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Right now, I’m sick. Fever, cough, scratchy throat, chills. Last night I slept mostly upright sitting in a great chair. Mother says I’m just like my father and that he did not “do” being sick very well.

My mother’s contention is that women “do” sick better then men “do”.

What do you think? Agree or disagree?

Last week, Senator Al Franken proposed an amendment that would prohibit the Pentagon from contracting with firms that force women employees to agree not to sue companies if they are raped as a result of their employment.

Thirty Republican senators voted against this amendment.

See http://current.com/items/91120110_senate-passes-amendment-to-prevent-kbr-halliburton-from-covering-up-raping-employees-literally.htm and http://www.alternet.org/blogs/healthwellness/143164/30_gop_senators_vote_to_defend_gang_rape/.

Her are those senators:

 Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)

Recently I had a terrible customer unservice example from Wells Fargo Bank. I am not a Wells Fargo customer, but I wanted to help a relative by putting money in his account. So  went to the website and searched for a local bank. I got this page
http://bit.ly/1VBwuX

So I chose the South Shore Harbor location but could not find it when I drove there.

Turns out it is in a grocery store.

So today I called to suggest they might consider changing the address from

SOUTH SHORE HARBOR
2905 S SHORE BLVD,
LEAGUE CITY, TX 77573

to

SOUTH SHORE HARBOR
(Inside the Randalls store)
2905 S SHORE BLVD,
LEAGUE CITY, TX 77573

Unfortunately, I couldn’t even get my suggestion out because the person who answered the phone was not really interested in my suggestion. She wanted to explain that had I looked at the right column I would see it says “In-Store Branch” so they were right and I was wrong.

I was not thanked for the call. I was not thanked for my concern. Rather it was explained that Iwas “wrong”.

Even when your customers suggest “wrong” ideas, this is not the way to respond.