Gentle Giants Rescue – not so good of a place

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http://www.gentlegiantnews.com/

I was enlightened by a visitor’s comment today. Apparently Gentle Giants Rescue isn’t so wonderful a place as their website seems. I previously posted about it here. The dogs are not well cared for and the adoption fees don’t seem to be put towards the care of the dogs on their property. Read the testimonials of adopters for yourself, HERE, you’ll be appalled.

I’d still like to rescue a dog someday but only when I have the time and space to put my energy and loving into caring for the dog…

Missed delivery

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http://www.ups.com

Today I am disappointed with UPS delivery service. I have been home since after work, about 5:45pm waiting for my iron that I ordered on Amazon. It was set to be delivered today and it hadn’t been delivered while I was at work (I checked the status) so I stayed at home waiting for it. After having dinner and watching some TV, I decided to check on its status since it was already 7:30pm and I still hadn’t received a call on our apt intercom.

On checking the status, the status was set to re-delivery because they said an attempt was made at 6:46pm but receiver unable to sign. I’ve been home all this time, not in the kitchen, not in the bathroom, not sleeping… just waiting for the intercom call. Nothing. I go downstairs and there is a slip on the door saying they attempted delivery and would be back tomorrow after 5pm.

So I call UPS and it’s a voice automated system. Frustrated trying to get through the menu, saying “Customer Service” gets me to a real life person. I ask them to look into the delivery, check the address, etc. The address is correct but they can’t do anything about redelivery today because it’s already too late here in California. So I ask him if he can put a note to the driver to make sure to press the correct intercom button because that’s the only way I can figure why I didn’t get called. He gives me a bit of an attitude… “hold on”… then comes back “ok, done”. No, “anything else I can do to help?”…

I ordered this iron on March 1st and have been waiting anxiously since then. Our iron died, it no longer heated up at all, so I haven’t been able to finish or start any new sewing projects. As a customer service agent, you would have to have some sort of courteous attitude or at least pretend to be helpful. We deal in customer service almost every day and I always try to be helpful because people wouldn’t be calling unless it was important to them. I don’t understand people in the customer service sector who aren’t courteous and helpful… then why be a customer service rep?

So just had to vent, I hope everything works out tomorrow. Just upset today…

Neecha Thai Cuisine

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http://www.neechathai.com/index.html

Our friends were visiting from LA so they invited us to join them for dinner this past Saturday. Funny enough, the restaurant they chose is about 3 blocks from where I work but I’ve never been there. They used to live in the area so they said it was their favorite Thai restaurant in the city.

Ron and I shared three dishes. First up was the “muk krob” which is a deep-fried battered calamari cooked in a secret house sauce with crispy red onions and topped with deep-fried Thai basil. It was crispy, sweet, sour, gooey… yummy! You probably wouldn’t have known it was calamari but the sauce was so good, I don’t think anyone would care.

Special eggplant: eggplant, prawns, chicken and pork sauteed with jalepeno peppers, red bell peppers and Thai basil in a secret house sauce. I love most eggplant dishes and this was no exception.

Moo Gratiem: BBQ pork marinated in Thai herbs and garlic served with a spicy chili sauce. This was a bit too sweet for me but not bad overall.

I would definitely go back there again, it was quite reasonable for the amount of food we had. For our three dishes plus rice, I think it came to $35. We were stuffed.

They also have a location in Oakland, see their website for more info.

Neecha Thai Cuisine
2100 Sutter Street

Taiwan Restaurant Take 2

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http://www.yelp.com/biz/t…t-san-francisco

This weekend, we visited Taiwan Restaurant once again for breakfast. Ordered some of the old and some new things.

You tiao, fried dough stick. It was kind of cold and a bit chewy..

Ron contemplating the rest of the menu…

Something known as a petal bun, Ron says it’s hard to make since it’s flaky and requires a lot of lard to make it. He says he wasn’t very good though. I don’t like them so didn’t try it.

Hot soy milk with sugar being added.

A bowl of noodles with some ground meat, bean sprouts, and the tea egg. The tea egg was the best part.

Green onion pancake, looked deep fried rather than pan fried. Nice and hot, a bit chewy so was nice.

I think we’re learning we don’t like this Taiwan Restaurant as much as the one in Berkeley for some reason. So I’m not sure if we’ll be coming back again unless we really have a desperate craving.

Taiwan Restaurant
445 Clement Street