Cliffs Riffs - Stuph n Nonsense

  I am sure you have all seen the news. Walgreens is poised to "move" their corporate address overseas. The reason: Tax savings. To simplify it - this large Corporation wants to increase their bottom line at the expense of the Nation that CREATES their bottom line in the first place.   Walgreens started in 1901 with a single store, now they have 8,678 stores scattered across the country in every one of the fifty states. In 2013, their sales were a reported 72.28 BILLION dollars.   Now they want to "move" to save paying taxes to the nation from which they made their fortune.   Why do I care? Why am I taking it so personally?   Well, I can remember as a kid when my mom would take me to a Walgreens - back when they had a soda fountain and served food. It was a real treat for us to go there and get a sandwich and maybe a chocolate milkshake.     Fast forward to last year when I battled throat cancer - all of my medication was...

%^&$ing Comcast keeps billing me for equipment I returned months ago, so I decided to have a little fun with Albert with whom I chatted about the problem. Here is the transcript: Session connected! Font Size Transcript Sound user CLIFF has entered room analyst Albert has entered room Albert:  Hello CLIFF_, Thank you for contacting Comcast Live Chat Support. My name is Albert. Please give me one moment to review your information. Albert:  My pleasure to have you on this chat! I always remain committed and focused to provide you quality customer service at my fullest effort. Please allow me to assist you with your concern for today. I hope you are doing well today. CLIFF_:  My Issue: You are billing me $9.95 for an additional outlet AGAIN. I do not have an additional cable box - I returned it t...