A Force To Be Reckoned With (in my own mind)

Did I ever tell you what a powerful influence I am on society? Well. Sit back and be impressed. Like Al Gore invented the Internet, I am responsible for bringing Starbucks bottled frappuccino to the Midwest.

(All me.)

It was the mid-90's and I was travelling all over for a client (I was an account executive for an ad agency). When I was in Seattle, I had the best drink I'd ever had (to date), which is pictured above.

When I returned home, I couldn't find them anywhere, so I called Starbucks customer service and found out that they were only available in a select few markets. I expressed my profound sadness over this, so she told me to give her my zip code and she would input a request for the product from my area.

Say no more. Every day I would call the Starbucks customer service line to request the product in my area. Only every time I called, I would give them a different zip code for somewhere around the Indianapolis metropolitan area. Voila.

I was buying bottled fraps at my local grocery within a few months. And I really believe it was all me.

I am telling you this because I have done it again. Well, me along with my neighbor, Susan. There is a very difficult intersection near our homes that is quite dangerous to get across when there is a lot of traffic. A little over a year ago, a traffic light was installed. And then they took it back down about a month later. What a great use of our tax dollars.

So Susan and I began to call about this. I don't know how many times she called, but I called quite a few times - and even got a little heated with them the last time I called after there was another accident at the intersection.

Sean called this morning on his way to work to let me know they are working on installing a traffic light there today.

All me.