Mad Men’s final season is back and it is FANTASTIC! Ken Cosgrove has always been an interesting storyline, he gets passed over by stupid whiney Pete for promotions, he goes to Detroit, goes drinking with the client and LITERALLY gets his eye shot out, and then? Then some a-hole at McCann Erickson who hated Ken decides to get him fired because he likes to hold a grudge.

So what does Ken do? Sure he could go write the next great American Novel, and as Pete pointed out, he’d look bad ass on a jacket cover (oh books…). But Ken doesn’t take the high road and live the life less travelled. NO, he goes to work at one of Sterling Cooper & Partners biggest clients and exact his own sweet revenge for the next 6 episodes…

The idea of living the life you’ve always wanted, when your spouse supports you is awesome. Do what you want, be happy. The idea of spending the rest of your days making other people miserable because they made you miserable? That sounds terrible. But it could happen.

Yes, this is the regularly scheduled Golden Rule reminder. Ken Cosgrove and his one good eye could some day be your client, or your boss, or your coworker. Don’t be an a-hole, or be prepared for the consequences.

I’m looking for a new CSA here in Portland. And I think I’ve found it, BUT…

I was going through the checkout process the other day to finally get it setup and start having produce delivered to my house like I did in Seattle with Full Circle Farms. I loved Full Circle, AND when friends wanted to join I got a referral bonus (and so did they), and they were very easy to work with. So, I’m about to enter my credit card for this new CSA when it asks for a DISCOUNT CODE. Score, I want a discount code. But I don’t have one. I’m a new member and 99% sure that one exists for new members. And when I had asked people about CSA’s, I even said, if you have a referral link I’d be happy to use it so you get the bonus. Nada.

So, time to GTS (Google that Sh*t). Again, nada. So I tweet them. Nada. And now my rant about having a twitter account but not tweeting. So now I guess I’ll shoot them an email and ask.

Here’s the deal. If you promote that you have a discount code, by golly I’m going to get the discount. Mama didn’t raise no fool! Deal’s are GREAT, I LOVE a deal.

If your website has a very obvious discount code box at checkout, you better be prepared for it. A lot of retail sites have a bar across the site that says “free shipping on orders over $x with code MAMADIDNTRAISENOFOOL.” So be prepared. If it’s obvious HOW to obtain a code, then I won’t go hunting “oh I have to order 5 to get one free” fine. But I know as soon as I place my order I’ll get an email or tweet that says “New Customers Only!”