The Rest of the Story...

Right, so I like to do things as inexpensively as possible. So, when I go to McDonald's, I order a 10 piece Nugget meal with milk for the "big kids" and a value meal for me with milk. I give the milk to the kids and drink water with my meal. I had been given flack for it here in town and dealt with it until one day I had enough. I ordered the value meals and when the girl tried to enter the milks, the register wasn't programed to accept it. So, she backed out my order and charged me for each item individually which cost $4.00 more than the original total. It was sort of like the guy in the movie Falling Down, I had had enough. When the manager tried to explain to me that milk was less expensive than coke and that was in fact why she was charging me $4.00 more for my food, my head nearly exploded. I told her to charge me for the value meals, pour me cokes that I do not want, and charge me for the milks which was still $2.00 less expensive than the other way.

After we returned home from our adventure to the convenient care which was the entire reason we went through the drive through in the first place, I emailed McDonalds. I asked if not serving milk with a value meal was a corporate strategy and if it was for them to explain it otherwise please have someone reprogram the registers at the Monticello store to accept milk as a drink option. A couple days later, a representative of the owner's group who owns this store called me. He stated that he would "fix it" and pumped me for information on which employee it was I had interacted with. I politely told him that it was not a particular employee and that I had run up against this before and tolerated it. I probably mentioned something about a straw and camel too.

So, I told Samantha my story one day that we were talking and she later reported that she was told she couldn't order milk with a value meal. Samantha told the girl through the speaker "Yes I can," and without too much more trouble they took care of it.

Today after the meeting, I again caused a problem by ordering milk with my value meal. The long and short of it is that the cashier needs to be told to enter cokes and "promo" the milk. That was the word that was brought to the front from the manager of the store. Today I cut to the chase and told them I had discussed the matter with the owner who said he would fix it. I guess it is fixed. As far as McDonalds go, ours is a pretty good one and my kids always enjoy talking to everyone in the store. I encourage you, if you do eat there and order a value meal, order milk to drink :)

As an aside, here is a link to a cute youtube video...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvLgBTJXZUQ

We all have two things in common...

So, I figured I would try this blog thing out. It would seem that I would be all about figuring out new ways to communicate with people, but I find my mother's nature coming out and am resistant to change (She asked me once while in law school if I could check my email while in Indiana which prompted me to explain that www in fact means world wide web and that Indiana was in fact part of the world. I am sure that will come back to me as Maggie has a very sharp tongue.)

Anyway, I wanted to mention something to you all that needs to be recognized. In college I was in a sorority of 80 or so young women. By the time I graduated thinking about going to a meeting made my skin crawl. The fact that we have such a large diverse group of women in the MOMs group and we aren't "clicky" and superficial is amazing to me. When I try to figure out how this is possible, I remember, we all love God and we all love our children and want to be good stewards of the gift that God has given us in them.

When my brother was killed five years ago, I learned that when all reality is stripped away and all that is left is that dark place inside God is there in me. I was also tormented by interactions I had had with him, things that happened when I was in second grade and on up through the years. I realized during the early days of my mourning that none of the yucky stuff matters. All that exists of my brother now is the Love we shared. All that remains when we leave is love; the acts that we do out of love produce ripples that cross the years. This also inspires me to endeavor only to leave a positive "footprint" on the people I meet and the places I go.

So, thank you ladies for being a network of Christian mothers on whom I can rely for strength, encouragement, and love.

Eggs!

Hey all - a couple of the gals mentioned to me that they wanted to be on the "egg list" for cage free eggs from our chickens. I completely forgot who said they wanted to be put on the list. If you asked to be added to the list - email me - mclain458@yahoo.com. Good seeing everyone today - enjoy this GORGEOUS weather!
Nic