April Fool's Day Came Early

One of the drivers at work can be a little crafty. He likes to pull pranks on us girls in the office.

How you ask?

This past Halloween, we were surprised to find a scary head in the deep freezer when we went to count inventory. At the time, I also had that delicious cinnamon pecan coffeecake in the fridge, and when I went in for a piece, I found myself staring at a big, black rubber spider.

Yeah, pretty cheesey, but we haven't been able to quite come up with something yet to get even (besides emptying all the office garbage cans and leaving all the tied up bags of garbage back in the warehouse for him to throw out).

So, we have a customer who loves her some apple drink. We only carry cider through the fall, and during that time we no longer carry apple juice. Well, once the cider was gone for the season, the apple juice was not being reintroduced on the menu. Time and time again we explained to the customer that it was not being carried that month and that if it was available in future months, it would be listed on that month's menu. Needless to say, we are now almost 2 seasons past the time we actually had an apple drink available. And despite numerous phone calls, notes and messages to this customer, she still tries to order apple juice every week.

This has been continuing and the customer's driver (our prankster) is aware of this customer.

Today we receive this note:

To Whom It May Concern,

My name is (name). I live at (address) in Barrington. For the past several months I have tried to order apple juice from you people and all I get is a big run around. I don't care if you have to buy apples and crush them yourselves ... I want my damn apple juice!!!!!

And another thing, my driver is a big jagoff.

A Very Unhappy Customer,
(name)

The kicker is - my boss believed it. She brought it into my office and is all like - Can you believe this? And I scan over it and immediately smile. Because I know it's a joke. 1) Because it's my driver's handwriting and 2) he is known for the word 'jagoff'

So now it's payback time. April Fool's Day is just around the corner so it's time for revenge. Granted, a few things to keep in mind is that this is a business, so there can be nothing that may interfere with operations. And they work 3rd shift, which means there's no hiding out and scaring the bejeebies out of him by hiding in the truck because I'll be at home at that time. Watching tv. Or surfing the web. Or sleeping.

This is where I need your help! I want to know all your suggestions on the perfect April Fool's gag. Tell me as many as you'd like -- and the best one will win a prize!

The prize? A book from my growing list of books I've read in 2008.

And The Winners Are........

*drumroll please*

Ahem. Yeah, right. It's pretty easy to figure out. 3 prizes; only 4 unique commenters, 1 of which doesn't want to be qualified.

So, without further ado.....

The winners are:

Sherry,
Jess,
and
Swishy

I hope you three will be patient, as I have not found the perfect thing to decorate these cell phone pouches with, and I'm just not satisfied with Bedazzling them. So, it may take me awhile to get them finished and in the mail to you.....but feel free to periodically send me harassing emails to keep me on my toes.

Oh, and send your contact info (snail mail) to snarkalicious AT mail DOT com.

Pay It Forward

UPDATED!!!




I won the Pay It Forward contest over at Hope for the Hopeless, so it's time for me to hold my very own contest.

So, here's how it works: You leave me a comment (or 2, or 6 or maybe a dozen) and then I'll head on over to use the randomizer thing Melissa used for hers. It'll select 3 lucky winners to claim 3 fantastic homemade prizes (super duper cool cell phone pouches - that will be hand decorated by me (cuz I am not crafty enough to actually make the pouches themselves!)).



Since 3 seems to be the common number, I'll be running this for 3 days, which means I'll be doing the drawing on Monday 3/3.

Now, I've got an extremely busy work day on Monday, so I can't say if I'll draw in the morning, afternoon or night.....so if you don't see a new post announcing the winners, feel free to keep the comments rolling.

The stipulation? If you win, you have to host your very own Pay It Forward contest on your blog.

So what are you waiting for?? Get commenting!!!!
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Saturday, March 1, 2008

Seriously? 4 comments? By 3 people? One of which doesn't want to be in the drawing? That leaves me 2 automatic winners with 3 available prizes. Doesn't anyone else want to win and Pay It Forward???

I'm a winner!

It's been hell at work lately. Friday the crap hit the fan, and this morning.....well, let's just say the entire place would be full of flung crap.

I'm not going to into much detail because it's just too much to get into right now, and I'm hoping if I just ignore the situation, it'll go away.

Yeah, I know .... wishful thinking.

So anyway, back to my little bit of exciting news!

Melissa was hosting a Pay It Forward contest over on her blog, and I WON!!! Woohoo!!!

So, keep your eyes peeled for my very own Pay It Forward contest!!