Retail / Services

I love my little dog. Sadly, the only pet store near where I live is Pet Supplies Plus, and to be honest, my dog hates it there. Last time we went there, she peed on the floor and expressed extreme displeasure while in that store. Don't know what it is that bothers her, the people who work there, or the crazy nuts in the hospital next door. Honestly though, the employees there don't seem very enthusiastic animal lovers anyways, only students reluctant to come to work to get a pay check. Whatever it may be, I think it's an energy my dog doesn't like, and I won't be going there again. I'm not trying to bash them or something, well... maybe a little. It's nice to know the employees there are offer to clean up after your animals' accidents, but if you're an owner who would let someone else clean up after your pets' messes, you probably shouldn't have a pet... just saying. But that's just my experience though. They are close to Kinnicun's though... :P, I like kinnicun's.

However, I discovered a store that's past the Sam's Club, Mary's Tack and Feed, and I've got to say she (the dog) loves it! Nice people ( better looking people) and definitely higher quality service. I get her nails cut there and everything; $20 lifetime cuts, it pays for itself. Most of all, I think the people who work there probably get paid more and have more experience with animals. My dog always gets treats when she goes. She's always excited to see the people there, and she's always pulling me inside the store. She has probably associated the smells with treats and happiness or something stupid like that. I just wanted to let the people of Athens know that they're doing a great job. I'm definitely a repeat customer. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone who owns a pet. I just think that my dollar is better spent there and I just feel that its good karma to get the word out.

The Pet Smart on 316 ain't too bad either.

Why don't you quit trying to rip students off and focus on delivering a better service hmmm?
My internet is slow and you won't fix it. it's supposed to be at 5megs.. but instead it hovers below 1. My television channels, apparently, will have a filter put on soon... and I'll be paying what? $60 a month for $hitty service and no TV? Really? No thank you. If you aren't going to fix it, I'm going to satellite, or Bellsouth/AT&T. It's already a cash cow, you have no enormous expenses in comparison to the cable that you laid down years ago. It's a horrible experience, I'm going to let your company know, and I'm going to let all of Athens know just how I feel:

Charter, you suck suck suck suckity suck. I would not recommend it to anyone! Go else where.

When the big f---ing sign says "15 items or less" that does not mean "Get in line with 30 items and split it into two separate transactions".

I'm not even talking about a group of roommates shopping together but paying for their own things separately. I'm talking about one person splitting up their purchases into two groups as if that makes it OK.

I'm sick of entitlement whores.
You are not special. You are not a unique snowflake. The rules that apply to the rest of us apply to you too.

Dear East Campus Bookstore,

I went to your store to buy some used books for college, as I am middle class and relatively broke. Not only do you overcharge for books considerably, and forget to TAKE OFF the stickers on the books where you charged LESS at one point in time, (just putting the higher priced sticker over it), but you charge the same price for a theatre book that looks like it was vomited on, ran over, and left in the gutter as you do a regular looking book. As I explained to the manager my logic, (that I should, in theory, pay less for the puke-tastic book, if I could still read it and peel off some of the dirt), he stares at me blankly and repeats several times in a broken-record voice that "they just don't do that, and all books are the same." nevertheless, I got a book I could read, one where the spine WASN'T torn, and puke-tastic book, which still costs eighty bucks, remains at the store. You @$$holes.

Thanks for the worst service ever you retards. How hard is it to send me a godda*n modem? Really guys? Placed an order in JULY - told it would be there in a week. Spoken with six people since then, each one of whom I asked to have it expedited since I need it for school. And you guys still had me scheduled for SEPTEMBER?!?!?! I'll take Charter's nagging over your incompetence.

God, you folks don't deserve a job. da*n incompetents.

I just want to thanks Athens Emergency Vets for stitching that piece of my dog's face back together last night. I was scared and it was very gross, actually a bit horrific for my taste, but she is happy (and whole) again. Well, she's mostly happy (she hates that Elizabethan collar contraption). You guys rock and Franken-maggie says thanks too.

When going out to eat, everyone ponders whether to do fast food or full-service. Either choice is fine, but when deciding on which way to go, one should always take into consideration one main item when choosing full-service--the tip. I work in the food industry and have for several years in several different places, and yet, I have never seen so many people who don’t know how to tip as in Athens. I feel obligated to open people’s eyes to this situation, and why it is an issue.

Restaurants only pay servers $2.13 per hour. Most servers, that depend on their job, work about 30-40 hours a week. Doing the math, that would only be, at most, $85 a week before taxes. There is not a person that can pay rent, car payment, cell phone bills, etc. with less than $340 a month. Servers rely on tips to not only make their job worth it, but to make their lives livable.

So, let’s go into the tipping system. As a whole, I have received more 10% and under tips in this city than anywhere else. Adding all the tips up, yes, it would amount to something but not very much. For example, if you were to wait on 4 tables with each of them having a $100 tab and only received 10% tip off of each bill, you would make about $40. Not a bad night, if you think about it adding up. There’s only one catch in this system.

Thank you for being the only store in existence not to accept returns on computer-related items. When your employee recommended that I buy a certain cable to do a data transfer after I explained the type of computers I would be transferring to/from, I bought the $30 cable. I thought that one of the ports on my PC was the right port for this cable, so I tried it out. It didn''t work. Only after I had done this did I see on the receipt that there are no returns on computer items. When I brought the effing cable back to try to return it anyway, you told me that it would be OK to do so....except that the package had been opened.

I think it should be required for employees to tell customers about return policies like that BEFORE the receipt is printed and it''s too late. Ridiculous. $30 down the drain. I was already basically broke.

I''m not a vegan, but I have always enjoyed your food and the sights seen from your sidewalk seating. But, I am down with you Grit! Your wait staff couldn''t be any ruder. I worked in the service industry myself and I will always take good care of my waiter/waitress/bartender - but only as long as your are doing your job, and doing it without contempt for your customer. I overheard your snide comments about me and my lunch companion, and to give me such a hard time when asking for a refill is just plain unprofessional. First time in years, YEARS, I have tipped someone below 20% and quite frankly you didn''t deserve the money I did leave. Someone needs to give this place a clue, because once you run off all of your customers, you elitist hippy vegan snobs will be out of a job.

I hate it when people take out a wad of money to pay for something and make you reach and pick it up off the countertop. Especially when they count it out to exact change and just leave it sitting there. Honestly, how hard is it to pick it up and hand it to me after you count it out.

Also, when people reach across into my bubble of a cashwrap and take a pen or a stapeler without asking. They just assume they can use it.

No, you may not.