember stuff. Tech like "paper and pencil" or "Post-It notes," not to mention all the little computers around for helping out. 4. LED light bulbs that are so poorly made that they die within a year or two are NOT better for the environment, or your pocketbook. The energy cost of manufacturing them and disposing of them, not to mention the (re)purchase prices, negates any operational savings of using them if they don't last for many years, like they are supposed to. We need to stand up against this garbage! Who's with me!? Stand up! March!! Protest!!! Apparently it's OK to riot and burn down business if you're protesting! Oh, that brings me to number 5....no I'll leave that rant for the folks in P&R. Last edited by ApK; 08-04-2020 at 05:15 PM.