Spoiled

I'm really not spoiled. I work hard, get a lot accomplished, and mostly (I feel like) the world still poops me out into the worst situations. Now...I don't know if it's just by my crazy luck that I have happened to get my way recently, or if my battle scars from life have finally reached the outer layer of my personal aura giving me a 'don't mess with me' attitude, but something has changed. I have been getting what I ask for. Yes, sometimes it's not exactly what I ask for, but for the most part it's pretty darn close. Here is an example of what I'm talking about.

Example:

Lifetime. I joined with a 'signing bonus' of $100 that I thought I could use on anything at the gym (the spa, cafe, apparel) - turns out that it was $100 to use on stupid stuff like trainer sessions or tennis lessons (things that I would never use), and I would have to use the $100 within 30 days of joining. So, two days after joining I march right down to that gym and request a cancellation. I talk to the manager about my misunderstanding and said that money would be better spent for me towards my membership or at the cafe and I had no interest in the offers they were giving me. So you know what he did, he gave me a $50 credit to my account (taking care of next months membership) and he gave me $50 in gift cards for anything at the gym that don't expire. Plus he left the $100 on my account in the event I changed my mind about the lessons. CRAZY! I walked away shocked and very happy!

At Verizon Wireless (VW) something similar happened...my blackberry of almost 2-years freaked out on me and I took it into the VW store to get it fixed. After 25 minutes or so the lady said the phone was toast and I would need to get a new one and since I paid the insurance on it they would sell me one from the store for $50 instead of making me go through the insurance company...I was a little annoyed since they wouldn't budge on my phone credit that was coming to me in 15-days. So I just requested they cancel my service. The manager who over heard me came over and was like, "if we gave you a replacement phone and waived the $50 fee associated with that would you keep your service with us?" I was like, 'yes' and so I got my replacement phone for free. It isn't pink, but it works and it will last me another year at least (my pink one was really on its last leg).

I might be on the short end of the stick tomorrow, but I sure have enjoyed coming out on top these past few months.