Movies had been steadily picking up ever since the closed down of a competition – and I’m happy about it.  But we also see some assholes who refused to return our movies – and who gives us fake contact numbers. As much as I love renting movies – it will come one day – where we decide it’s not worth the hassle no more.  But for now we will still continue because there are more customers now – and because we are the only 2 places renting movies in town.

Yes ! these are the people who’ve ripped us off – in the recent 12 months – and we’ve been in business for 12 years this August – so you can imagine – how much money we’ve lost in the last 12 years.  And yes we do use  debt collectors to try and recoup our losses but not very much luck.  Now we really need a good debt collector – that can really get some of our money back but we can’t really blame the old ones for not trying because most of the people on my ripped off list – are probably jerks and have no credit at all – what to do right?  But that doesn’t mean that we are going to stop trying get our money back – we will keep looking for a debt collector who has a trick or two that hasn’t been used yet.

Why can’t people understand that we won’t do anything illegal at the store?  we don’t want to get into trouble with the law and if everyone starts burning movies and music cd – where would we be for our business? Today a guy walks into the store and asked if we burnt music CDs – the boss said no.  He asked if we know any internet cafe where he can download music and then burn them off – we said we don’t.  He asked where can he get on the internet – we told him the library perhaps – he then continued to ask if the library does burning of CDs – we said we doubt.   He then asked if we know where he can download music – we said we don’t know – he was then quite upset – and we explained to him – downloading music and burning it or movies is illegal – so we don’t touch it with a yard stick or go anywhere near it.  We don’t want to be going against the law right?  some people just don’t get it.

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They say that the owner and the dog are said to look the same and behave the same – and so true in many ways – when it comes to the employer and employees.  How an employee behaves – is actually a reflection of how the employer behaves – and I can boldly say that it’s true because I’ve seen it with my own eyes.

Some people sent their employees to come to our store to buy stuff and one particular person is not only rude but utterly ignorant.  I try to acknowledge this person when he/she comes into our store – but he/she would ignore me.  So from this day on – I shall not acknowledge this person no more.  Should I see him/her in or out of our store – I shall treat him/her as invisible.  Nobody is more superior than another human being – more-so if this person has nothing to do with us or our business – except being a association because his company deals with ours.

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Last week was definitely a tough week for us – not only was I down with pain in my mouth – the kid had some kind of rash that had us running to school and then to the family doctor and then the pediatrician.  The next day – we lost our internet – due to a blown power supply and then later in the day – we lost power for the whole evening – darn!

The next day we came back to work – and we found more things not working from the scanner – to the tv and then on Saturday the security company called to say that our back up battery for our security system was running low- and lo and behold the transformer on the security system also got busted.   So we went without any security for the weekend – and boy ! was i worried – came Monday – I insisted that the security guy come immediately even though he wasn’t in town.

Of course, we found that our own security cameras wasn’t working no more.  *slap forehead* – so yes! what a crazy week!  I hope we recover from all the bad luck we have had been having !!!!!

I find it truly amusing how people think that they can cheat us of our money and we won’t remember them?  we never forget a crook – especially if you cheated us or our family members.  One such crook came into our store and tried to sell us stuff today – and he must think we had forgotten that he cheated my in laws of $800 for selling them a stolen 4 wheeler and a laptop that never showed up.

As soon as he walked into our door – we knew who he was – but he adamantly told us he didn’t know what we were talking about.  I confirmed it was him with 2 people who were cheated by him – together with my in-laws and I told  his new g/f that I take it personally !  how could I not !! my in laws are farmers and they have to pick a lot of peas out in the hot sun and bad weather to make that kind of money.  This crook is in his early 20s when he cheated my in -laws and he and his crook g/f could have worked if they wanted money – cheating an old man of $800 !!!  i hope they rot in hell!   So if you cheated us – we will remember you!

How can the Premier think that this town do not need a ferry service – it’s beyond me and my capacity to understand.  It’s not a rationale decision in my humble opinion – many business were already affected by the decision last year – and with no tourist – a lot of businesses suffered here.  And even till now – the Premier is still jerking us around – as far as I can see.

With the Rodd Colony gone – completely – it will be a real disaster – so my question is – is the town going to let Percy Paris come on the 1st of February just for a discussion? or is this town – going to show Mr Percy and the Premier – how upset we really are?   No more discussing please!  I want some action and some help from the Premier – after all we are also paying our taxes right?

Hello, Mr Dexter!  We are still HERE!

]]> http://www.babybokchoi.com/2011/01/17/hello-mr-dexter-we-are-still-here/feed/ 0 http://www.babybokchoi.com/2010/12/12/ferry-for-next-year-looking-gloomy/ http://www.babybokchoi.com/2010/12/12/ferry-for-next-year-looking-gloomy/#comments Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:03:11 +0000 bochupU http://www.babybokchoi.com/?p=4443 So the ferry looks really gloomy for next year – according to reliable sources that came into our store today.  With all the promises made by some people in this town – now I don’t hear a thing about the ferry at all coming for 2011.  So what does it mean for this town?  I still see the people in this town spending for Christmas like they usually do – I am guessing that those who are currently employed are not worried about losing their jobs since they can go on unemployment – but for how long?  a year?  then what?   And those that are not employed – well – it doesn’t really bother them does it?

But what about some business owners like us?  what about the gift stores?  the restaurants, the hotels?  I think the small business owners are the ones who are going to be hit hard first – and that includes the restaurants and the hotels – they just write it off – as a tax credit.  But eventually, the people will suffer and ultimately the tax payer? because the government gets their unemployment money from tax and they owe more money and no reserve?  well, well! JOY!

On Wednesday, Yarmouth MLA Richard Hurlburt said the $7,995 spent on buying and installing a generator at an MLA’s home was his expense. The Tory made no apologies Thursday, saying the generator is available to the local ground search and rescue team, emergency management officials and other groups.But Friday morning Hurlburt apologized for a judgment error that led to an expense claim for the purchase of a generator intended to be used for emergencies in his constituency.  A news release issued this morning said he reimbursed the Speaker’s Office on Thursday for the full amount of $7,995.