Jumping Jungle - Johnson City NY - Review

Jumping Jungle Review: The worst party ever. They are now located in Johnson City, NY. They were located in Vestal NY. It is the same owner, Brian. I confirmed three times that the Jumping Jungle would not overbook and have parties at the same time as ours. The party before us left 20 minutes late and after I had to ask the parents to leave.

Some creepy guy was walking around while the party was going on, and after seeing him I asked what he was doing. He claimed he was with the next party.

The staff spent more time trying to give private gymnastic lessons or showing off then actually making sure the kids were having fun.

One child had their leg fall through a hole in one of the inflatables.

The staff kept shutting down the bouncy houses. We had to ask multiple times for them to put them back on.

Another party showed up and one of their parents tried to chase our party away, the staff shut down the bouncy houses 20 minutes early.

Half way through the party the owner Brian showed up and I told him the problems which he did nothing about. He did choose to tell me all about his political beliefs and ranted about the government.

On the way out one child said it was horrible, and before we left one child was crying.

They over book, and are under staffed, and their polices and equipment is horrible. I was actually warned to not use them but I gave them a chance.

Please do not make my mistake.

Avoid the Jumping Jungle in Johnson City - that is what all the other reviews say and that is my personal recommendation.

Toys "R" Us - "Horrible" Customer Service?

Every year I surprise my daughter and take her somewhere so she can pick out one birthday gift that she picks. This year we went to Toys ''R'' Usand I was quite surprised by the cashier. We were in line and I gave my daughter the money to pay for the toy in order to help her learn to be more assertive. 

As the woman rang us out she asked about the event and I said, "it's buy your own birthday gift day." I guess I misspoke, but then this woman looked at my daughter and said, "You have a horrible father."

I thought she must trying to be sarcastic, but then she actually repeated herself. The more I think about it, the more upset I get that this person would even talk directly to my child in that manner, or would even think about insulting a customer in that manner.

I cannot have my child un-hear those comments. Seems like someone needs a course in basic customer service.

‪#‎toysrus‬ ‪#‎badcustomerservice‬

Make election day a national holiday.

It is time to start making changes to our political system. One of the easiest we can make is to try and make it easier for people to get involved.

I created this petition in order to help the movement that wants to make election day in the US a National Holiday.

Will you sign and share?

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-election-day-national-holiday/zJ8qD7t1

Gender Neutral - Solution to the problem

If you believe in equality for women or for promoting gay or lesbian rights, or for equal parenting, then one of the simplest solutions in the world is to replace the legal terminology. Instead of talking about violence against women, let's talk about violence against domestic partners. Instead of talking about a father's rights, lets talk about a "parent's rights". Instead of talking about gay rights, let's talk about human rights. Gender neutrality in our legal system, in our social system, and in our media creates a focus on the actual problem and that is the quickest way to solve the individual issues. Write laws for all people equally, not for men, not for women, not for African Americans, not for lesbians, not for Christians, but for all humans equally.

Immigration...

1. If you think illegal immigrants are stealing your jobs, then go to work tomorrow and ask your employer if they would hire someone with no social security card and no state id, then ask yourself why you can be replaced by someone with probably limited education and limited skills.

2. If you think illegal immigrants are sending their kids to your school and you do not want to pay for other's kids, then let us all change the system, so only people with kids pay for the schools, and they pay based on the number of kids they have... I will pay for mine, but why should I also pay for your multiple kids?

3. If you think illegal immigrants are getting great free health care, please go to any hospital and tell them you have no insurance, no id, no social security number, and no cash, and see what kind of service you get.

4. The only people who like illegal immigration are criminals... because illegal immigration is illegal, and those caught do go to jail and do get deported.

If you are for real solutions to real problems based on real facts, then share this....

Abortion...

1. I have never met any man and woman who got together and said "let's have sex and get pregnant so we can have an abortion"... have you?

2. Sex is the most basic, primal, instinct a species can have, and it feels good so people will do it so that our species will continue to exist.

3. States who teach abstinence only have a higher rate of teenage pregnancy.

4. Sometimes doctors may suggest that in order to save the life of the mother the pregnancy needs to be terminated, and that is a decision for a doctor, not a lawyer.

5. If we truly wanted to stop people from having abortions, we would try to stop people from having sex without the intent of getting pregnant. However that is very difficult - isn't it?

In conclusion.. if you truly wanted to stop people from aborting pregnancy then you would want to stop people from having unwanted pregnancies, which means you must stop them from having sex without the desire to procreate, and if you cannot do that, then your only other choice is to educate people on the consequences of their actions and educate them on how to have safe sex and how to prevent unwanted pregnancies...

It seems pretty simple to me, so how about we channel all that energy into preventing the problem (unwanted pregnancy), and start educating people on personal responsibility...

If you believe in real solutions to real problems, based on real facts, then please feel free to share....

10 suggestions to simplify and change the tax code for the USA for all citizens and corporations…

10 suggestions to simplify and change the tax code for the USA for all citizens and corporations…

1. No negative taxes. You might end up with zero in taxes due, but you can’t get free money from the government, so if you use tax credits and are poor and get your liability to zero, good for you.

2. Every person / corporation in the country and every citizen outside of the country above the poverty level must pay a minimum of 1% of income for taxes (they can get credits if applicable to bring their tax bill down to 1%, but no less). I would recommend that the poverty level for one person be set at $15,000 and then adjusted every year up or down based on economic conditions.

3. Income is income, it makes no difference if you shovel gravel to build a road, own the company that is building the road, inherit the company that is building the road, or earn residual income on the selling of the stock in the company that builds the roads. It also makes no difference if you are married or if you are a new citizen. You make money, you use services, it costs money for those services and if you want them around when you need them, then you have to contribute like everyone else. I would also recommend that the federal minimum wage be set at $8.50 per hour.

4. All politicians must agree to work towards a balanced budget, spending no more than what they take, except in cases of national / state emergencies.

5. Social security / retirement will be taxed at 6% and the employer must also pay 6%. The age of retirement shall be deemed by taking the average life expectancy over a certain period of time and then taking 85% of that age. Set the age until 2015 at 67 and then adjust in 2015. Anyone who reaches that age will then be eligible to collect, all years rounded up. Employers and employees will be reimbursed at the end of the tax year for any part of the tax paid up to the 6% that is placed into private retirement accounts; any monies withdrawn from those accounts for any reason prior to retirement age shall be taxed and penalized with the monies going into the social security accounts. All politicians shall be enrolled in the state or federal retirement programs the same as all other workers. One policy for all federal workers, one policy for all state workers.

6. Suggested Federal Tax brackets would be as follows: 0 – 25,000 = 10% ; 25,000 – 50,000 = 16% ; 50,000 – 250,000 = 22% ; 250,000 – 500,000 = 28% ; 500,000 – 750,000 = 34 % ; 750,000 or above = 40%

7. Suggested State Tax brackets would be as follows: 0 – 25,000 = 2% ; 25,000 – 250,000 = 4% ; 250,000 – 500,000 = 6% ; 500,000 – 1,000,000 = 8% ; 1,000,000 or above = 10%

8. Suggested sales tax on all non-food goods: State sales tax 4%; Federal sales tax 1% , based on the location of the point of sale.

9. Medicare / Medicaid / Health insurance : shall be a private, state, or national account, where each individual will be paying themselves, or the employer will purchase from the private, state, or federal program, this will be taken directly from income as a deduction. Everyone needs healthcare and everyone should contribute. Therefore all employed people will be required as a withholding to pay 1% in Federal Medical Care Tax (which will be split 50 / 50 with the state). Anyone over the age of 65 and at the poverty level or anyone under 65 below the poverty level will be available for a new program where they will be provided medical services for free. The new program will combine Medicare and Medicaid and shall be split 50 / 50 between the state and federal government, and will be included as part of both the federal and state health care plan. If tax credits can be provided to offset the costs to individuals then great, the state or federal taxation departments can work that and the other details out. All federal workers including politicians shall be enrolled in the federal health care plan or purchase their own, however they shall not have a separate plan provided by the government. All state workers including politicians shall be enrolled in the state plan or purchase their own.

10. And since these suggestions would be both tax decreases and increases – all politicians must immediately agree to confirm that the “no tax increase” pledge is counter-productive, and that sometimes you need to change the law and the tax codes. As well all politicians should agree that if they are not provided special retirement packages and or special healthcare, they will be much more likely to be able to discuss, debate, and solve the real problems that people face regarding health care and retirement. The people they represent, which is the majority of people in their political districts.

I believe the above suggestions will simplify the tax code, and will eliminate redundancy in current plans and administrative costs across many state and federal government agencies.

If you agree – share this with your local politician.

Change begins when you begin to change things.

Thank you.