Max M. Power's Blog, page 14

Thought of the Day

Thought of the Day: Nothing cuts and wounds deeper than the cut given from a child.

Thought of the Day

Thought of the Day: When you ask for all your dreams to come true just remember nightmares are dreams too.

Exciting News

I have some exciting news for all you Apple users out there. I found out today that my books, with the exception of Beautifully Crazy, are now available for download in the ibooks store. Search Max M. Power to find them.
Sorry Kindle users, still no love from Amazon. The boycott continues.

Tango

I have been trying to write this poem for 20yrs now. It's hard to believe it's taken this long to get it out of my head. Here it is.



Tango
“Let us dance,You and I.”“What the hell,It’s worth a try.”
I’ve done this dance,Since the day I was born.But for everyone else,I have to mourn.
Death,With all his tricks,Has yet to take me,I am still full of kicks.
We tango,Us two.But he will not touch me,Afraid, maybe, of what I might do.
Every morning I wake,With a long and heavy sigh.So I challenge Death,“Let us dance, you and I!”
Max M. Power

Least Favorite Things

Least Favorite Things
My heartache,My pain,The insanity it brings,These are a few of my least favorite things.
The coldness,The dark,The loneliness it brings,These are a few of my least favorite things.
The loss of you,You’re gone,The memories it brings,These are a few of my least favorite things.
Max M. Power

Why I Write

This is what I'm going to answer from now on when people ask me why I write. It makes total sense.

The Future

This will be said about me one day

Alone

I feel a DARK period coming on. All I can do is ride it out. This is the first result of this latest DARK period.

Alone

Alone
I sit.
Alone
Because into your world I do not fit.

Alone
Even with you there.
Alone
It just isn't fair.

Alone
As I hug myself tight.
Alone
So I cry silently late into the night.

Alone
I don't know what to do.
Alone
All I want is attention from you.

Max M. Power

A quoteable quote from me

Enjoy

How to save big money at Walmart

Dear Walmart Customers,
How would you like to start saving a lot of money at Walmart and have THEM pay the difference?This started one morning a while back when I was buying lunch for work.  Hot Pockets at the time were $1.98 for the two pack.  Well someone last stock person saw an opening and shoved all the 12pk Hot Pockets under the $1.98 slot, with the price in large numbers on the isle.Being the nice guy that I am, I took a picture of it and found a manager, showing them the mistake.  I said I was bringing it to his attention because I know it was wrong and he might want to fix it.  For trying to help I received a lot of attitude. I said screw it, and since I already had a picture, and he wasn’t in a hurry to fix the problem I bought the box and made them MATCH the price listed.I see this all the time at numerous Walmarts all over the city.  Walmart continues to hire people too lazy to do their jobs.  I had one manager tell me that’s why they have price check machines for, if it’s in the wrong spot, go check the price yourself. Really?  That’s the response you want to go with?The final straw for me was two weeks ago when I needed to buy dog food.  I always buy the 40lb or 50lb bag, which ever they have.  I know what the regular 50lb bag cost and when they have it I like to buy the Meaty Chunks & Gravy.  I figure if a 20lb bag cost $10.98 then the 40lb bag should be less than $20 because it gets cheaper in bulk.I saw they had three bags of the 40lb bags in stock so I look at the price and it was $17.98 so naturally I grabbed it and off I went.  Dumbass me didn’t watch the price as it rang up and when I got home I looked over the receipt and saw it cost me $31.98. This morning I needed to get a few more items for my dog.  This time, armed with my camera phone I took pictures off the products I wanted.  One picture was of the entire area and the other was of the price where it was listed before I grabbed the item.  At the register is where my plan of action came into play.Two items, that I already know the price of and the listed price was WAY off the mark.  Let’s start with the dog toys.  The pigs you see in the picture cost about $5 total with tax.  Clearly you can see more than one in the picture in a bin marked $1.97.  I got two of the four in the picture shown.  There were actually a total of eight in the bin.Next is the metal post that screws into the ground.  That post alone is about $8.  Add the cable that comes with it and the cost is $11.  Clearly you can see it’s thrown under a price of $3.50.  There are more than one visible on that hanger.  On a hanger above it and to the left side of that hanger is more post with cables under price tags of $3.50. At check out the manager told me that I would have to pay regular price because someone clearly put the items in the wrong place.  My response, “That’s the advertised price.  If it was just one item in the wrong spot I might say a customer put it there but CLEARLY this was your employee’s laziness that did this.”He said he could not give it to me for the price in the pictures.  I offered to sue for false advertising and since Walmart is considered “DEEP POCKETS” by most lawyers I’m sure I could find one to take my case.  That changed his mind in a heartbeat.It’s time Walmart starts taking responsibility for the actions of their employees.  If they wish to hire people who refuse to do their jobs properly then it’s time my frustration ends.  As a consumer I should NOT have to look up my own prices if the item is marked wrong.  So all of you with a smart phone, arm yourselves, when you see something you want CLEARLY marked wrong or thrown in the wrong spot take a picture and demand you get the product at the listed lower rate.  Walmart just lost $20 to me this morning and that $20 feels good in my account.