Not Leafs Nation

Tuesday night was another one of those moments where Toronto believes it is the centre of the universe. I turned on the TV just before 7:00 p.m. and found the Leafs-Lightning game still in progress, but only a couple of minutes to go. Judging by the score, and the time left on the board, I assumed it would go into overtime; but, I also assumed TSN would switch the feed in the West as soon as the Canucks games got underway. Oh how wrong was I!

I was subjected to not only watching Leafs-Lightning overtime, but then it went to a shootout! The Leafs and the Lightening are two of the worst teams in the East. The Leafs are also the worst Canadian team in the league. Why the hell would I, or any red-blooded Canadian outside of TO want to watch hockey teams with no chance of making the playoffs, versus a gritty showdown in the West, of two of the hottest NHL teams. Dallas was last in the West mere weeks ago, but now they have slid into 8th - that be post-season territory. And the Canucks: a win on Tuesday would tie them for 4th in the West with Chicago, put them only 3 points back of Calgary to nab 1st place in the NW Division, and would break a franchise record for most consecutive wins on home ice...

But the people at TSN kept it on the Toronto game until the shootout was over. I missed almost 7 minutes of the opening period, which included a power play goal by Daniel Sedin - that's like a Sasquatch siting folks, and I missed it. And a good chunk of other Vancouverites missed it too.

During the Leafs-Lightning overtime, TSN kept flashing tune into TSN2 to see the Canucks game. Well, that's all fine and dandy if you have digital or satellite TV. But I don't, and I'm sure many others wanting to watch the Canucks game don't either.

I know TSN isn't regional like the CBC or Sportsnet, but you'd think with all today's tecnology someone could have changed the feed west of the Rockies.

Maybe it was just a bitter Leafs fan working at TSN. Bitter because Mats Sundin is now a Canuck, and lighting it up. And bitter because the last time Vancouver and Toronto met, Vancouver won, in a shootout, courtesy of #13.

This is not Leafs Nation...

...but we are all Canucks.

How NOT to Get Ahead in Sales

Yesterday was my first official day of Spring Break. Although with this weather, it feels more like Winter Break. I decided to use my first day of vacation to run a few errands I have put off for the past couple of weeks. I needed to go to Richmond Centre to pick up some more shampoo, conditioner, and facial soap.

My first stop was the Clinique counter in the Bay to purchase my facial soap, then I ventured into the mall to buy my hair supplies. I decided to try a different store, as I was considering looking at a few different brands - I was open to making a change.

The store I went to had a sale on Redken products. Perfect, since that is the brand of shampoo and conditioner I use.

I started by looking at some of the OPI nail polish, and was immediately pounced on by the sales lady. I told I was just browsing the nail polish, but that didn't stop her from giving her spiel. She went on to tell me about the Redken deal, and I told that's what I am here for, but they didn't have the line I was looking for: Redken's smooth down for dealing with frizzy hair.

At that point, instead of leaving me alone, or offering to show my some other anti-frizz hair products, she started rambling on about all these other things I could buy... so I left the store.

She was so desperate to make a sale, she didn't even pay attention to the product I had come into the store to buy. Had she let me be, or showed me a different line of anti-frizz hair products, I would have bought something. But she didn't know when to quit. This isn't the first time I have walked away from a store because of an over-bearing sales person.

Let this be a lesson to all you desperate salespeople out there, if I say I'm browsing, leave me be. If I mention I am looking for a particular product, don't try and sell me something else.

Quis Custodiet...

I started a new blog back in mid-January,Blackstock Bookworm, to update and comment on the books I am currently reading, and to share my reading list; but I have done nothing with it, other than write an introductory post. I have been reading so much lately, that I perhaps have had less time to write; and the writing I have done lately isn't in blog form. So take a gander over to the Bookworm. I think you will find my first post very interesting...