IN ONE OF THE STRANGEST TURN OF EVENTS.....
Collins Street Bakery (both of them in Corsicana, Texas), one of Cities local wineries, local shopping also in Corsicana Texas, etc is OUT......
all due to
one person -
A person who’s (evidently) in charge of the Collin Street Bakery Fruitcake production lines tours....
who is also evidently IMO out on a one person ego power trip.
WHY YOU ASK?
Well... it all started about 3 weeks ago when I went on line and inquired through their web sight if they do tours....
NO REPLY -
2) I emailed again, about 4 days later...
NO REPLY
3) about 2 weeks ago, I called their I-45 location.....
GOT HUNG UP ON......
4) I called back, asked kindly if they do tours.....
I GOT BLINDLY TRANSFERED TO SOME GUYS VOICE MAIL.....
5) I called back.... they said you are talking to the wrong location.. call the downtown location....
6) So.. ok.. being the Trooper that I am I called the downtown location......
was told to email this Guys email and was given his email....
7) I emailed him....
7a)
as well as another email address I was also given -
NO REPLY
8) about a week ago, just on a whim, I called the downtown location for the COLLINS STREET BAKERY (Corsicana, Texas) and after being blindly transfered,
8a)
I was fortunate enough to actually speak with this Guy...
9) again, I kindly repeated my pitch to him asking him kindly if his company does tours of their Fruitcake facility as well as their production line. He said YES!
YEAH!!!! FINALLY! Or is it??
THREE DAYS LATER, STILL NO REPLY ---
SO....
10) I went on Facebook and onto their website and literally repeated the above .......
WITHIN THE HOUR I GOT A REPLY
(gee wonder why)
from that guy!
He was all filled with
BUT........
then 90 minutes later, he writes back (this was about now two days ago) and says,
".....:WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR TOUR HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR COMPANIES EMPLOYEES AND OUR PRODUCTION LINE.... blah blah blah....."
mental note:
.... hmmmmm - I'm just going to let my below listed travel blogs and the numerous tours I have taken these past ten years speak for themselves as I feel and believe quite confident that I know how to conduct myself on a tour.
Per se,
from speaking with Secret Service Agents at the White House to conversing with Robert Iger and Tony Baxter (of the Disney Corporation), conversing with Lords while on over in London as I am taking a tour of their estate, speaking with Reps of the Military Tattoo on over in Scotland, etc -,.... um, yes..... I kinda know how to conduct myself while on a tour and or speaking with the Hosts of said tours.
DUH -
and the zaniest part about all of this??
IS
I HAVE NEVER TRIED FRUITCAKE BEFORE AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A FUN WAY TO SEE A DIFFERENT PART OF ALL THINGS TEXAS AND CELEBRATE MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT THE SAME TIME... but....
this one DUDE took all the fun out of this -
But
from our the the ashes of this rather weird encounter and downright in my opinion uncalled for attitude (and furthermore IMO lack of understanding basic Customer Service skills) from Collin Street Bakery <Corsicana Texas> ..... AKA 'THE FRUITCAKE CAPITAL THE THE WORLD" ......comes some good news for where I am just gonna b in late April -
Reasons to celebrate?
A celebration of paying off this DCL cruise, being 90 days away from paying off my car note 30 months early , getting a lot of the additional add ons booked for this October advenure and hey..... learning more about our State of Texas in the process -
SO....
just where I am off to??
Get in line......say around 10am
for an 11am lunch -
what is the name of this place??
and where am I off to the next day??
STAY TUNED -
T.T.F.N.
&
CHEERS Y'ALL