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Lots of folks bash Albuquerque because of its crime scene. This post comes from the opposite end of the spectrum.
Two weeks ago, I bought an Apple iPhone 4. Yesterday, at Smith's in Rio Rancho, I was in the self check-out lane, getting ready to pay. I pulled my iPhone out of my pocket, set it aside, counted my coins, and combined them with some paper money to pay for the groceries.
A half hour after leaving the store, I got home and discovered that my iPhone was missing. It took me another half hour to return to Smith's where I asked the assistant manager whether anyone had turned a cellphone. He opened up the lost and found drawer and pulled out an iPad 4. "Is this yours?" he asked. It was. He said that a customer notified the checker that there was an iPhone left near the check-out stand. The checker told the assistant mgr., and it was placed safely in the lost and found drawer. I asked the assistant manager to accept a monetary reward, which he refused to do. I became more forceful, and he acquiesced, splitting the reward with the checker.
This incident reinforces my feelings toward the people of New Mexico. In the state where I lived before moving here, my chances of retrieving the iphone would have been nil.
Thanks for the commentary nmguy. We have been shopping at that Smith's for about 12 years and have enjoyed the service and friendly staff... We have also use the Albertson's (Next to Target) a few blocks north also for about 12 years. My wife has had good service with Albertson's prescriptions...
No place is perfect but New Mexico has been very enjoyable and for us...
It's nice to know that there are honest people out there. We had a similar experience with an iPod Touch a couple of summers ago. My daughter left on the balloon fiesta field after the 4th of July fireworks show. We didn't realize it was missing until we got to our car. We went back to the field to look, but it was like looking for a needle in a haystack in the dark. Some city workers helped us by looking with flashlights and driving a golf cart around (with the headlights on) in the area where we thought we were sitting. We gave up and went home.
A couple of days later I got a phone call from a woman who found the iPod. She saw "mom" in the list of phone numbers, so she called me. We met up with her at an Isotopes game and got the phone back. Really nice lady who went out of her way to borrow a charger from someone to charge the iPod so she could try and figure out who it belonged to.
I also read a story about a woman from out of town who lost her diamond ring at the balloon fiesta this year. City workers again helped her look for it. Then someone came with a metal detector and they found her ring!
In our two months here, I have found the people in Albuquerque to be very friendly and helpful. Each day I'm pleasantly surprised. Oh, except for at the MVD--that was a nightmare!
In our two months here, I have found the people in Albuquerque to be very friendly and helpful. Each day I'm pleasantly surprised. Oh, except for at the MVD--that was a nightmare!
In our two months here, I have found the people in Albuquerque to be very friendly and helpful. Each day I'm pleasantly surprised. Oh, except for at the MVD--that was a nightmare!
I'd much rather pay the extra $20 and go to an express place than deal with the city-run MVD field offices. It is horrible. I've often wondered why they have so many customer windows when usually only two of the 12 windows are ever open.
On average, when isn't a trip to the local MVD/DMV/BMV a nightmare?
Well, if you renew your drivers license for 8 years, and order your vehicle registrations by mail you might reduce you trips... I think I have been to an MVD twice in the last 10 years. I have had much worse nighmares in that period...
Rich
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