Check out this piece in the Dover, Ohio Times-Reporter. Seem Verizon was wouldn’t help the cops until they paid the victim’s overdue phone bill: Williams said he attempted to use the man’s cell phone signal to locate him, but the man was behind on his phone bill and the Verizon operator refused to connect the …
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Yesterday’s New York Times covers changes to credit cards. They spoke with David Robertson, publisher of the Nilson Report, which tracks the credit card business. Robertston lays it on thick: People who routinely pay off their credit card balances have been enjoying the equivalent of a free ride, he said, because many have not had …
Back on February 5, Caltrain agreed to expand the capacity of all their bike cars. Older, Gallery cars would go from 32 spots to 40. Newer, Bombardier cars would go from 16 to 24 spots. Turnaround was quick, with the first expanded car spotted in the wild just 13 days later: NB275 one old gallery …
Why am I getting recruited to be a physical therapist? Return-Path: From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 12:32:21 -0400 Subject: Nationwide Physical Therapist Search Reply-To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [email protected] Hello! My name is Tonya Greene and I am currently conducting a nationwide search for Physical Therapist. RCI is …
Steven Frank explains the app store submission process: Develop app Submit app App rejected Blogs raise a stink App approved
My friend Rob sends along this fun survey from AT&T. Given the image, any commentary by me would be totally unnecessary.
I finally (finally!) got my Translink card. So excited! It now joins my BART EZ Rider card, my MBTA CharlieCard and my WMATA SmarTrip card. (Aside: TTC and (NY)MTA, get on this.) Inside the envelope are several letters and brochures. I head to the Translink web site to add funds to my card. Fail #1 …
NBC in Dallas ran a piece called “Airlines Rethinking Customer Care. In the piece, they talk about airlines using customer data to personalize the customer experience. Yawn. Places like OpenTable and Wyndham have been doing this for years. Great restaurants kept detailed notes on their best customers with pen and paper. The anonymous talking head …
British Columbia could become the first jurisdiction in north america to have real electoral reform with STV — Single Transferable Vote. Help them out.
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