...

I'm still pissed off. I made the mistake of getting a coffee Coolatta and bagel at the only Dunkin Donuts near my work.

As always, they simply tossed the bagel in the bag with some butter. If I wanted to butter a cold bagel myself, I would have bought one much cheaper at the Shaws next door. Is it that fucking hard to butter a goddamned bagel?!?

And the Coolatta was utterly undrinkable. It was mostly liquid, not frozen, and it must have been 98% cream. It was as white as snow! I looked at the guy and said "That's a Coolatta? It's SO WHITE!".

He ignored me. Like an idiot I took the bagel and Coolatta (I'd already paid for them) and left the store. When I got back to my desk, I tried buttering the bagel; it was cold. I tried the Coolatta and nearly puked; it really was pure cream. I tried microwaving the bagel a little to melt the butter, and ended up with melted butter everywhere. So I threw the whole fucking mess in the trash. Then I wrote to Dunkin Donuts and complained, and then I went to Yelp.com and posted a bad review. But because that DD is in an Exxon Tiger Mart, I had to review that instead.

I am really, really pissed off this morning.

...

I'm still pissed off. I made the mistake of getting a coffee Coolatta and bagel at the only Dunkin Donuts near my work.

As always, they simply tossed the bagel in the bag with some butter. If I wanted to butter a cold bagel myself, I would have bought one much cheaper at the Shaws next door. Is it that fucking hard to butter a goddamned bagel?!?

And the Coolatta was utterly undrinkable. It was mostly liquid, not frozen, and it must have been 98% cream. It was as white as snow! I looked at the guy and said "That's a Coolatta? It's SO WHITE!".

He ignored me. Like an idiot I took the bagel and Coolatta (I'd already paid for them) and left the store. When I got back to my desk, I tried buttering the bagel; it was cold. I tried the Coolatta and nearly puked; it really was pure cream. I tried microwaving the bagel a little to melt the butter, and ended up with melted butter everywhere. So I threw the whole fucking mess in the trash. Then I wrote to Dunkin Donuts and complained, and then I went to Yelp.com and posted a bad review. But because that DD is in an Exxon Tiger Mart, I had to review that instead.

I am really, really pissed off this morning.

Help

I badly need to reboot my day, because I cannot cope with another shitty day. Suggestions please?

Help

I badly need to reboot my day, because I cannot cope with another shitty day. Suggestions please?

Dunkin' Funkin

Dunkin' Donuts emailed me and asked me to call them so they could get more information. I did, and also told them about the DD kiosk at Ruggles that gave me food poisoning twice.

They're going to contact the franchisees and pass my comments along. For what that's worth.

Now I'm going to go get some ice cream.

Dunkin' Funkin

Dunkin' Donuts emailed me and asked me to call them so they could get more information. I did, and also told them about the DD kiosk at Ruggles that gave me food poisoning twice.

They're going to contact the franchisees and pass my comments along. For what that's worth.

Now I'm going to go get some ice cream.

GoodReads Review: Rule Golden and Other Stories

Rule Golden and Other Stories by Damon Knight

My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars

A good, solid collection of novelettes by SF great Damon Knight. They don't write 'em like this any more.

The Introduction by Knight is better than most, with interesting and amusing insights into the inspiration for the stories; in many cases, they were at least partially reactions against the SF tropes of the day.
( Spoilers, click to read more )

Rule Golden and Other Stories is something of a mixed bag; the oldest stories are the weakest and most superficial ones, so the book gives an interesting overview of Knight's maturation as a writer. But even the weaker stories are well done, and the book as a whole is well worth picking up. Of course, it's not in print and is unlikely to ever be published again, I suspect. But if you happen to see it in a used book store somewhere, you could certainly do worse than to pick it up.

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GoodReads Review: Rule Golden and Other Stories

Rule Golden and Other Stories by Damon Knight

My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars

A good, solid collection of novelettes by SF great Damon Knight. They don't write 'em like this any more.

The Introduction by Knight is better than most, with interesting and amusing insights into the inspiration for the stories; in many cases, they were at least partially reactions against the SF tropes of the day.
( Spoilers, click to read more )

Rule Golden and Other Stories is something of a mixed bag; the oldest stories are the weakest and most superficial ones, so the book gives an interesting overview of Knight's maturation as a writer. But even the weaker stories are well done, and the book as a whole is well worth picking up. Of course, it's not in print and is unlikely to ever be published again, I suspect. But if you happen to see it in a used book store somewhere, you could certainly do worse than to pick it up.

View all my reviews.