Hello, My name is JAYME.

This morning I woke up feeling mopey as I do most mornings but I think I’ve gotten the same cold or bug that everyone else is trying to fight off, so that made it extra hard to peel back the covers this morning. I came into work and just felt blah! There was no coffee brewing nor was there any creamer and I can’t drink coffee without that. I needed a jumpstart or something, so I told Joe that I was going to make a Starbucks run and he basically begged me to swipe some creamer when I went because I think he needed a jumpstart as well and he is like me, hates coffee without creamer. I go to the Starbucks off of Falls of the Neuse/Lynn Road. I’ve been there a few times and I’ve never had to wait more than 4-5 minutes even after standing in a long line. I ordered the Grande Caramel Latte and it was yummy. Yes, I decided not to get coffee, but never fear, Joe was brewing some while I was gone. Unfortunately, I looked around at Starbucks and I couldn’t find any creamer. They must keep that behind the counter away from the kleptomaniacs! So I hopped back in the car and drove over to Harris Teeter and picked up a huge container of creamer and headed back to the office. Obviously Joe was elated that he now had creamer for his coffee. So what’s your favorite coffee or Starbucks fav?

We all went out last Saturday night to Kemp’s Seafood for Mom’s 60th birthday. We had a great time laughing and cutting up as usual. Everyone knows how we Blackmons are. It’s the third time I have been to Kemp’s and once again I was impressed mainly by the service. Note that two of those times I’ve been Jennifer had some pull because she does the accounting work for them, so we were treated nicely. Even the time I went on a date there the service was very good.

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Would you like to Biggie Size that? I’m sure most of you have been asked that ludicrous question. I figure since their ploy to ask it until they are blue in the face doesn’t seem to work with most customers, so they had to come up with another way to get customers to pay for Biggie Size whether the customer wants it or not. I had the pleasure of visiting the drive-thru window at the Wendy’s @ McGee’s Xroads this past week on the way to band practice. I looked at the menu outside and I noticed that the price of the classic single combo was 4 dollars and some change. This is definitely higher than what I was used to seeing. Normally it is 3 dollars and change. I told the drive-thru guy that I wanted the classic single combo with a coke, NOT BIGGIE SIZED. Well, I thought he got the picture. Little did I know that the pricing outside is different than the pricing on the inside. The guy never bothered to tell me that! They MAKE you pay the Biggie price when you drive-thru. So I was a good citizen and just accepted the fact that I was being autoBiggied and paid the penalty. I drove up to the pickup window and they basically had the food hanging out the window and the Biggie coke in hand. I asked the manager that was handing me the food, “Why do I always get biggie sized when I don’t ask for it and why is the price different?”. Her only explanation was that all the area Wendy’s were starting to do that. I told her that I live about a 5 minute walk to the Wendy’s I eat at in Garner and I’ve never had to deal with that. She was dumbfounded and really didn’t know what to say. So I just gave her a ridiculous look and just drove off out of frustration (probably leaving some rubber on the pavement). Why do I never check my bag before I drive off? I’ll never learn. I got back on I-40–low and behold, my fries were cold and it was a regular sized fry–it wasn’t even BIGGIE!! Well I just ate my faithful cheeseburger and decided not to eat the leathery cold fries. Once I finished that up, I was looking so forward to that BIGGIE coke. I took one big sip and almost busted a blood vessel. They had given me a DIET coke for crying out loud. Heavens to Betsy, could I have picked a worse place to eat?? Anyway, the rest is history. I guess this was written to serve as a reminder to NEVER go through the drive-thru at Wendy’s unless you want to be robbed. Dave would roll over in his grave.