I always feel like I give businesses a second chance.  You know, like when you eat somewhere that ’should’ be decent and the food tastes like it slid down the fat hairy sweaty back of the guy in the kitchen; you might go again, right?   Okay, so maybe not that extreme.  But some businesses deserve a second chance, or even a third.

Why do companies (or whoever) insist on putting so many ads or make them so prominent on their web sites?

I recently did a Google search which ultimately directed me to forums on a site  called Just Skins (www.justskins.com).   About half of the page I landed on, measuring from top to bottom was nothing but Google ads.    If I said it was difficult to determine the difference between the ads and the content, I would be lying.

I’m standing in a public parking lot with a friend waiting for another friend, and this guy in a blazer, (pictured here) was playing thump thump music so loud it was rattling the trim on my buddy’s truck.  And, of course all of his windows were down, either because he doesn’t have A/C or he wanted to make sure everyone could hear what a super duper loud audio system he has.

I was at LA Tan located at the corner of Hilliard Rome Road and Roberts Road (in Hilliard, Ohio) this morning when I learned that I had been accessed a $15 fee due to a credit card decline.  My membership automatically renews and drafts from my debit card on the first of each month.

This is simple: My card was canceled due to a Rewards Upgrade with Chase bank.  I was in the LA Tan facility on the third of the month at which time I updated my card information on file.  It just never dawned on me to call them and have the information updated prior to the 1st, knowing that I go there frequent enough and have had an active membership in good standing for well over a year.