Not sure this was completely thought through

So last night we're flipping channels and we came across a show about gadgets you have to have. The gadget was a heated vest. Sounds like a good idea. It runs off a small battery pack that you can keep in the pocket. It also has a second battery pack for backup. The batteries are lightweight, so you can actually carry around the backup as well. All in all, sounds pretty good, right?

So I have just one question. If it's cold enough outside that normal winter wear isn't quite enough, why on earth would I decide that a vest is a good idea?? I get that it's heated, but it has no sleeves. Why would that be better? Hey, my chest is warm, but I can no longer feel my arms due to frostbite. Yay. Doesn't it make more sense that they would have come out with a heated jacket rather than a vest?

Rules for the Restroom

1) Talking at the sink is acceptable. Talking anywhere else is not. No exceptions.

2) Wash your f'in hands. No ifs, ands or buts.

3) Turning on the water, splashing your fingers by it and shutting it off to fool others in the bathroom into thinking you washed your hands doesn't count. I can't believe how many people I see do this. Obviously if you feel the need to make other people think your washing your hands, then you know it's wrong not to. Knock it off. (Refer to #2 if your still confused.)

4) If you need to have your pants half down to tuck your shirt in, don't do it in the middle of the bathroom facing the entrance way. Seriously...what' the hell is wrong with you??

5) Flush. Enough said.

6) When you leave a stall, take your damn reading material. It's nice that you want to leave it behind for my enjoyment, but I can assure you that I won't be picking up and flipping through anything you were using while you were on the can.

It astounds me everyday that I work at an office where the majority of people are between the ages of 30 and 50 and there are so many people that can't grasp the basic fundamentals of using a restroom. It's sad.

My drive-thru experience

Now, clearly this is a completely fictitious story because my girlfriend knows there's no way I'd be at a drive-thru when I'm trying to eat healthy. With that disclaimer out of the way, here goes...

Drive-thru Girl: Welcome to McDonalds, can I take your order?

Me: Yeah, I'll have a cheeseburger and a small fry.

(10 seconds pass)

DTG: I'm sorry, can I take your order?

Me: Yeah, I'll have a cheeseburger and a small fry.

DTG: A cheeseburger. Anything else?

Me: Yes, a small fry.

DTG: Pull up to the first window.

(I pull up and she tells me the total.)

Me: (handing her the money) Here you go.

DTG: I'm sorry, what did you say?

Me: I said, here you go.

DTG: Oh, I thought you said "Did you get that?"

(I'm just looking at her like she's an idiot at this point.)

So I eventually get to the 2nd window and get my food. I pull away and when I open the bag, I have a double cheeseburger and no fries.

I will never understand why the drive-thru is such a challenging job. Clearly, the first girl couldn't hear and the second couldn't read. Those both seem like skills that should be pretty developed by the time your 17. Call me crazy, I guess I just demand a lot of people.

I warn you now...don't go

So my girlfriend and I checked out a new bar in Boston last night. Lets just say, if you wish to have any resemblance of service, don't go to the Revolution Rock Bar.

The bar is in the Financial District, which seems an odd place for a rock bar. I guess they're trying to get the suits and the schleps to intermingle. It wasn't really working. There was a couple of tables of middle aged people and a fairly large collection of lame people. The only slightly cool people in the place were in the band.

I'll sidestep from my review for a moment to say that the band was one of the most unique bands I've ever seen. Unfortunately we only saw the soundcheck due to the fact that we eventually left due to complete disgust with the club. The band is called Billy's Band and as I've just learned from a little research today (and my girlfriend guessed last night), they are from Russia. They have a standup bass, an accordian and some other various instruments. All I can say was, they appeared to be playing carnival sideshow circus music. It was amazing. I don't imagine they will be back any time soon, but if they do, I will be there.

So anyway, back to the club. I attempted to order a chocolate raspberry martini. The girl looked confused, but wrote it down. Then she grabbed a drink menu and handed it to me. I assumed it was for reference for future drinks. However, a couple minutes later she came back over to see what I wanted. Apparently I had to order from the menu only.

Next come the appetizers. We ordered 2 apps. A few moments later, she came over and told us they were out of one of them. Oh well, no big deal. The app came and it wasn't bad. The app did however come out at the same time as the pizza we ordered. That was a little odd, but whatever.

The pizza was probably worse than most frozen pizzas I have tried. They claim it was wood fired pizza. We were pretty sure the pizza was wood. I can't even describe how pathetic it was.

At this point, we were still fairly hungry since we didn't finish the pizza. We decided to go with something safe. Spinach dip and tortilla chips. Well, we were wrong. The dip was microwaved as it was half warm and half cold. The tortilla chips were stale and some were even soggy. When the waitress came over to see how we were, my girlfriend pretty much told her the food was crap. The waitress then offered to bring us out more. Apparently when someone says the food sucks, that's code word for "please give me more".

I then ordered a glass of Merlot. Sure enough, the waitress returned to tell me they were out of Merlot, but they would have some shortly as soon as someone went downstairs to go get more. It appears they couldn't handle even a simple order of wine.

Upon leaving, my girlfriend asked to speak to the manager and she was told he wasn't there that night. I'm guessing that if they keep running things the way they are, the customers won't be there either.

I give the Revolution Rock Bar 1 soggy tortilla chip out of a possible 5.