Thoughts Over Catnip

Hello My Dear Friends! Happy Friday. I remember a time when companies actually appreciated your business. When a deal was a deal and the customers was usually, if not always, right. Boy are those days gone. The captor is in the middle of a dispute with DirecTV. The bottom line is that DirecTV could not deliver what they promised. Their service was sketchy at best, they "accidentally" overcharged the account and offered misleading, to say the least, information. They are a disreputable company. So, after explaining to them the reasons why it was time to sever ties, DirecTV says they are owed $200 for early termination. Now, I fully understand early termination fees, however, not when it is the company's fault. The service was terminated because it didn't work. This seems to be lost on DirecTV. So here is my point; for a one time payment of $200, DirecTV went from a former user who would have walked away and said "it just didn't work for me" to this, an angry consumer who feels cheated and plans to share those feeling with anyone who asks for the rest of her natural life. Was it worth it? Only time will tell....
Irony 101...Yesterday a friend "liked" my last posting and then "shared" one of those damn political memes filled with untruths, all in one Farcebook sitting! I'm still scratching my head over which one she didn't actually read...
President Obama has decided to blow off Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's funeral. He and the Mrs. will swing by the Court today to pay their "respects" although that rings a little hollow since the respectful thing would be to attend the funeral. You can't really blame him. The funeral is on Saturday and good tee times are hard to get....
I'm sure you've heard about the flap over Beyonce's Super Bowl Halftime Show. She, for some reason, paid homage to the Black Panthers and Black Lives Matter groups during her performance. That made a lot of people, especially law enforcement, angry. Well, here comes the payback. Police in Miami are refusing to provide security for her upcoming concert. It is a voluntary assignment and they have decided, en masse, to decline. They have called on their brethren in other cities to do the same. You had to see this coming, right? Color me Blue. I side with the Police....
Finally, Medical Daily magazine had a Psychologist analyze Kayne West's tweets to offer some insight into the, shall we say volatile, musician. After much study Dr. Jean Twenge declared that Mr. West is a narcissist! Wow. Thank you Dr. Obvious. We never would have figured that out without your help! Enjoy the weekend!
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