Author: Rubyletters

Dear Glug

I *keep forgetting to do this. Thank you so much for tagging me in one of your little meme’s. I appreciate the thought and will do my best to try and answer the little questions to the best of my musical ability. Please do not take this as an open invitation for all meme’s to cross your path. If you have to tag me please do so with only the really interesting and fun ones. This one isn’t too bad and therefore I’ve decided to complete it.

I do realise that for some reason you were under the impression that I will have difficulty in formulating this silly little thing to look like a letter. How silly of you;-) You seem to have forgotten the fact that I am indeed a genius. Or maybe you’ll be forgiven if you simply plead ignorance.

According to the information supplied to me I have to put my ipod on shuffle(i don’t have one) and answer the questions with song titles. I decided to compromise since I couldn’t bear the thought of letting you down cyber friend. My computer’s play list has been set to random….so here goes nothing;-)

1. IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OK?” YOU SAY?
Since you been gone – Kelly Clarkson

2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY
Eye of a tiger

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Just friends – Gavin DeGraw ( I doubt it)

4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Shine – Imogen Heap (Cool)

5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE
I believe in a thing called love – dunno

6. WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO
What brought the house down – Ditty Bops

7. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Drop the pilot – Joan Armatrading

8. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
Every breath you take – Sting & the police (aawwwweeee)

9. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN
Again – Lenny Kravitz

10. WHAT IS 2 + 2?
Lover Boy – Billy Ocean

11. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND
Something about you – Five for fighting

12. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Baby be mine – Parlotones (LOL)

13. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Bitter stranger – Nickle Creek

14. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Tangled – Maroon5

15. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Fever – Michael Bubble

16. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
SOS – Rihanna (Not very likely)

17. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
I’m not missing you you – Stacie Orrico

18. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL
You’re crashing but you’re no wave – Fall Out Boy (uhm???)

19. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
You Learn – Alanis Morissette

20. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Beep – The pussycat dolls (I guess it’s gonna remain a secret for just a little while longer)

21. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Beautiful – The Parlotones (I kid you not!)

22. WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?
Keep forgetting – The Cinematics (Sort of *)

I hope that this will sufficiently quench your curiosity as to my taste in music;-p You also requested that I name the people I would like to complete this little meme. So here goes nothing:
Vimbai
Blond Blogshell
High in Dubai
Natalie
Miss M

Good luck guys

Regards

Ruby

P.S. – I’m sorry, I’m still a bit stupid, so unfortunately I didn’t put the links in? I know how to insert a link but then it shows the whole bloody link???????? If someone can help me I’ll fix this so only the name shows it would be greatly appreciated.

Sandwich Baron

RE: CHEESE SALAD

Today I ordered a Cheese Salad from your Melrose Crossing outlet. It’s not that there was anything wrong with the taste, the packaging, the price or the ingredients. In fact, I sort of enjoyed the little salad. Or I would have if I was preparing myself to eat a french salad.

Thing is…when I order a cheese salad I expect delectable cubes of different types of cheeses…at least Feta and Mozzarella….. along with some salady things like lettuce, onions, tomato etc. But a lot of focus on the cheese cubes since it is after all a CHEESE salad. Am I wrong in expecting this???

I do not expect a normal French salad with grated cheese on top! It’s an outrage! If I wanted a French Salad I would have ordered one and asked for a little bit of grated cheese on top. But I wanted a cheese salad…I was in the mood for cheese!

I would appreciate it if you could look into the matter for me.

Regards

Ruby

Home Affairs complaints department

I will keep this short and sweet as I’m pretty sure you receive thousands of complaints a day. My complaint will probably not make on iota of difference, but I’d still like to at least go on record with this complaint.

I applied for the renewal of my license in December 2006, just before I left for the US. I came back 6 weeks later and immediately made a trip to your offices just in case it might be there….yes yes, I know we are supposed to wait for a little collection note to reach us in the post, but your system doesn’t work all that well and people don’t always get these little notes….so I just went. No license.

Ever since the end of January I have made a monthly trip to you offices in order to find out if my license has showed up…no luck. I’ve phoned, I’ve complained, I’ve thrown nice little Ruby tantrums, I’ve been nice, I’ve even tried bribing…still, no luck.

Then last week my father phones me all the way from the Zulu Kingdom. My collection notice had been sent to them..how odd! I didn’t even give you their address?? I gave you my address, in Joburg. Not being one to be easily phased I got my Dad to fax me a copy of the thing for “just in case”. And set out to your offices early this morning…bearing my now expired temporary license that I had to get when I applied for the renewal, since the old one had expired the week before.

I would like to mention that I think you need to send all your staff members on a social interaction course or something. It is extremely impolite to start yelling at a client when she requests her new license. Needless to say, this morning didn’t start out well. I was yelled at, told that the license had been sent back, asked why I had waited a whole year, told that I had to re-apply for a renewal as well as a new temporary license which would mean that I would have to pay for everything again. Ever so sweetly I tried to explain to your employee that I was quite sure that if he would just take a look he would find my license along with all the others, as the collection notice had only been sent at the end of November and that I’ve been there once a month for the past 11 months and they’ve told me every single time that they didn’t have my license yet. He only knew one sentence:”eish, you have to pay again” Sorry dude!!! ain’t gonna happen, this was so not my fault.

Anyway, after a shouting match of about 20minutes some other senior official finally showed up and after listening to me carefully…like the other guy should have done….he promised to go and see if he could find my license with all the others. And guess what??? He found it!

So here is a neatly composed list of my complaints and issues:
1. Please make sure that in future it doesn’t take 12 months to renew someones license
2. Please inform your employee that the customer should be treated with respect and kindness……we pay your salary after all
3. Shouting at Ruby first thing in the morning is not good…as your employee will inform you
4. Please send all you employees on 2 courses, the first being one in basic English, the second being one in social skills.

Regards

Ruby

Dear Co-worker Beatch!

Today I have had enough! In the past 3 years you have made every single day a misery….except of course when I’m not at the office. I’ve been patient, I’ve been kind, I’ve been hard working, understanding, sweet, nice, friendly and just about everything under the sun which can be used to described pretty much treating you with respect and friendliness even though you don’t deserve this. But now it is just becoming way beyond ridiculous!

You are one gorgeous lady….we all know that. You look 22 despite the fact that you have just turned 33. You are smart and well educated but all of this is spoilt by you behaviour. You are a bitch. I’m so sorry, but there is just no other way to put it.

You treat me with disdain, because for the first time ever you actually have competition in the office in all departments. Looks, brains, personality…..and to make it even worse I’m better liked because nobody considers me to be a bitch. I’m nice, friendly, sometimes difficult, but first to apologize if I was wrong…unlike certain people I know who considers all other people to be stupid, ugly, always wrong, and just way below them on the social ladder. Well wake up missy!!!!

I don’t mean to be vain or anything, but you are driving me insane. You are not as absolutely cool as you think you are!You are driving a mini cooper..not because you bought it but because your rich boyfriend paid for it…you only wear designer clothes…because your rich boyfriend buys it…..you go overseas at least twice a year…only because your rich boyfriend takes you.

You are 33 years old, cant do anything for yourself, have no social skills and well frankly……without you little rich ass boyfriend you don’t really have anything. You despise the fact that I get along well with everyone else at the office, because the boss loves me and is forever singing my praises, the fact that I don’t rant and rave back at you when you shout at me like a real fish wife, that i was given the corner office even though you’ve been at the company longer….the fact that people like me for me and I don’t need money to impress them. The fact that I was the one that received the Management position for next year while your articles expired without any future at our company.

Now that I’m done ranting and raving I actually feel quite sorry for you. It is so sad to see someone with your talents waste them. I honestly do think that you are one of the most gorgeous women I have ever seen(no I’m not Lesbian), you are extremely intelligent and if your boyfriend wants to spoil you that much…well done on finding one like that. I just don’t see why you have to be such a bitch to everyone around you? hell, you even try and command the boss around….what’s up with that? I’m sick of you telling everyone horrible gossip stories which are so far from the truth that everyone just laughs at you anyway. I’m tired of you trying to make me feel like I am inferior. I’m tired of being friendly and respectful when all of my niceness just gets thrown back in my face.

Everyone is writing your farewell card since your article contract expires at the end of the year along with mine. They are all lying. “We’re gonna miss you”, “come and visit”, yeah, whatever! everybody dislikes you…surely you know that by now. I’ve decided not to write anything. I’d rather let you think I’m a bitch by not leaving you a nice little message in the card than put a lie in ink forever.

I’ve just read the letter and realised that it might sound vain. I’m sorry, I don’t mean to be, and actually, its not. Its just that I’m so sick of you trying to make me feel like I’m an excuse for a human being. I’m not! I’m good at what I do, and I’m not nice to people cause I’m scared they might dislike me if I’m not. I’m nice to people because that’s who I really am…..if i did act like a bitch every now and again I wouldn’t remain true to the person I’ve become. Live with it.

I’m not writing anything in you card, but in truth I do wish you the best for the future. I hope you get a job and a boss that suits you. And I certainly hope that you and mister Rich BF will get married sometime soon, it’s about time. But please….for heavens sake…don’t come back and visit and never, never live with the illusion that you are sorely missed on this side

Regards

Ruby

Dear Doctor

Since I understand that you must be a very busy man I shall make this short and sweet. I suspect that I might have cracked/broken/smashed a teeny weeny little bone in my right foot. I say suspect since I’m no professional in the medical area, but have had plenty bones broken, ligaments torn, bones completely smashed etc, and therefore I think I’m entitled have an opinion on this.

I realise that you will probably tell me the same thing you tell every other unsuspecting patient be it over the phone or otherwise…”make an appointment and come and see me”. I have 2 problems with this.

First of all I am absolutely petrified of doctors. As in I get completely hysterical, I cry, I become a spoilt little child who likes throwing tantrums.This is a big problem. You’d think that after the 2 weeks in hospital and all follow up visits I’d have grown used to you people in white lab coats..but no…I’m still petrified.

The second problem is more of an ethical one. I have a problem with the fact that a doctor can charge me anything between R200 and R400 per visit of 10minutes max! jeepers! and I thought my charge out rate was ridiculous! It doesn’t cost you a cent to quickly glance at my foot, write a little note to the lady at the x-ray centre and send me on my merry way within 2 minutes…this of course after you made me wait for 40minutes…despite the fact that i pitched up on time for my appointment. I think, since I am paying you a small fortune, that you should at least have the decency to see me at the appointed time.

Maybe you can just e-mail me a little note which I can produce to the sweet little lady at the x-ray lab? that way I don’t have to see you and nurse a stomach ulcer due to the stress caused by this and you can save the 2 minutes you are going to spend talking to me…..lets say at a fee of around R50?

I’ll describe the foot to you. Its blue, slightly black, green, purple and very red around the point of impact. Extremely swollen, though I dare say I managed to get rid of the worst of that by applying some herbal stuffies. And it hurts like hell when there is any physical contact, when i have to walk…hell, actually it just hurts like hell all the time….have found that large amounts of alcohol works for a short while, but a more permanent solution would be nice.

I hope that you and I can come to some sort of arrangement in this regards

Regards

Ruby