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I must admit that I had never visited Nordstroms before as I have always purchased my quality merchandise online. But, after watching an Oprah show concerning bras, I thought that I should come and introduce my business to Nordstroms located at: Nordstrom The Streets at Southpoint (#751) 6910 Fayetteville Road Durham, NC 27713 (919) 806-3700. I must say that I was very pleased with my fitting and the service. A younger associate in the Intimates Department truly represented the company well. This experience fostered a confidence in Nordstroms and was the reason for my next shopping trip. It was on that very next trip that caused my high opinion of Nordstroms to turn. I wanted to purchase some more merchandise and also return an item. An associate whom appeared to be originally from India tended to my requests. Her demeanor was quite hurried as she seemed to be annoyed that day. As she remeasured me and brought merchandise for me to try, she would throw the bras onto the bench in the fitting room. I may have dismissed this behavior, though quite unprofessional, if it had not been for the fact that I had my hand stretched out to grab the bras from her. She saw that my hand was there because she had to reach over my hand in order to toss in the bras. She did not give me good customer service but she surely made sure to claim the commission. The service I received was completely beneath me and made me feel unwanted as a customer. I would like for this associate to be spoken to and to have her behavior corrected. I do not want to have my $80 brassiers tossed on a bench in the dressing room with such carelessness again.
I called Nordstroms at Short Hills to figure out what size Uggs Ishould purchase seeing as though the website did not offer half sizes.Well the manager of Women's Shoes (Melissa - dont know her last name)told me the size and encouraged me to place the order with her fromthe warehouse and Id receive it 3 days later. She also said I can callanytime to track where it is. Well 5 days and several calls later Iwas either told Id be called back which I never was or that the ordercan not be found in DHL. I finally spoke to a nice young man namedRalph who placed the order again with free overnight service. Well 3days later and a charge to my account for the boots, you guessed it -no boots. I called again and got rude Melissa who put me through toDHL several times though I was always disconnected. She finally spoketo me with an attitude saying she didnt know when my refund would putthe money in my account (i asked for a refund). I asked her how Iwould know when and she starts speaking over me then hung up! I paid189 dollars for a pair of Uggs from Nordstroms so to be treated likethis is appaling. Im still waiting and will put in a complaint.Advice: find out who youre talking to when you call them and youprobably shouldnt bother phone ordering with them at all.
get a life!
I am not surprised to witness this letter being written by a Nordstromcustomer, not in the least. I work for N myself, and have worked therefor a year to support myself in a stage of transition. There are thedays in which I do love to provide excellent customer service justbecause it does help brighten someone's day...and then there are thedays where I have to deal with customers similar to you. Nordstrom hasan excellent 'philosophy' on customer service so-to-speak, however italso spoils the living heck out of plenty of customers. They come tobelieve that they are entitled to be as demanding as possible, becausewe are just drooooooling over the prospect of the money that they canspend. Whatever. The ignorance of (the majority of) the affluentASTOUNDS me. Bras being thrown (probably tossed more thanthrown...i've NEVER known a coworker here to throw ANYTHING at acustomer no matter how irritated they are) "OH WOE IS ME" It is peoplelike yourself that make retail such an IRRITATING business. IfNordstrom has done one thing it has motivated me to get out! and go tocollege to get an actual career. I am sick of putting up with suchsnotnosed attitudes and degrading, insulting,and frustrating demands.I have put up with A LOT of harrassment by customers, I've beenangered to the edge of my sanity, and yet I continue to come to workwith a smile on my face and a pleasant, helpful disposition. But thatis UNHEALTHY and I can't and WON'T take it anymore.However scarringyour experience is to you, BELIEVE ME when I say mine is a thousandtimes worse, AND it's on a daily basis.
OK, I have to ask. How exaclty were you given bad customer service? An associate threw your bras on a bench? Since when does thatconstitute bad customer service? Did she yell at you or call younames? Did she refuse to help you? If the only traumatic thingyou've ever had happen is that someone threw your bras on a bench,you're lucky! Besides, they aren't "yours" until after you pay forthem. Did you tell her that you wanted to keep certain ones? Did you askher to hand them to you? She probably doesn't read minds, so juststanding with your arm out is not a good communication tool. On a side note, I can sympathize with you on the bra issue. I used toonly be able to wear one brand, and they were only sold at one store,at $40 each. When I moved to MD from CA, I was stuck with 2 bras fora year or more, until we would go visit relatives in AZ. Now, I canwear cheaper ones and their not bad either. Are the one you boughtreally comfortable?
So with the blinders you have both comveniently placed over your eyes,I see that you have completely missed my points including the onewhere I talk about how I first give respect so that I can get it back. Don't you think that would include smiling and waiting and beingpatient and reasonable? Amazing how you guys choose to read betweenthe lines when it suits your presumptions of others while notfollowing through regarding the above. Please imagine the hugerolling of my eyes. As I stated before, with my business being customer service, I knowthe ends and out. I know the difference between being stressed andbusy and plain not caring. But, Walmart certainly sets a wonderfulexample of what not caring is when it comes to their employees. I'm glad that you have received good customer service. There are manyothers who can tell the tale of being on the opposite side. All this love for a company who makes their employees work off theclock to avoid ever paying overtime amongst other abuses, it makes mewonder what is really important to you.
Firstly, after years of back pain, scars, and welts on my back,shoulders, and upper torso, I won't go any further in explaining why Icannot get my bras from stores that do not offer high quality. If youcan't understand then simply KMA! I really don't care because youdon't pay my bills. Plus, for the guy to chime in about the bras isjust plain weird... Now, as far the woman's description, I don't take back anything I havewritten. I did not have her name and was not going to call to get it. She is the only woman there from India in that department. Why do Iknow she's from India? Because I have family and best friends fromIndia. Now, should I have said she's Indian? Which Indian would thathave been indicative of? Native American perhaps? Everyone needs tostop being so damn hypersensitive about everything. If I had saidthat she has darker skin then there would have been a problem withthat. Since when is it RACIST to clinically describe someone as theyare. So if I had said she was white, would that have been racist? What about if I had described her as a woman of color? What aboutLatina? You definitely have some issues that need to be worked out ifyou can't understand why I wrote the description in that way. Everything is not racial! I have a philosphy which I won't change for anybody. I deserve thebest customer service regardless of where I shop. That is my policy. You may enjoy someone throwing things at or past you but I don't. Asa business owner, that's how I treat my customers. I don't treatanyone less for how they look, dress, or sound. I always hope to EARNeveryone's business and expect other businesses to treat me with thesame regard. Whether I spend $5 or $500 the service should always bethe same. I expect for things to be handed to me such as mymerchandise, money, receipts, and my bags. That is just respect. AmI above the woman herself? No and that's not what I said. I am abovethe treatment I received and so should everyone else who hascommented. If you like it when people roll their eyes at you,disregard your presence, and all the other things that make for a badshopping experience, then fine. I just not the one. Walmart was brought up. Where the heck in my letter did I mentionWalmart? Anyway. I guess that is besides the point. I used to shopat Walmart and Sam's but I don't anymore. First of all, don't EVERhave a need to return anything because you will wait in line at least15 minutes in line with only 1 person available to help. Secondly, Ithought that our workers deserve more and I don't spend my money atplaces where nearly half the workforce is eligible for welfare. Andlook up that statistic, it's scary. Lastly, when was the last timeyou had good customer service at Walmart? Not passible or ordinarycustomer service, but GOOD or even GREAT customer service? I triedfor years and after years of talking to a brick wall that they'vecreated, I left. Now about the Oprah comment. I specifically mentioned her name to letthem know (not that they already didn't) the extent of the freeadvertisement that their company received because of that show. At myfirst trip, the CSR gave me astounding statistics of how much theirbusiness jumped after the show aired. They were swamped. I thinkit's important to remind them of where their "referral" came from,even if it was a TV show, lol. Do I watch her show? Yeah, but notall the time. But even if I did, so what? If I had gone toNordstroms because of the Jerry Springer show, you might have hadsomething to pick at... Now, do I place money into CSRs' hands? You bet I do because it'srespectful. The only time something is placed on the counter is afterholding the card or cash out for 2 minutes straight and I see they arestill occupied and then my hand starts getting tired. The only reasonI expect respect is because I give it first. Let's see, there were some other comments I wanted to address.... Oh yes. Something about how many people she was tending to. Sheprobably had other clients which was no problem. The issue was thateven if that played into her treatment of me, it shouldn't have. Shehad to practically throw the bras over me to get around me standingright in front of her. So all of you are telling me that you wouldeither throw merchandise around your customer or if you are thecustomer, would feel that having the merchandise thrown is acceptable. GIVE ME A BREAK! The gut instinct is to hand the item to the personstanding right in front of you. It's simply less work if nothing elsebut more it's polite and professional. Add that to a bit of aflippant attitude and it sealed the deal on my being pissed. Now, I do usually shop online because of the bargains. You get morefor less. Why pay $100 for a pair of jeans if you can get them for$50 with free shipping, lol? I travel 60 miles whenever I want toshop at Nordstroms so I expect certain things. That's just the way itis. (soapbox time) Maybe if more consumers started expecting more fromthe places they shop from, the level of customer service would bewhere it should regardless of what store you visit. Now if that's snooty or snotty, then oh well!
$80 for a bra? Whatever happened to the good 'ol hanes bin at Meijers?
I have to agree with the original complaint. If you take a customerservice job, then that's what you need to be focused on -- thecustomer. I'm not saying anyone should bow down and kiss any one'sbehind. Certainly not. However, being in customer service myself, Iunderstand the need to give good service. I do not believe thecustomer is always right. They aren't. However, they have chosen toshop in that establishment and spend whatever amount of money, so theyshouldn't be treated rudely or rushed. I don't care if I am buying abra at Wal-Mart or Nordstrum, I expect to be treated like a customerabout to spend her hard-earned money. I think a lot of people are missing the point of the post. Who careshow much her bras cost? Who cares about her comment on Wal-Mart. She'snot downing it. She wasn't being racist (I sincerely hope) when sheidentified the lady's race). I think her whole point was that shedeserves good service, especially for the amount that she wasspending. And someone on commission should have been particularlymindful of this.
I have to agree with the original complaint. If you take a customerservice job, then that's what you need to be focused on -- thecustomer. I'm not saying anyone should bow down and kiss any one'sbehind. Certainly not. However, being in customer service myself, Iunderstand the need to give good service. I do not believe thecustomer is always right. They aren't. However, they have chosen toshop in that establishment and spend whatever amount of money, so theyshouldn't be treated rudely or rushed. I don't care if I am buying abra at Wal-Mart or Nordstrum, I expect to be treated like a customerabout to spend her hard-earned money. I think a lot of people are missing the point of the post. Who careshow much her bras cost? Who cares about her comment on Wal-M
You decided, based on something you saw on Oprah, to "introduce yourbusiness" to Nordstrum? Well, well, well. Excuse me Miss Fancy Pants. The whole ethnicity issue has already been run into the ground, so Iwon't berate you for that, other then to say, guess they didn't teachyou respect for others at Kitty Vanderslut's School For SpoiledBrats. A bra on a bench? Tres scandal!! Quel horror! How did you survive suchan ordeal? I have shopped at Nordstrum and other high-end department stores, andI just can't imagine getting worked up over something so small. Whenyou are on your deathbed, will you be thinking, "ya know, my life wasalmost perfect, except for that idiot who carelessly tossed a bra ontoa bench."
It's on "My Planet". I've had it on there for the longest time butthey never showed up till today!!
because I don't know how to get the picture on there. Ever since MyPlanet appeared, I've been waiting for some kind of instructions aboutthe pictures, as I have no idea how to do it.
Ok. So. The letter at hand. I understand that a department store like Nordstrom has a higherobligation to provide excellent customer service than say Penney's orSears. That's why I love to shop at stores like Nordstrom. I don'tsee a problem with an $80 bra, I've got one and it looks and feelsgreat, and I've probably been through four or five $12.99 Wal-Martspecials in the time I've had it. Nice things are just that: nice. Ihave no problem with people buying nice things when they can affordthem. My problem with this letter is the tone in which it is written. Theletter writer seems to think that she is somehow "above" thesaleswoman. True, the service she received doesn't seem like theservice I have experienced at Nordstrom and stores like it, but fromthe tone of this letter it seems that nothing that saleswoman couldhave done would have been satisfactory anyway. I don't think that the letter writer was trying to be offensive whenshe characterized the saleswoman as "originally from India." I thinkshe used that phrase more for purposes of identification. I hope thatI am right in this assumption, because the alternative is prettyreprehensible. Certainly the saleswoman should have provided the letter writer withthe exceptional customer service that Nordstrom is known for, andcertainly she should not have let her personal problems cloud herprofessionalism. If that is truly what happened here, that is ashame. But the people who work in retail are human, with problems andissues. It occassionally happens that human beings get overwhelmed. It could also be that the saleswoman was responding to the attitude ofthe letter writer. I'm not saying that's what happened, only that itis a possibility. If any of these scenarios is the case, I'll grantyou it is still unprofessional, but at least it is understandable. But to write a letter whose main complaint is that your bras weretossed with carelessness on a bench is a little ridiculous. When Ihave a problem with someone in customer service, I address the problemthen and there. Did it ever occur to the letter writer to say,"excuse me, could you not throw my bras please? You can just hand themto me." That might have taken care of the only actual complaint I canfind in this letter.
lol go to victorias secret next time.
I agree with Brenny's comments. Additionally, While I think that the salesperson may have been just in a rush andmeant no harm, when you shop at Nordstrom you do expect to receivestellar service. It is, after all, what Nordstrom PROMISES. Theretail folks here, past and present, need to understand that the levelof service at Nordstrom "ain't the same as the service they give/gaveat Walmart or JcPenny". Its a whole different ballgame folks! To the person or persons who ridiculed the LW for purchasing an $80bra, well just remember, the people in this world are of varyingeconomic means and for some people, an $80 bra would be a cheapinsult. Just because YOU can't afford to pay $80 for a bra doesn'tmean the person who can is a spoiled princess or is somehow in thewrong or a bad person. Additionally, I don't think the letter writer mentioned the person'srace trying to be racist. I personally believe she was simply tryingto describe the sales associate. A better description would have been" for identification purposes, because I did not get her name, theassociate was approximately 40 years old, slender and of Indian orign(just an example). That would have been a better, more politicallycorrect way to describe the employee but perhaps the letter writer hadno idea she would be judged for including the race as a descriptiveterm. BTW: in the Raleigh-Durham area (where the letter writerlives), Indians are the most-educated and highest earning of anyminority group. Finally, I want to say that the people who judged Lindsay's? I believeher name was, posting and made fun of her misspellings just need tothink about whether or not they have ever misspelled something here. The answer is that everyone does! Sometimes I proofread what I wrotebefore I hit submit and sometimes I don't. I'm sure other people hereare the same way. Unless someone is writing like "i's went ta mymamoma's huse", no one can really cast stones as far as spellingerrors. Phew! I'm done. And no, I "ain't gonna proofread either"! I justbought the entire dvd collection of the Pink Panther cartoons so Ihave a date with my tv.
What does her ethnic origin have to do with your complaint? I mighthave given your complaint some credence had you stopped at "anassociate" but your characterization is just a little too conveniently"of color" for me to take you seriously.
"An associate whom appeared to be originally from India tended to myrequests." That's quite a gift you've got, being able to tell where a person isfrom originally just by looking at them. Now granted, I don't have theluxury of knowing what you look like personally, but judging by yourwriting, I'm guessing that you were originally from the top of a mapletree, based on your ability to look down on everyone else. Am I right? Were you born in a tree or not?
I shopped at Nordstrom before I moved to an area with none. When youshop at a higher class store you expect a higher level of service. I'mnot going to spend $100.00 on a pair of heels and not get goodcustomer service. No way! We pay the premium because of the goodquality and good customer relations. The associate shouldn't have been throwing things, even if only onto abench. At VS you pay $50 dollars for a bra and those associates go outof their WAY to help you! Nordstrom should at LEAST be the same levelof service if not better.
People who work in retail, on commision, are hired for a customerservice position. If this woman purchased even 2 of these $80 bras, inprobally less than an hour the sales clerk probally made $16. For $16the girl can suck it up, put whatever issues she is having aside, andperform her job. Her job which I stated in the first sentence is incustomer service. Anyone who post negative responces to this letterdoes not understand the retail industry at all. Next time in Nordstromgo into their indergarment area and ask the person what their jobtitle is. The responce will not be sales associate. It will be salesspecialist or something along that line.
Nordstrom's has exceptional, almost legendary, customer service. Thewriter did not receive that quality service during her visit. "Anassociate whom appeared to be originally from India" was merely anattempt to identify the person, for lack of a remembered name, who maybe lacking in the customer service skills you would typically expectfrom Nordstroms employees. Those of you who see different need to puta cap on it and understand what the true customer service issue was,rather than fly off on the handle and try to deflect that issue to yetanother subject. Those of you who have not shopped Nordstroms need notreply nor respond, as you are apparently unaware of their reknownquality merchandise and service, and are venting your opinions basedon your current or previous experiences at your local Wal-Mart.
"an associate that appearred to be originally from India..." is aboutwhen I stopped reading this complaint...are you kidding me? - 2006!!!Why classify people by their ethnic background as if that has animpact on what actually happened??? I think you should look around youand remember where you or your ancestors are from...I'm sure if you doyou might realize that how idiotic you sound in thiscomplaint!!!!!!!!!
Would you like some icing with your cinnamon sticks?...or is Pizza Hutalso beneath you? I wouldn't want your bra fitting experience to be ruined.
Let me see if I got this right: Aa associate gets to second base withyou and then brings you stuff to try on and you got poor customersservice?? What did you want, the poor girl to get to third???? Get over yourself and stop watching Oprah.
Oh brother - well whoop-de-doo Ms. $80 bras - aren't we a little toomuch into ourselves, hmmmm? How shall we correct the lowly associates behavior? Shall we have herflogged in the streets? $80 for a bra and a snotty customer buying it. That should be acrime.
Let me get this straight... You normally buy your "quality" bra's online and NOW you care aboutthem being tossed on a bench??? What do you think the packingdepartment and UPS/FedEx etc does with them? I think they get tossedaround fairly well. Even more hilarious is this power of Oprah. Wow - first millions ofpeople read any book she says is good and now she recommends somethingregarding Nordstrom and you are all over it. Simply amazing.
Mr. Helpful, I LOVE the reference to Monty Python!!! Perhaps this whole "customer service" experience was amisunderstanding. After all, you state that she seemed rushed. Whydon't give her the benefit of the doubt that it indeed was not a caseof someone slighting you but a case simply someone rushed and bustingher butt to do her job and assist many others.
But I bet when you're paying anywhere, you put the cash on the counterinstead of the in the out-reached hand of the employee. Now you knowhow it feels. And this goes for everyone, if you notice an out-reached hand, don'tput whatever on the counter. It is rude.
Well now. This IS something different! LOL! I want to first start off by saying that the reference to the woman'srace is uncalled for. If you were with her in such an intimate settingas a bra fitting you could have at least gotten her name. Also...maybe she didnt know what the heck you had your hand out for.Did you TELL her to give you the bras instead of throwing them on thebench? Maybe she just thought you were weird holding your hand out. I guess I just dont get this whole idea of needing someone to help youtry on a bra. Us poor people dont get that luxury. Actually...thispoor person knows her size and doesnt like to be felt up bysalespeople just to make myself feel superior. I am going to guess here that you went in with a haughty attitude andyou are being nitpicky. Go back to shopping online. That way no one will annoy you, theservice wont be beneath you, and no one will have to accompany youinto a changing room. One more thing. Being that she was supposedly from somewhere otherthan America could be the key to her disposition here. It is a wellknown fact that Americans are thought to be lazy. Maybe she was justtrying to cater to that stereotype.
PUH-LEEZE! What - a bra on a bench is going to somehow damage it? "completely beneath" you? Of Indian heritage - this is relevant how? If you want to complainabout someone get a name - not an ethnicity. By the way, it's "who" - not whom. You might want to learn thedifference before claiming something is beneath you.
Nordstrom is known for their outstanding customer service and thiscomplaint is something that should be brought to the attention of thestore manager. The only thing that bothers me about this well writtenletter is your statement "The sevice I received was completely beneathme . . ." - - seems like you might have some pretty high standardseven for Nordstrom.

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"A good book, but not really for me."
At first I thought I'd made a big mistake choosing this book, and for a while I was tempted to return it. I chose it because I am always struggling to think of my next book to download. You would think, with so many amazing books in the World, that I would have a long list of titles waiting patiently to be read. But for some reason this isn't the case. I rarely get a book recommended to me and often, when I do, I don't really like it. I think this is a combination of the fact that I don't mix with particularly bookish people and I have a particular, perhaps narrow, taste in books. For example, I really like non-fiction and especially popular science.
So I picked this book because I want to venture more into fiction, and I hoped that it would give me lots of great tips for novels to read. Unfortunately, it didn't.
This is an autobiographical book by an American publisher whose mother is dying of pancreatic cancer. He and his mother are both avid readers, and they turn their informal chats about their reading into a more formal arrangement whereby they read the same books and discuss them. Of course, it is also about the man's love for, and close relationship with, his dying mother, who lived a busy and unselfish life helping people in war-torn countries around the World.
Although, if I could live my life over again, I probably wouldn't choose this book second time around, there were definitely some good things about it. The writer has a good engaging style and his reflections on life, dying and death were interesting enough to make me want to carry on listening to the end. For example, he was sitting beside her deathbed and I liked that fact that he admitted that he found this tedious, when I was expecting him to describe it as deeply intense and emotional.
On the negative side, the book is a bit claustrophobic. It is almost exclusively about the man and his mother. Even though he is an interesting man and she was a brave philanthropist, the constant chemotherapy, the gradual deterioration, her physical frailty, their chats, all feel like you are trapped in a hospital room with the 2 of them for 2 years. You would hope that the escape from this would be the discussion of books, but very few, if any, of the books discussed made me think, 'ooh, that sounds interesting, I must get that one'. This may be because I am shallow, or perhaps because I have different tastes to the author and his Mom. For example, they both appreciate poetry and pottery, and these things play no part whatsoever in my life.
In short, this book is very well-written, but just isn't really for me. Other people might love it. If you think you might be one of those people, I hope I haven't put you off!
"The Life of a BBC stalwart"
This was a really entertaining listen. It didn't really hold too many surprises. David Attenborough is a great speaker and of course he narrates his own story to his usual impeccably high standards. It begins with the early days of television, with big clumsy noisy cameras and an industry finding its way with the new technology, learning by its many mistakes.
Over the next 50 years Attenborough makes more and more programmes with a naturalist focus, including the classic Life on Earth and many subsequent series about different groups of animals and their environments.
By the end, the author felt that he had filmed a full set, and had filmed every major group of living creature on the planet. Although he seems very modest and genteel, and tells his tales with stereotypical British understatement, he was actually an intrepid adventurer who put himself in significant danger on multiple occasions, and this makes for great listening.
"25 hours of enjoyment"
As soon as I saw this book I knew I was going to love it. 25 hours of the history of the world, based on a BBC production. The made-for-TV origins of this book meant that it was always likely to be entertaining and not too highbrow, and that's exactly what it is. A really good listen, starting with our hunter-gatherer ancestors and ending with today's problems of overpopulation and global warming, with quite a bit of other stuff in between.
The author unashamedly ascribes to the 'individual' human theory of history, whereby the story of the world has been significantly shaped by the actions of particular people. In many cases, history could have taken a radically different turn if, by chance, something had happened differently. An obvious example is that Hitler survived World War One, and the author believes that the course of history might have gone drastically differently if he had not – there wouldn't necessarily have been a 'substitute' Hitler waiting in the wings to do what he did. Of course he also acknowledges the importance of the general flow of history, but this audiobook is mostly the story of important people and the things they did.
One of the difficult things about taking on such a big subject is that the world is a big place and at any given time there are many different histories rolling out in the different continents. So he tells us the histories of Africa and China and America, but I guess, as this was a BBC production, the focus may be a bit biased in the later centuries towards the influence of Britain. This doesn't offend me because I'm English and was indoctrinated as a schoolboy into thinking that the Battle of Hastings and the Battle of Britain were landmark events in World History, when the rest of the world might see them as minor struggles on a small island. But I'd be interested to know if non-British listeners to this audiobook found it excessively Brit-centric.
Go ahead and listen, and I'll look out for your reviews.
"Marathon listen"
Wow! This is the first review I have written for some time, because Les Miserables was 57 hours long. I chose it because I knew nothing at all of the story, except for what I'd seen on posters about the musical, which hinted at French revolutions and poverty as being key themes.
I found it very enjoyable, mostly. The storyline is punctuated by a number of long descriptive, philosophical passages about Paris, the battle of Waterloo, the sewerage system, etc. Sometimes, I have to admit, I got a bit bored during these and wanted to return to the storyline. The plot itself is really good and definitely held my interest, although it stretched my credulity just a tad at times.
At the very end I was surprised that Hugo finished with a succinct passage reflecting on the final event of the book, I was expecting another long piece of philosophising to cap it off.
As this book has been described as one of the best ever written, I am sure there are many subtle themes and undercurrents which I missed. I haven't read any reviews of the book (I will do now - I didn't want to spoil the book beforehand). No doubt these reviews will reveal to me some of the book's deeper meanings.
The narrator was excellent and, overall, I'm glad I chose and persevered with this book.
"Good but flawed"
This is the third Malcolm Gladwell book I have listened to (or read), and like the other two, it is really interesting, but just a little bit unconvincing in parts. He is a brilliant storyteller, drawing you in with interesting anecdotes about a man who can pick winning horses by observing their body language and a rogue soldier who outwits the entire US army in a war game scenario. But towards the end of the book his argument loses its way.
As the book progresses he gradually builds a convincing theory about how our minds are adept at making accurate instantaneous judgements and how, in many cases, the more information we are given the less likely we are to judge well.
But then he starts to make some slightly dubious claims and even to contradict himself somewhat. He tells the story of 4 policemen who kill an African American in a bad neighbourhood at night because they think he has a gun. He says that the stress of the situation gives them 'temporary autism' which robs them of their normal powers to make 'blink' judgements. But you just don't need this theory to explain why they misjudged the situation. It was dark, and the inability of the men to detect the innocence and terror on the victim's face could be explained by this alone.
Later on he describes another policeman, who had received training in controlling this kind of panic reaction in dangerous and stressful situations, and because of this training, when faced with an armed youngster, he waited a little longer and gathered more information and decided not to shoot. But this contradicts the main idea of the book, which is that we make better decisions when we allow our intuition to do it in a blink.
So, by the end of the book, you have been entertained and have also been persuaded that humans often make better judgements when they 'thin slice', i.e. they make quick unconscious decisions based on very limited information. But, in my opinion, he tries to over-elaborate his theory in the later chapters, and I felt myself disagreeing with him, which spoilt the book a bit.
"Welcome to Planet Polite"
I had read only one Jane Austen book before 'Persuasion'. It was 'Pride and Prejudice', which I read in the early 90's in the Himalayas, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. I've seen films of other books, such as 'Emma', but what attracted me to 'Persuasion' was the fact that I knew nothing at all of the plot.
Like 'Pride and Prejudice', I enjoyed it a lot. I enjoyed entering another place and time, where life was as different as if you were to visit a planet in another galaxy.
The only beings that exist on this planet are middle class people from rural England. No one works, and the most important thing in the World is the art of conversation. Even the least articulate of Austen's characters speaks beautiful genteel English, and they all have the ability to remain within the limits of what is considered respectable, never getting even close to discussing vulgar subjects like sex.
The next most important rule of the game is that you must try to find the most eligible available spouse. They must be well-situated within the English class system and have a reliable source of income. Of course, they must also be respectable, eloquent and good looking. All this has to be done without anyone actually admitting that this is what they are up to.
Persuasion is the same as 'Pride and Prejudice', in the sense that it is another delightful chocolate from the same box. I enjoyed the clever way people talk to each other, and the storyline was light-hearted fun, like a Hugh Grant romantic comedy. The narrator was superb.
I really enjoyed this book. It is packed with interesting popular science tit-bits, presented in an engaging style, interwoven with the author's personal experiences and the lives of various scientists.
Don't expect to learn anything revolutionary or ground-breaking. This book, in parts, is a science primer. There was some material I already knew pretty well, and some parts, such as his explanation of the causes of earth's seasons, and the discussion of tectonic plates, I have known since geography classes at age 13. It is a bit like Bill Bryson's Short History of Nearly Everything.
I really enjoyed the sections covering the Big Bang, how elements are formed inside stars, and what it's like on Neptune and Mars. His discussion of the effect of gravity on mammalian body size is compelling, and includes the following observation, which is typical of the author's entertaining style: 'if you drop a mouse down a 1000m mine shaft, it gets up and walks away; a rat is killed; a human is broken; a horse splashes!".
The story meanders from subject to subject. It is ostensibly about the impact of the cosmos and the laws of physics on our daily lives, but sometimes it wanders off at a tangent and you forget the core theme of the book. For this reason, and the fact that I was distracted by hedge-cutting while I listened, I took the unprecedented step of listening to the book twice. I picked up a lot of interesting stuff that I'd missed first time around.
The narrator is excellent and, as long as you are not looking for anything too cerebral, this is great popular science.
"Really Refreshing"
It seemed a bit of an odd premise, to describe the World's history in terms of 6 drinks, but it worked a treat. Starting with beer, the author progresses through wine, spirits, coffee tea and coke and weaves it skillfully into the history of civilisation.
I learnt a lot. (e.g. I was surprised that beer arose so early in our history) and I was also entertained by countless anecdotes about these beverages: How the British navy was stronger and fitter than its rivals because of the serendipitous use of lime juice to flavour and preserve rum (thus preventing scurvey); how coffee houses in London evolved into institutions such as the Stock Exchange and Lloyds of London; how coke was manufactured in a transparent form and packaged like vodka in the soviet era to be acceptable to the Russian communists.
The narrator was pretty good, although he had the annoying habit of rushing the chapter titles so you didn't realise when a new one had begun. Aside from this, the book was one of my most 'listenable' downloads.
"Surprisingly interesting"
What a dry subject, nitrogen! It would be hard to write an interesting book about this topic, but the author succeeded. He describes how the planet's population was on the verge of starvation, having consumed nearly all the natural deposits of fixed nitrogen to use as fertiliser, and how nations vied for the last scraps of the chemical in remote outposts of South America.
Nitrogen is, of course, plentiful, in the air we breathe. But in order to be useful as a fertiliser, it must be converted to a solid form. Two German scientists, Haber and Bosch, (excuse any mis-spelling, I never saw these names in written form!) worked tirelessly to solve this tricky problem. Their drama unfolded against the backdrop of a fascinating period of German history, in which nitrogen played an especially important role because of its use in explosives (and hence in warfare).
The theme of antisemitism is also important in the book, because a large proportion of Germany's scientists were Jews.
It is a good story, well narrated, and worth a listen.
"Harold hunts for the meaning of life"
This is a very enjoyable listen. It is the story of an old man who has become horribly stuck in a rut. He is living an empty life of mediocrity and is scarred by his failures and weaknesses as a human being. He goes out to post a letter and just carries on walking, a la Forrest Gump.
His journey is not easy, and he experiences desperation and crisis on the way, but ultimately he grows as a person, learns to understand himself and to cope better with his demons. It is not a corny feelgood happy ending, but some things improve for Harold. In Harold's 'happy ending' we are not allowed to escape life's realities of death, loss and grief, but we can appreciate the value of the discoveries Harold makes.
It is a moving story, grim at times. You engage with all the characters and you do want to keep listening to hear the rest of the story. It is also a very English story, and I'm not sure whether this would make it more or less enjoyable to someone who isn't from that country (as I am).
It is a little bit twee and reminded very much of a serialised BBC radio play. There were also some aspects of the storyline which stretched my credulity a bit. If you don't want to spoil the story by seeing my examples of this, stop reading now:
1. When the media find out about Harold's walk they camp outside his (wife's) house but they don't actually go out and find him, which would have been very easy to do.
2. He sleeps rough and lives off wild plants for a while. I don't think you could do this sustainably in the English countryside
This is why I couldn't quite give the storyline a 5. But I wholeheartedly recommend it nevertheless. The Narrator was magnificent.


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HAZARD — Officials with Appalachian Regional Healthcare and Coventry Cares, one of four state-contracted Medicaid managed care providers, announced an agreement on Friday that will maintain Coventry's Medicaid services at ARH's facilities until at least June 30.
The announcement was made following a hearing in federal court which "went well," according to Jill Midkiff, director of communications for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
If, by June 30, Coventry and ARH are unable to come to a resolution, the state will open enrollment for Coventry's members and allow them to switch providers if they choose, in order to continue receiving care at ARH facilities.
ARH filed a lawsuit against Coventry and the state last month, claiming that the MCO was not properly paying Medicaid reimbursements. Coventry had notified the hospital chain prior to the suit that they would drop their contract with ARH, effective May 4.
Coventry claims that the state held another MCO to a different standard, and allowed that company to exclude the ARH chain from its network, in effect leaving Coventry to pick up those Medicaid patients who are by and large higher risk, and thus higher cost. Additionally, Coventry claims, the state failed to implement a risk adjustment program that would compensate MCOs that take on higher numbers of high-risk patients.
But Friday's announcement ensures that Medicaid services for Coventry members will continue through June 30 as ARH and Coventry continue to negotiate a resolution in the ongoing dispute.
Rick King, lead legal counsel for ARH, told the Herald earlier this week that there had been little movement from the state to join the negotiations, adding that "the biggest problem we're having right now is the Cabinet still maintains that they really don't have any responsibility to negotiate anything."
King added that had Coventry been allowed to drop their contract as planned on May 4, it would have meant longer travel times for patients who would be forced to seek care elsewhere, and also a loss of 400 jobs because of the lack of revenue.
Midkiff noted that while the Cabinet works to ensure that Kentuckians have access to health care in the state's rural communities, the Cabinet does not negotiate contracts between the providers and the MCOs.
"Provider agreements are negotiated between MCOs and providers – CHFS cannot dictate which providers contract with which MCOs," Midkiff said. "Since managed care was implemented on Nov. 1, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services has worked closely with the three MCOs and the provider community to resolve claims payments, as well as other issues."
While the announcement will ensure Medicaid services at ARH for another two months, it also negates the necessity of a planned march on Frankfort, noted state Sen. Brandon Smith, of Hazard.
Smith told the Herald on Friday that members of his district, which is comprised of Perry, Leslie, Harlan and Bell Counties, were organized and ready to travel to Frankfort on Monday in an attempt to bring to the attention of Gov. Beshear the issues being faced in these communities in regard to managed care. But after the settlement reached on Friday, he said, the attention should be shifted.
"There is no need now in having to pull people out of their work schedules and kids out of school to do all that," he said, "when we've got their concession so far, we've got the attention that they deserve."
But Smith added that despite the agreement, the issue of Medicaid managed care in Kentucky will likely need legislative review in the future, especially the overarching issue of providers not being reimbursed for Medicaid services.
"I've got groups in my district out there, doctor and dentists, they're not getting paid," Smith added. "That's going to be the next focus of where this is going."
Here in Perry County, in fact, some health care services from EMS to the district health department are seeing a decline in Medicaid payments since the state switched to managed care.
The Kentucky River District Health Department's board of directors called a special meeting to order on Friday where they voted to accept quarterly taxing funds early in order to pay bills on time. Karen Cooper, the health department's director, said she was hopeful that Medicaid reimbursements would have come in by this week, but when that didn't happen it necessitated the need to call Friday's meeting.
"That didn't happen, so we have some bills that really, we have to get paid," she said.
Cooper noted that since the state moved to a managed care program last November, only one of the managed care organizations has consistently paid Medicaid reimbursements, and that was Coventry Cares to the tune of $420,000. WellCare, a second MCO, paid a lump sum of $130,000 in that time, while the third company, Kentucky Spirit, has yet to pay anything, Cooper noted.
The district was anticipating payments of $250,000 from Kentucky Spirit and an additional $130,000 from WellCare, though that money had not been received as of Friday.
To put the district's financial woes in perspective, Cooper noted, in November 2011 alone, the district received $528,000 from traditional Medicaid, but since the managed care program began six months ago the district has received roughly $500,000 in total in Medicaid reimbursements.
"It's really a cash flow issue," Cooper said. "Our people are doing the services. We've done the services, they're out there, but we just can't get payment."
From what she understands, Cooper said she believes their lack of payments have been caused by an error somewhere within the system.
"I think at this point, our biggest problem is that it's a system error," she said. "There is something going on with the payment system."
There have apparently been no answers, however, as to why some payments have not been received at the Perry County Ambulance Authority in Hazard, where Medicaid accounts for about 20 percent of the service's budget. Director Matthew Couch said since the state's managed care model went into effect, his EMS service has had issues with each of the three MCOs contracted with the state to provide Medicaid reimbursements.
Couch said the service has several billings dating back to November which have yet to be paid for. Many of those billings, he added, were with Coventry Cares.
"They're not upholding to their contractual agreements," Couch said. "There are certain things that they are supposed to pay for, and they're just not doing it."
Much of those missing payments lie with non-emergency services, such as transporting patients to the doctor's office, or to their homes from the hospital. Couch said the MCOs are requiring them to obtain preauthorization numbers, and they are doing that, yet they still aren't getting paid. Prior to the state's move to managed care in November, Couch noted, the ambulance service had no to little trouble with Medicaid reimbursements.
Not everyone is having those kinds of troubles with managed care, however. Barry Martin, operator of the Primary Care Centers of Eastern Kentucky, noted that there were some initial issues with MCOs when the state switched to managed care, by and large those issues have decreased in number. He said working with the MCOs, which are for-profit companies, has not been much different than working with other insurance companies, such as Anthem of Humana.


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Dream Phone
- This board game was a sleepover staple right alongside Tiger Beat & BOP magazine posters of teen idols like Devon Sawa, Rider Strong, and Jonathan Taylor Thomas.
- Tween girls, who were frustrated with inattentive immature boys their own age and who were unable to date older boys, embraced Dream Phone with open arms & glossed-up lips.
- For me there was only one fun aspect of the game and that was the inevitable fighting over imaginary boyfriends.
- Being the agent provocateur that I was, I'd suggest to one of the girls that another was cheating, hide a couple of cards, and then sit back & enjoy the hair-pulling, arm-scratching action unfold.
- If you think that jump rope is for wussies then this toy's for you.
- Skip-It is just one of many examples of the awesome safety hazard toys of the 90's.
- The fact that young kids aren't exactly known for their good coordination & fine motor control certainly didn't stop toy manufactures from mass producing these badboys.
- Thanks to this toy my friends and I were sportin' band-aids like the hottest fashion accessories of the season.
- You know those nutty conspiracy theorists who claim commercials possess subliminal messages...well, the unexplainable addictive popularity of Trolls makes me think that they may not be that cuckoo after all.
- Seriously, these things were like kiddy crack.
- Their bare little bottoms were EVERYWHERE.
- I really have no clue why we were so obsessed with Trolls; it's not like there was much you could do with them aside from conducting extreme hair makeovers, which I of course did.
Super Soaker
- This toy was a water gun on steroids.
- Boys measured their prepubescent manhood by the size of their super soakers.
- Girls like me used it as a means to make boys cry.
- And I'm sure that eye patch manufacturers saw a boost in sales thanks to this toy.
Creepy Crawlers
- This was another awesomely unsafe toy.
- I swear, 90's toy manufacturers must have adhered to the following motto: "They're young; they'll heal fast."
- At first, my mom refused to buy this for me since she recognized the fire & burn hazard it presented.
- However, after I repeatedly brought live insects home to play with, she realized that the risk of a few 1st degree burns wasn't all that bad compared to a possible pest infestation.
- And so the next day she sped off to Toy-R-Us, bought one of these fake bug making machines, and then stopped by the pharmacy to stock up on some Neosporin.
- One of the first things you'd do when you got a Talkboy is try to chronicle your daily life, thinking that when you played the recording back, you & others would be wowed by the awesomeness that is your existence.
- The realization that your life is not as action-packed & funny as you thought it was came pretty quickly.
- Naturally, us kids developed more creative & nefarious ways to make use of the portable recorder/cassette player, namely incriminating & blackmailing our friends & relatives.
- Since I was a major tomboy, my mom decided to buy the Bedazzler in hopes that it would help me get in touch with my feminine side.
- I can't say that it achieved that purpose, but I sure as hell bedazzled the snot out of everything I could get my hands on (even things that really should not have been bedazzled).
- I also can't say that I wore any of it, but I definitely enjoyed watching my dad squirm when I gifted him with rhinestone-studded sweatshirts & caps.
WWF Wrestling Buddies
- There was a time when my brother and I became a bit obsessed with wrestling.
- This was also the time when we fought constantly with each other.
- One day my mom got fed up with having to serve as referee and brought home a pair of Wrestling Buddies.
- She handed me the Ultimate Warrior and said, "Here, next time you get angry, just pretend this is your brother."
- Yeah, I punched, throttled, and body slammed the hell out of that toy.


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Don't "Believe" in Bieber
Justin Bieber laughed off his bout of indigestion at a recent concert, but his Grammy lockout might be an even tougher swallow. He's one of the biggest stars in pop, and his new album "Believe" was universally acclaimed for its vocal virtuosity and sonic maturation. But the Recording Academy didn't agree, and shut him out of every major category. If there was a year to welcome the Biebs into the rare air of Grammy acclaim, this was it — but the voters were like "Bieber, Bieber, Bieber — no."
Unstuck on Lionel Richie
A tradition-minded collection of duets from a proven Grammy winner and his high-wattage pals, Lionel Richie's "Tuskegee" seemed destined for some upper-level nominations. (That formula paid off big for Santana with "Supernatural" in 2000.) Alas, the R&B veteran's Nashville turn — with appearances by Shania Twain, Tim McGraw and Willie Nelson, among others — came up empty, even in the country categories. "Hello," Richie might be singing today to Recording Academy members, "Isn't it me you're looking for?"
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Hip-hop has a Grammys beef
The Grammys cycle didn't have a defining, unanimously acclaimed hip-hop release. But both Drake's "Take Care" and Nas" "Life Is Good" sold decently and seemed to fit the Grammy demographic — smart, well-produced albums about growing older and finding responsibility. So it's a little surprising to find hip-hop almost completely absent from the major categories. Sure, 2 Chainz isn't going to win 2 Grammyz — but the total dearth of rap in the top slots seems unexpected at best, and purposeful at worst.
Alternative to what?
Given out since 1991, the alternative music album award may have outlasted its usefulness. In what way are acoustic-leaning singer-songwriters Fiona Apple and Gotye competing with the sleekly futuristic M83? Throw in Bjork and Tom Waits — two fiercely idiosyncratic veterans allergic to genre — and you've got a grouping too broad to make sense.
Rave on, Lichtenstein
All hail the coming wave of Lichtenstein techno. The best dance recording category is stocked with the usual EDM-crossover suspects — Avicii, Calvin Harris, Skrillex and Swedish House Mafia. But Al Walser, a native of the tiny European nation with barely a thousand Facebook likes to his name, somehow made it on the list for his single "I Can't Live Without You." How'd he do it? No one knows yet (he claims to be a Grammy voting member though), but we will be the first to champion the new genre of "Lichten-step" if he wins.
Ocean's motion
Frank Ocean took left-field R&B to the Grammys this year, but he didn't go alone: L.A.'s Miguel also scored an unexpected nomination for song of the year with the sultry "Adorn." Hopefully this rising tide of new, smart soul washes Chris Brown out to sea.
No beez in the trap
Nicki Minaj's domination of pop culture over the last two years hasn't narrowed her job description. Is she a rapper or a pop singer? The answer, of course, is both — but that appears to have split Grammy voters. Though it debuted at No. 1, her "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" album was shut out of the rap and pop prizes, as was her huge hit single "Starships."


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Aaron Taylor-Johnson Channing Tatum-ed and Hulked
Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Steveston (just outside Vancouver) today shooting Godzilla. As you can see, he's muscled up for the role. There's a little Channing Tatum going on here, non? And a Hulk in his pants. Oh stop. I mean the rip, see? The rip at the crotch? ATJ and his wife Sam Taylor-Wood, together my obsession, have been in Vancouver for several weeks now with their children. Full Story
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Chris Evans is not on my Five List. So while he may have the title of the movie, he doesn't get the title of my post. Not when Scarlett Johansson and Anthony Mackie are around. Here they are shooting Captain America: The Winter Soldier in Washington, DC yesterday. Why does Falcon have to wear a sweatshirt? Why can't they put him in a skin-tight tee? Why can't I be the one laughing at his jokes? And when you think Natasha Romanoff, do you think this hair? I don't understand it at all. Full Story
Will Jakey sing?
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They're making a film adaptation of Into The Woods directed by Rob Marshall. Meryl Streep and Johnny Depp are already attached. Apparently Jake Gyllenhaal and Chris Pine are now in talks to join them...? That's looking like an impressive cast, not unlike the one Marshall put together for Nine a few years ago. Full Story
Hitting on Katie Holmes
Page Six has a really hilarious story about people hitting on Katie Holmes on the set of Mania Days in New York. Apparently "she's been asked out seven times"... By crew members and extras! According to the report, the men are "just chancing it", the way they would, I dunno, at a bar or something. Full Story
The Time Traveller's Wife...but better
The book was good. The movie was sh-t. Really, really terrible. When was the last time you saw a good romance? A proper romance. Not a romantic scene in a movie that isn't a romance but a movie that's intended to be romantic. Or a romantic comedy. It's been a while. I've been waiting a while. Full Story
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Was Katie Holmes allowed to be properly romantic in a movie while she was married to Tom Cruise? Her movies were so sh-t when she was married to Tom Cruise, I didn't bother. Did you? If so, please tell me. Also, how did you make it through Jack & Jill? Here she is on the set of Mania Days in New York today with Luke Kirby. Full Story
The Artist's "public persona"
James Franco covers the new comedy issue of GQ because he stars in the upcoming This Is The End. Why are only Apatow people considered for comedy prime coverage? So now he's a comedian too, in addition to being an actor, director, painter, poet, and academic... Have I missed anything? Maybe illusionist? Master manipulator? No, no, no. Full Story
Katniss on the mountain
Check out this new poster for Catching Fire. Katniss is almost mythological now. The movie isn't due until November 22 but I hear things are going well in post and they're working on adding special effects and music right now to the full cut of the film. Apparently preproduction for the third and fourth installments will start in June and possible shooting locations include Atlanta, Detroit, and Paris. Full Story
Now You See Me ... adding Jesse Eisenberg?
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I left Toronto for Vegas on Friday for The Hangover 3 junket. Those interviews will air on ETALK over the next couple of weeks. My flight back to Vancouver wasn't until Sunday but many of the reporters left on Saturday to head straight to New Orleans for the Now You See Me junket. Several of them had already screened it prior to the trip because of the Hangover overlap and almost all of them told me it's really, really good. Full Story
Ranger in Tokyo, Tonto in LA
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Armie Hammer was in Tokyo today promoting The Lone Ranger all by himself. But you know how the Japanese feel about Johnny Depp. Johnny is shooting Transcendence in LA right now and couldn't make it. I'm sure they'll have him back at a later date. Johnny's actually pretty fun when he goes to Japan. Full Story
Hair cut for Ryan Gosling
I know you're out there, Matt Smith/Dr Who fans. And now you get to make out with the Ryan Gosling fans. Here they are, in Detroit on the set of Gosling's How To Catch A Monster the other day. As you can see, Ryan is helping Matt "find the motivation". Part of that motivation came from a total head buzz. Full Story
Sandy & George: first look at Gravity
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That was the most excellent term Simon Pegg coined to describe the shivery feeling people get around Benedict Cumberbatch. It came up in this terrible interview, which is worth a watch for how thoroughly Pegg dominates it and how quick he is off the cuff. Full Story
Tom Cruise runs the Great Wall of China
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Tom Cruise was in Beijing yesterday promoting Oblivion. As you now know, the Chinese movie market is a big deal now. Not only for the money they make but also for, um, the money they steal. Iron Man 3 was released in China a day before North America. They say it was a smart decision so as to reduce the piracy situation. Full Story


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Plano police detectives have arrested a McKinney man in connection with the burglaries of two Petland stores earlier this month.
Darrell Wayne Ramirez, 27, was arrested Monday and has been charged with one count of burglary of a building. He is being held in the Collin County Jail on a $25,000 bond.
"As people can see in the video, there were two people involved in the burglaries and we have only arrested one person," said Officer David Tilley, Plano PD spokesman. "We are still trying to determine who the second suspect is."
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