It's The Chubbiest Day Of The Year!!

Today is Fat Tuesday…or as I like to call it…Tuesday.  Yep, not a real popular Holiday in this country unless you’re in New Orleans…or on South Street ten or more years ago.  I know, for the religious among us, it’s supposed to be a day of feast before a period of fasting but, just like Saint Patrick’s Day is supposed to be a day commemorating an actual Irish Saint…it’s really just another excuse to go out drinking on a week night (and eat pancakes – although, in all honesty, who really needs an excuse to eat pancakes?  Am I right?).  Anyway, I spent a good portion of my Mardi Gras in the Verizon store this afternoon trying to get a new phone to replace the piece o’ crap they sold me this past September that just STOPPED WORKING…for the SECOND TIME since I’ve owned it.  And even though they had an exact replacement copy of my phone right there in their own inventory, I need to wait for mine to be shipped to my house so I can then ship them back my broken one – why??  Would it not make more sense for them to swap phones for me right there in the store so they can send the broken one back and receive a new one for stock…which, in turn, would send the customer (me) out the door happy and not tied to a useless phone for 2 more days?  Am I missing something??  For those that know me this may be a little hard to believe but…I may have been just a little pissed off when I left.  Good thing it’s Fat Tuesday and I can go drinkin’!!!