The Cinema 8 Experience

When you think it cannot get any worse, it surely does...right? Cinema 8 is not a favourite place but they tend to run the movies I want to see so I go there, and try to make it on the Tuesday (the 'discount day'), because why should I pay more when I can pay less? Nevertheless, I do not go often, so this minimises the impact of any negativity I inevitably experience.

The last time we were there, we were rudely told we have to come back at [the time stated on the ticket] when we attempted to enter about 20min before the ads/previews aka the printed "start time" of the movie. Now I don't mind waiting outside, but I do mind being informed of that in a manner that leaves much to be desired. I'm guessing the csrs have been trained, but perhaps they need a refresher....or some motivation, because they clearly are incapable of delivering the simplest information with an ounce of courtesy. It's not what you say, it's how you say it, right?

An LOL button!

On Facebook and now almost everywhere on the web, there's the ubiquitous "like" button...cool right...? But what if you just want to laugh out loud at the ridiculous price or something....?
Check this out...it's a $500 used book being sold on Amazon.com by one of their marketplace sellers but "fulfilled by Amazon." It's not even a textbook or adult fiction, it's an Enid Blyton paperback.
http://www.amazon.com/Five-Treasure-Island-Famous/dp/0340796146 (Opens in a new window)
For real? Bring on the LOL button, please!

A Wen girl?

Am I going to be a Wen girl? I finally gave in and ordered the Wen Hair Care solution thing, after they dangled it in front of me through Alyssa Milano and that infomercial that keeps coming back... coincidence that I had been watching Charmed again after not seeing it for a very long while? You tell me!
 It was right after I had just got my hair "did" and was pondering at the back of my mind what I would do about my perennially dry hair. The hair dresser who did my hair - I must say, she made it a very painless experience - claims I will need a "treatment" every two weeks until I see an improvement....so there could be a "confounding factor" in my not-so-scientific experiment at being a Wen girl....IF I decide to follow the hair dresser's recommendation, and use Wen at the same time. What to do?  

Well, the Wen is on its way - the words "Your order has shipped" gets a tingly reaction! Through Skybox, it should be here in a week just around the time when I am supposed to have that treatment, so I have not much time to make a decision. The innate scientist in me wants to avoid confounding factors...my stats teacher would be proud...except that as I am the only "block" being treated, I really have no choice. Plus, if I pay all that money for Wen, I should at least know if it is capable of working on its own or not.

I do not know whether or not this promises to be a riveting story, but I am determined to follow it to the (hopefully not so bitter) end. Stay tuned. :)