Hi,
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the Allied bombing of Dresden Germany in 1945 that totally burnt the town to the ground and killed 135,000 people. It is also the Get a Different Name Day, for those of you that hate your birth name, this is the official day you can require friends, colleagues, family and the rest of the world to call you whatever you want. More info at Thomas & Ruth Roy, Wellcat Holidays, 2418 Long Lane, Lebanon, PA 17046. 717.279.0184 or info@wellcat.com.
I had a phone call yesterday, this lady said she was getting married and was looking for information. We chatted for awhile and when we got to catering, I told her there was five approved caterers and she could find them on my web site under the Partners Page. She said “It’s my wedding, I should be able to use who ever I want.” I told her these caterers are already approved, if she wanted another caterer, I just needed to meet with them to make sure they meet my standards. She said, “But it’s my wedding, I should be able to use who ever I want”. I explained to her that people are going to walk away from the event and not complain about the food from the caterer, they would complain about the food at The Parador. She said “But it’s my wedding, I should be able to use who ever I want”. I told her she could, but she would have to do it elsewhere. 🙂 Sounds like we have a real Bridzilla on our hands.
What a disturbing law suite, from the opinion of a champion of small businesses. There’s a pretty big local plumbing company in Pittsburgh, Fagnelli Plumbing. They’re out of Oakland area. Another big local plumbing company, Gillece Plumbing. Gillece commandeered Fagnelli’s name, creating a false web site that redirects potential Fagnelli customers to Gillece’s web site. Fagnelli owns www.fagnelliplumbing.com, but they didn’t also purchase www.fagnelli.com. So Gillece bought the second name through Go Daddy and created a web site that directs hits to Gillece’s site. What a scum bag. If you can’t get business on your own, steal from someone else. Gillece (if you notice, there’s no hyperlink to their site) should be ashamed of themselves. I sent Gillece a comment through their web site asking how I would ever be able to trust their integrity using shabby tactics like this, of course they don’t have the nerve to respond. It’s bad enough that Gillece pulled this stunt, when Fagnelli complained, they had to sue Gillece and now Gillece is fighting it saying they have the right to be scum bags. I hope all the lines in Gillece’s glossy new Bridgeville headquarters freeze and burst. It’d serve them right.
Well, I heard from Kirk, I think when I send this out, it’s going to Twitter and Facebook. I’m going to Florida tomorrow, when I come back, I plan on getting an iPhone and will be able to be a fan of myself. 🙂
Wish me sunshine, it’s supposed to be nice,
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