David "Formerly Elite" K.'s Profile

I figured I should practice what I preach and since I have started coming back here I figured I would read my first review and see if there was anything I could/should change.

Obviously I had to be really upset to drive 4-6 miles out of my way to get groceries, especially when I could walk to this store.  I started coming back here about 4 months ago and noticed a few things.  The most obvious was that the cashier at the self check-out greeted me.  That never used to happen as no one seemed to care you were there.  Next I noticed that both the bakery and meat department seemed to have more variety with associates working all hours (meaning that even when I went in at 10:30 p.m. both were still full service as they are supposed to be).

When I got in line to check-out I looked up at the wall of manager pictures and realized that the rude Customer Service Manager no longer worked there.  I asked the cashier about it and he literally said "Thank God." I guess I looked surprised and he apologized for his reaction, then added that it was really tough to work when she was the manager in charge because she would cut people's shifts, pull cashiers to do odd jobs even when customers were waiting, and he stopped seeing some of the neighborhood regulars that had been shopping there for years (some old white headed Buckhead Betties, I would assume).

It's hard to believe that one person could change the entire feeling of the store, but for me it was true.  I didn't give more than 3 stars because parking is a little difficult, their produce section is never very organized, and the deli is staffed with some of the rudest people I've met.  Seriously. They hate working there and it's completely obvious to everyone but management,  Hopefully that will change now that a house finally fell on the witch.

"Ding, dong the wicked witch is dead."

I love Yelp!  Seriously.  It's tha jam and I love it so much it visit daily... sometimes several times per day.  I even got several of my friends to try it out, although not all of them became addicted like I did.

There are sometimes that I don't think Yelp loves me.  Don't get me wrong, the parties are always fun and the Elite events always exceed my expectations.  I don't feel appreciated when business listings don't get updated after I send the information.  Grrrr....

See, it's the small things sometimes that keep places from becoming as great as they can (and from getting a 5-star rating).  Yelp is awesome and I can only hope that the clever leadership team will take notes of what its users want and give it to us.

Keep up the good work and thanks for letting me make Yelp my 200th review (pardon me for being a Lauren S. copy-cat).  I appreciate you.

It's not the worst apartment I've ever seen, but it's definitely one of the oldest I've ever called home.

My company put me up in a corporate apartment here and at first glance the buildings look a little run down.  Dirty breezeways and not much landscaping to speak of (I do have a nice pond view, though).  The interior of my unit has new carpet, but that's about all of the nice things that I can say.  The dishwasher doesn't clean the dishes well and there is an amazingly horrid stench coming from my bathroom (it smells like a small animal crawled up inside the wall and died).  It doesn't help that the clothes dryer vents into the bathroom instead of outside.  Oh - I like the fireplace (that's something nice).

For what it is, I suppose it's okay.  It's not quite my taste, but the neighborhood is nice and I'm sure the rent is pretty reasonable.