Praising in the storm

In Which We Screw the Customer and Treat Them Like They Are Stupid

I know everyone is cutting back.

I understand stretching things to make ends meet.

I know times are hard.

But please, oh, please do NOT add water to the syrup in a RESTAURANT!

We went to IHOP for breakfast on our lovely snow day. We ordered pancakes. (cuz that's what you do there. It's International House of Pancakes, you know)
I asked for the syrup to be passed. The little air bubble jiggled around much too freely. When I told the waitress that it was watered down, she frowned and said, "Not again!"

So I decided to speak to the manager about it. That guy must've thought I was a complete idiot, because he told me the bottles must get water in them when they are washed. I just looked at him with the most serious look and agreed. I'm sure he thinks he fooled me, but the joke is on him. This is a video of the blueberry and butter pecan syrups. The waitress took the old fashioned away.
This is the IHOP in Millington, TN, in case you didn't know.

If the embedded video won't play, you can see it on youtube here.

In case you missed it...

Sound Doctrine goes global! You heard it here first, folks!

Okay. Those of you who know me, know I love to sing. It is my passion and my joy. So when Sound Doctrine decided to sing a cappella, I was all for it. And the song we chose was a favorite of mine from way back. You can only imagine, or maybe you can't, how excited I was to get the lead for this song. I asked our wonderful, wonderful sound technician to have the video team record us and put it on a CD ROM for me to download. I posted it on youtube, and here it is for you! I am the one on the left.