RantWoman was going to get ready for Thanksgiving by posting a wonderful video of bumper to bumper traffic as art form in LA, but guess what: the link to the video did not make it over the Twitter email threshold. So just imagine what one Twitter reviewer called a candy cane of #induceddemand.
Or RantWoman could prepare for holiday festivities by fretting about North Korea, Yemen, Ukraine, the odious trail of corrupt billionaires....
Then there would be the impending repeal of #netneutrality and onrushing telecommunications shakeout, the current White House occupants efforts to repeal as much as possible of the Obama legacy, a confessed sexual assault braggart so desperate to hold votes together for his pernicious economic program that he is willing to endorse an accused child molester.
Let's just say RantWoman hopes none of these turkeys land in the holiday making of gratitudes.
Instead RantWoman hopes to focus on really important stuff--like eggnog lattes and adventures with apps.
It turns out RantWoman is not necessarily as intrepid as she wants to think she is.
RantWoman awhile back downloaded the app for a favorite sandwich brand. RantWoman quickly got so annoyed with bad accessibility experience, way too frequent ads that RantWoman finally just uninstalled the app. RantWoman probably spends enough money on the brand anyway, and the buying experience is so variable from location to location that RantWoman does not really think the app will be any use. RantWoman is willing to consider the possibility that when she is traveling the app might take her to brand locations near RantWoman, but at this point the past annoyance factor is strong enough that RantWoman is not going to consider this possibility very seriously.
Next we come to one of RantWoman's favorite taco brands. Recently Rantwoman saw a sign in a store--in big enough letters and clean enough contrast for RantWoman actually to see. The sign invited RantWoman to text a number for a chance to win a trip to Mexico. RantWoman texted. She got back a message thanking her for listening to a specific radio station. RantWoman expects she is supposed to be grateful not to be inundated with a new advertising stream. Let's just say RantWoman is puzzled.
Awhile back RantWoman thinks she got an invitation to download the app for another favorit taco brand, one with a store much closer to RantWoman. The invitation included some kind of credit usable only through the app. So RantWoman downloaded the app, did various set up tasks, and headed off to spend her credit for lunch. RantWoman's feedback: the app is kind of cool, like the part about knowing what is in various menu items even if the app menu does not cover everything on the store menu. Free money / food credit is nice too but somehow juggling her phone and Ambassador Thwack the cane and whatever else she is carrying is way harder than just handing over a debit card.
RantWoman further confirmed this reality later when she received notice of a $2.00 credit if she ate tacos in a specific time window over a weekend. Okay, thought RantWoman, if it works timewise. It did not. Again, RantWoman likes the brand. RantWoman spends a decent amount of money on the brand. RantWoman likes being treated like royalty. RantWoman is not going to contort her schedule just to take advantage of a coupon. RantWoman concedes readers' mileage may vary on this point.
But now it's eggnog latte season. RantWoman is a big eggnog latte fan. RantWoman would not mind some kind of frequent shopper discount or other bonus to support her eggnog latte habit. To that end, RantWoman downloaded another app. RantWoman has done nothing to set it up though.
Stay tuned.
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