Rita’s – Good Job! Subway – Not so good! Library – Great!

Our three children were in a summer reading program through our public library. This year, they got all kinds of “goodies” for completing the program. One was a free Rita’s Italian Ice. After clipping a coupon from the local paper (seperate story – we don’t get a paper, but the other Sunday they sent us a promotional copy) that had a buy one get one free, we went to Rita’s and the whole family of five got Italian Ice for $4.00. Good job Rita’s!

The children also got gift cards for Subway – $5.00 each. So we went to subway last Friday for supper. We went to pay, the cahier said that each child had to check out seperately, their computer system only allowed one gift card per order. What? So instead of getting $15 off the entire order, it was each child having to ring through seperately which left a whole 75 cents on each card that my wife and I couldn’t use on our order. Not so good. Maybe we will go back with the kids and let them get a cookie (which is about 75 cents). Subway needs to change that unfriendly customer policy.

With all of that said, if you have school age children, I would encourage you to check out your local library summer reading program – it was good for our children and it saved us a few pennies. A win win situation!