Monday, November 24, 2008

Friday, November 14, 2008

I'm going to gorge myself at....

Brasa Grill -

http://www.brasagrillsteakhouse.com/

1300 W 9th in Cleveland.

Hey, Chubb Insurance Adjusters...

YOU SUCK!!!!

This is in regards to the theft of my GPS device, perpetrated last Friday night at the Embassy Suites in Dublin, Ohio.

Wednesday afternoon, an adjuster for Chubb Insurance Services, the agency for the Embassy Suites, left a message on my answering machine. Maybe they were looking to make it up to me somehow. When I finally connected on Friday morning, I was greeted with a rude, Gitmo-quality interrogation about the theft of my GPS unit. After I calmly detailed the facts of the situation, I got this response:

Adjuster (Adjustrix?) (snottily): "You do realize that the hotel had signs posted that they were not liable for items lost or stolen?"

Me (calmly): "Yes."

Adjuster (snottily, again): "Are you going to be filing a claim against the Hotel?"

Me: "No." (unspoken: THIS IS WHY I HAVE INSURANCE, YOU IMBECILE!)

This is what I don't understand - Why did this woman act as though I was the one committing some sort of fraud, or God forbid, filing some sort of lawsuit?

Here's the thing - the staff and managers of the Embassy Suites in Dublin could not have been more helpful in dealing with the situation. They called the police and made numerous calls attempting to find a repair shop willing to come out to the hotel to fix my car. Would it have been nice if they had knocked something off my bill for my trouble? Yes, but in light of the postive actions of the hotel staff, I see no need to go to war over it.

In contrast, my encounter with Chubb was unnecessarily unpleasant. So, yeah, CHUBB SUCKS!

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Columbus Till I Die!

Another good (mostly) weekend in Columbus. The Crew won, the BlueJackets won, and oh, yeah, somebody broke into my car and stole my GPS unit.

(And I thought Dublin was the NICE part of Columbus)

The Crew had a nice pep-rally-type event at Easton Town Centre on Thursday night, followed by a playoff watch party at the Fado bar.

Went to my first BlueJackets game at Nationwide Arena Friday night. Columbus defeated Montreal 4-3 in a shootout. (I had mixed feelings about this - I was (sort of) rooting for Montreal)

In the wee small hours of Saturday, somebody broke into my car in the parking lot of the Embassy Suites in Dublin, taking my GPS unit in the process. I will say that the staff of the hotel were extraordinarily helpful in dealing with this problem - apparently about 10 other guests had the same thing happen.

And then the Crew finshed off the Kansas City Wizards 2-0 to advance to the MLS Eastern Conference final on Thursday night. Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend. Abel & I had great seats near the Nordecke (crazy section).

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Obamapalooza!

That's PRESIDENT Barack Hussein Obama, to you! (photo: New York Times)

Monday, November 3, 2008

Election Day message

VOTE! DAMMIT!

That is all.