I wrote a colleague, who's moving out of state, a glowing letter of recommendation. She sent me a Thank You card in the mail with a $15 Starbucks gift card. Totally unexpected, but very thoughtful of her.
I'm not a huge SBX fan, but my kids love "frappuccinos". We traveled out of town for Easter weekend, and made a pit stop along the way. I used the entire $15 on three of those stupid frappes. Lady at the counter said I should 'register' the gift card and I'd get a free drink for signing up.
Ok, so I go through the hassle of registering online. Waited a day, and no "free drink" reward posted to my account. I sent corporate an email complaining about the fact that after all my hassle, I didn't even get a free drink!
Customer service wrote me back a few days later saying it takes up to one week for the 'free drink' to post to your account; however, for my inconvenience they added two additional free drinks to the card. Further, my birthday is May 1st and they said I'd get yet another free drink for my B-day. So that brings my total to 4.
THEN I got a credit card reward in the mail: $25 Starbucks card!
THEN my boss came into work today and handed me a Venti Vanilla Latte.
Gee whiz....I've got free Starbucks coming out my arse!
Not sure if this is really a "share your badassity" post since I put almost no effort whatsoever into all this damn coffee...but considering most people trip over themselves for shit like this, I found it pretty amusing.