Ageism / Adultism / Zellers

I will now never shop at the Zellers store in Sherwood Park. I was in the electronics department looking at speakers, which I picked up and took to the scanner (Nothing in that store has a price tag.). After choosing to buy the speakers, I went back to electronics to look at a phone cable extension. When I was in the isle looking for where they kept it, this lady (maybe 60) walks around the corner (Nobody else was in the electronics except the guy at the till she ignored to talk to me.), and says "Can I help you?" in a very rude sounding tone. I then said "Yes, could you please tell me where the phone cables are?" (Yes, my parents did teach me manners.). She then said "They're over here!" once again in her rude tone. I thanked her and began my search. When I was finished I wanted to check the price of the cable since the speakers were on sale. When I started to walk toward the closest scanner (otherside of store), she quickly walked behind me and then shouted, "Where do you think your taking that?!?!?". (Note that only items behind the glass need to be bought at the electronic counter. Also she abandoned the other customer again.) I quickly replied that I was just heading to my mom (Who was by the scanner). She then said "Oh, fine then." and wandered back to the counter. That was the end of it since when I went to put back the cable I had my mom come with me.

I am sickened by the lack of respect. It wasn't so much that she asked me what I was doing (I had nothing to hide), but the tone and rude conduct she presented. I realize teens do shoplift, but adults do it just as much. I'll be damned if I let people get away with this. In a bit I am phoning Zellers to talk to the management, as well I will let my friends know to avoid shopping there. Also look in the Sunday paper for a letter about ageism.

Now you tell me... Am I wrong? Will I look like a fool?

Blogging more / Long weekend / Broken headphones

Hello, hello! I am back after what seemed like a long break. I hope to start blogging a little more often. I guess that is all I have to say about that for now.

How was your long weekend? Post a comment and tell me about it. Mine was long, plus I had an extra day because I slept in today... well yesterday. Easter was fun, lots of food and chocolate. Hmm, thats about it... I guess I need to start doing more stuff to make my blogs more interesting.

Oh, my headphones are broken, so I need to find out how to replace them. They are Sony's which I bought back in January. The sound only comes out one side. I tried looking for a way to replace them on Sony's website, but I can't seem to find out what to do. I hope Zellers will replace them or whatever but yeah... any ideas, please comment and tell me! Thanks!

Canadian in Mexican Jail

First off, before reading my post, read this news story.

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This woman named Brenda Martin had been locked up in a Mexican jail two years ago when she was charged with money laundering and conspiracy. Her boss, who was the mastermind behind this whole thing even swore under oath that she had no part in this crime. Why is she still in jail??? Because she is on foreign soil and they can do anything they please with her. Who should be stopping this bullshit? Stephen Harpers government, but they are avoiding the issue. Why? Because they are low life fucks who could careless about the people of this country. Look who the Canadian people elected into government. Wait, come to think of it, the majority of Canadians didn't want Stephen Harper as PM, but since their votes are divided among the other parties, our system puts the party with the largest number of votes into lead seat. Fuck that!

Now back to my point... fuck Stephen Harper! Fuck the Conservatives. If you take a look at their website, conservative.ca, you might just notice that 90% of it is attacks on the other parties. Time after time, we have been shown that attack ads or "mudslinging" gets a country NO WHERE! Where are the fucking plans, the progress, the information on how to contact them to offer input. NOT THERE! Thats why I say fuck Stephen Harper and the Conservatives.

OK, seriously back to my point. This woman has been abused, gang raped and threatened, yet our government sits in the corner sucking their thumbs. Where do our rights play into this? Well, alot of her rights have been violated. Read up on them here!

A former PM came to the jail to see her, but is only sending a letter to the Mexican government to tell them to consider letting her go. Mexican Government... "Hmm, a letter from Paul Martin telling us to let Brenda go... HA!" Pieces of shit!

What we need to do is cut off all trade with Mexico and then send troops there to blow the fucking place up and rescue Brenda. Come on we have to do something!

Can you tell I'm pissed? I am, because if I was to leave this country for whatever reason, I would like to know that the government has my back, which the Canadian Goverment bigots clearly don't. Pathetic!

GOOD LUCK ENDEAVOR!

GOOD LUCK ENDEAVOR!

I put the countdown timer to launch on

the right of my blog, and I also added crew

communication audio for you to listen to!

New group made from CPTDB.ca

If you are interested in transit, you are welcome to join the new chat group I made from CPTDB.ca members. We meet on Saturday's at 10pm EST (8pm MST). Using Skype, you give me your username and I will add you to my contact list. On Saturday at about 10pm EST, I will invite you to join a group chat. It's that easy.

What you need:
- Skype, lastest version is best. (FREE)
- A mic (If you don't have one you need to buy)
- Speakers (Same as mic)
- An interest in transit (Although we won't always talk about it, it's bound to come up and an hour long chat may arise from that.

Chat sessions are 1 hour long, but if many members wish we take longer, we will.

EMAIL YOUR USERNAME TO prevost1003@yahoo.com

Strathcona County Transit Ridership (1st post!)

HAHA, so my first topic will be about the ridership with SCT. I see time after time, buses heading to the Transit Centre (TC) empty or with 1-2 passengers. Not only is this a waste of time and money, it is doing nothing for reducing pollution. A bus carrying one person is way worse then a car carrying one person because it burns more fuel. SCT needs increased ridership, but people like me can't do it alone by telling people to take the bus places instead of driving or getting a ride. If you think about it, Sherwood Parkians (made up word) rely on their cars WAY to much, but is there really anyway to change that? The government keeps on expanding roads making it easier and easier to take a car someplace, but if they were to close road lanes and make them only for buses would that help? I don't think so, it would probably just piss people off, but what about education? Would informing people what the benefits of public transit change any minds? I think it would be worth a shot to put a million towards educating the public about transit, the benefits, and what not. Maybe, if anything, the gas prices this summer will help to change some minds and have people think about alternatives to driving. At $1.50 a litre, a $50 transit pass doesn't sound bad at all. Yet, SCT will probably have to increase fares and pass prices to keep up with fuel prices but I really don't know what diesel will cost soon. even if the price of passes reached $100 it would still be a bargain because the average person with an average vehicle uses about $45 of fuel every week. Yes, I don't expect people to switch over to transit all at once, nor use it for every trip, but if people would just take a week and ride the damn thing, they would see its so easy to get around the park, and even into Edmonton where taking transit is even easier. What are your thoughts? Thats all for today!