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  • Something Bugging You

    ** UPDATE ** I have been contacted by the manager of the Zantigo’s in question. They are very apologetic and have talked to the staff in question about how they reacted to the situation. I think they have done a satisfactory job since and applaud them for their commitment to customer satisfaction.

    I just had a very interesting experience at the Woodbury Zantigos, well not so much my experience as my co-worker Jim’s. We went to have a very quick bite to eat before running some errands and Zantigos has some good chilitos.

    I got my usual order of chilitos and green chili and Jim ordered chilitos and some Mexican potatoes. Mexican potatos are just tater tots that have been deep fried and seasoned, but they are pretty tasty… Normally.

    Zantigos Fried Bug SpecialAfter eating a few potatoes Jim picked up something special out of his potatoes. We think it was a wasp or other larger flying insect that either fell or was pushed into the frier. It was totally disgusting and needless to say he did not finish his potatoes.

    The worse part if you can think of something worse is that when he pulled aside an employee to show her the buggy potato she responds, oh well I can give you some more potatoes if you wanted. No apology, no offer to refund the potatoes, just an offer for more of the specially diseased bug potatoes.

    I do not think I will be going back to Zantigos for some time.

    Rick

  • Creating a tile backsplash in 2 easy steps

    Step 1, buy tile

    Step 2, install tile.

    Guess I glossed over the hard parts. 🙂

    Ok, so our kitchen needed some pizzaz and grease loves our walls. So we can fix both problems at once by putting up a tile backsplash in our kitchen.

    After weeks of pondering and searching various tile shops, with kids that did not want to look anymore, we picked out some travertine tile in a dark, light checkerboard pattern. I measured the kitchen and determined we needed about 40 sq feet of tile and that leaves plenty for cutting and screw ups.

    The tile arrived last Monday and there it sat until Sunday when we finally had no plans. I moved the tile-saw onto the island for easy access and got to work. The main tiles went up nice and easy in the diagonal pattern. We got nice and lucky that our cabinets and our countertop lined up on a half tile exactly so that made the top and bottom cuts nice and easy. The hardest parts were the outlet and switches.

    By late Sunday afternoon the tile was set in place, and we left for dinner to allow the mortar to set-up. That evening I adjusted the outlets and switches and placed spacers were needed. Monday we put on a color enhancer. The last step is to grout which will probably occur this weekend. Below are some pictures for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

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