Monthly Archives: October 2008

choose ye: return of the ultimate demographic choose ye!

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This is a reprint of a Choose Ye that I did last year. I was supposedly to compile the results, and then I… well, I didn’t.

So let’s do it again!

Reprint begins here:

Okay. We’re playing hardball now, kids.

Unless you’re ready to be covered in strawberries and whipped cream, no waffling!

(And no, I’m not actually going to cover you in strawberries and whipped cream. Give your head a shake.)

The choices we make sometimes say a lot about who we are. Sometimes they say nothing about who we are. But it’s funny — even the totally silly choices can end up getting us into huge debates with our family and friends.

(Actually, I think it’s interesting to note the choices we struggle with… or just don’t care about at all. And the choices we admit to, as opposed to the ones we hide.)

But today I don’t want to hear about definitions or shades of gray or your existential struggle or “I need to know context!” or qualifiers or “well, generally I think I like this, but it depends…”

Just choose. No extra (especially political or religious) commentary, no justifications, no bashing other choices.

Just CHOOSING.

Scary, I know.

(And one more parenthetical remark for good measure. Thank you.)

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Coffee or tea?

PC or Mac?

Kids or no?

Political or no?

Summer or winter?

Artificial sweeteners or sugar?

Fries or salad?

Lake or ocean?

Own or rent?

Email or phone?

Traditional medical care or natural remedies?

Vegetarian (or vegan) or carnivore?

Apples or oranges?

Follow celeb culture or no?

Liberal or conservative?

Rural or urban?

Car or SUV?

Atheist or not (not includes agnostics)?

Marriage: necessary or no?

Cable or not?

Campsite or hotel?

Alcohol or no?

Up early or up late (if given the choice)?

News online or news on tv?

hair today, gone tomorrow…

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Update:

I’m going back into the salon on a day when my last cutter won’t be there, and they’ll see if another stylist can “fix it“.

Which — unless they can grow hair back — isn’t really likely. But I guess I should give it a shot, mmm? At least I can say I tried. They were kind and polite and thoughtful about it, if not guarded (which is in their interests, even if the customer is always right.)

And yes, I know it seems silly to be concerned about something like hair (It’ll grow back!), and it’s not like they shaved my head, but I’m into actually getting what I want when I pay for something — and not a SuperCuts price, at that! I don’t have money to throw at things that don’t work for me at all, and since I don’t live on credit, I tend to want my money’s worth… well…. now.

It’s the principle of the thing, you know?

Most of my friends will be shocked to read this since I am a) a pathological overtipper, even in the face of bad service; b) unlikely to take things back because I feel like it’s my fault they don’t fit properly.

Silly.

But there’s a first time for everything. And since I’ve got long distance bills to pay off and plane tickets to buy, now seems like a good time to start, huh?

(The best part of the whole experience thus far? The hold music at the salon was “Runaround”. Ha!)

Have you ever returned something or asked to have a service performed again when it didn’t go well for you?

Tell me how it went…