WELCOME
Welcome to the very first entry of this new blog.
This is a journal of my life for the previous week.
There is nothing much to report this week.
I started a job with a new company, and so far it has been going very well. I like the location they put me. Down by Woodbine Beach. Nice area, and so far nice people.
DUNCE AWARDS LEADER BOARD
This section is being transferred from one of my other blogs, Comments From the Blue Corner
The idea is to un-clutter that blog, and keep to its original content.
However, I wanted to keep this section active.
For those who have been following my other blog, you are already familiar with this. However, let me explain it for those who are new.
The Dunce Award is given out to a company or organization once a year.
This began in 2014, and the winner that year was the City of Mississauga.
The winner is presented with and e-Award, and a banner placed at the bottom of this blog for a period of one year,
It is given out to said organization for any one or more of the following:
- Unsafe conditions
- Rude and/or unprofessional staff
- Poor customer service
- Operating in an unconventional way that negatively affects customer experience
A report will be filed via this blog, and in some cases the organization will be notified through a structured complains process if available.
If the organization does not respond to the complaint, or responds in a negative manner, they will be nominated for a Dunce Award,
However, my goal is to NOT have to give a Dunce Award.
That last thing I want to do is make anyone look bad. I am not here for that. I just report what I experience, and leave it up to the business or organization to fix the problem.
If a reported issue is fixed, I announce it in the Dunce Awards column, and compliment the company.
There were a lot of nominees in 2014, and the City of Mississauga won, due to some of their staff being disrespectful and unprofessional, after several complaints
This year, I am happy to announce that there are so far only three nominees, down from last year.
Here are the nominees so far:
- funtriva.com, for being disrespectful to a member, and not responding to concerns.
- braingle,com, for being unprofessional and responding negatively to concerns.
- Toronto Transit Commission, for poor service and not fixing service after many complaints.
Here are the proposed banners. One (or two in case of a tie) will be displayed at the bottom of this post for every entry for a year for whoever wins.
The winner, or winners, if any, will be announced in December.
Here is the current banner for Mississauga.
It will be displayed until the next winner is announced, or December 31, whichever is first.
I have found a new site to replace Fun Trivia and Braingle, as currently I am not submitting content.
This site is called sporcle.com .
They allow submissions from members without the stupid review process.
Why not give them a visit, and check out some of the great tests and trivia submitted by their members?
---Paul "The Brick" Brec
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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