The Pet Peeve

[Gungawoman]

(02-03-2012 02:37 PM)Nawlins Wrote:  Ok, not sure if you folks remember, but back in July I'd posted where my friend was going to take us on his boat to the lake/lagoon that The Gorge (last show/last tour) was on so we could at least hear some Canadian Folk Trio music as we were tight on cash, and at the last minute he cancelled because his buddy at the local rock station scored him VIP backstage meet/greet passes, and he took his girlfriend instead of me?...'Member?!
Well now, the local rock station was having a contest for a trip to Vegas at The Hard Rock to do a meet n' greet with Motley Crue, get an autographed guitar, their entire music library and get to ride with Tommy Lee on his 360 degree kit while he's doing his solo during the show. Sounds fun, huh?! Well guess who "somehow" won the contest and just had to call me up and tell me, knowing good and well I'm a drummer, that he had "won" and is taking his girlfriend?! Some guys have all the luck! Damnit!:dodgy:By the way, if you look real close at my avatar, he's the big goofy lug hovering around behind me!

He "somehow" won, eh? Color me suspicious....

[Mufasa]

Weather... ruining my play time.... AGAIN!!!

[Scythe Matters]

Hmmmm.....

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(02-03-2012 03:10 PM)Mufasa Wrote:  Weather... ruining my play time.... AGAIN!!!

Bloody weather!

[Bageleth]

Pet Peeves.......

-an adulterous step-parent that no longer wants us using his last name as our own, and in order to put the pressure on us to change it, thinking that my husband is causing a scandal, went to the newspaper in order to tell the whole county that husby was using the name "illegally" and "disgracing the family name" with his views. And the paper actually printed the story of this family issue...........on the top of the front page. I have names in my mind that I'd like to use to describe this person, but.......I won't. The upside, is that fewer people will be asking how to pronounce my last name.

-Watching my husby try to run for office and hearing, "we support you!" ...............and that's it. We're pretty much doing most of the grunt work. And on top of that, my husband has to find another job if elected to the office he's seeking. Not easy to do right now.

Anyway, just venting a little.

Why can't 67 year old adults act like adults?

[nettiesaur]

(02-03-2012 11:14 PM)Bageleth Wrote:  Pet Peeves.......

-an adulterous step-parent that no longer wants us using his last name as our own, and in order to put the pressure on us to change it, thinking that my husband is causing a scandal, went to the newspaper in order to tell the whole county that husby was using the name "illegally" and "disgracing the family name" with his views. And the paper actually printed the story of this family issue...........on the top of the front page. I have names in my mind that I'd like to use to describe this person, but.......I won't. The upside, is that fewer people will be asking how to pronounce my last name.

-Watching my husby try to run for office and hearing, "we support you!" ...............and that's it. We're pretty much doing most of the grunt work. And on top of that, my husband has to find another job if elected to the office he's seeking. Not easy to do right now.

Anyway, just venting a little.

Why can't 67 year old adults act like adults?

I thought he was done with this! I didn't realize his little battle was still going on. How terrible!

[Scythe Matters]

Some people age but never mature

[Boomer]

Those that just age we call vinegar!

[Bageleth]

Well, that's probably what makes him so mean!

This issue will never be over with him, until he either passes or has dementia. We think that the real reason is that our last name still connects him to us and his wife, and he wants to walk around town with his mistress guilt free. He doesn't give up a grudge or a vendetta against someone, unless he really needs that person for something.

If anything, I think that the article kind of makes him look like the family nut!

[Mufasa]

"Sic Michael on 'em"?

Scenario #1

About a year ago, I had Cox cable remove all of their equipment from my home, and signed up with AT&T for TV and high speed internet. We already had AT&T for cell service and had no issues. Cox kept switching their "bundles" around and removing bits and pieces of their service (channels) here and there.
I had enough.
AT&T had a very good deal that prompted me to switch, far better TV signal quality than Cox, and lots of free stuff for eighteen months. Well, last month they decided to juggle their service a bit, and I lost loads of good channels.
I lost it.
After sitting in their call que for nineteen minutes, ("We are experiencing higher than normal call volume at this time"... Ya think? maybe because you just torqued a million or so subscribers?), I proceeded to batter the unsuspecting representative with a list or reasons that they were now going to remove all of their crap from my home; recounting how I had responded to Cox cable and their manipulative billing monkeys.
I was offered "reward cards" to the tune of $100.
"Forget it" I responded, explaining that the last reward cards took nearly six months to process completely because they will not give you one card... nooooo -
they split it into three payments of $50 each... which the customer has to repeatedly remind them to send!

"Tell you what" I said, "I'll give you a list of say... thirty channels that even remotely interest me. You can keep 99% of the sports channel, all of the Hispanic channels, all of the government channels (really?) and every other absurd, off the wall, "special interest" hi-channels that no one on the planet even knows is there... and I will pay you $50 per month. Waddayasay?"
Silence.
"Uhh, I don't think that is an option Mr. Daniel."
"So you understand how I feel now?" I ask.
"Yes sir - I see your point. Can I place you on hold for about one minute?"
"Knock yerself out."

The minute passes as I ready my venum-laced response to what is sure to be a generic, pacifying, corporate answer.
* click *
"Mr. Daniel, thanks for holding. I just want to say that understand your points, and also your frustration" (wait for it...) "so here's what I want to offer you...."
By the time he had tossed the spiel to me, it was obvious that he had either been stunned by either rage or brutal logic, or perhaps a bit of both.
Either way, I got my channels back, and my bill remains what it is for a year, guarenteed. Here's the kicker -
About an hour later, I get an email from AT&T Customer Rewards Center. Seems that I have been given two rewards cards totalling $100.
Learn to bitch correctly; it has rewards.

Scenario # 2

A local cleaner ruined a dress belonging to my step-daughter, Emma. She came home from a confrontation with the slack-jawed, multi-pierced
genius at the desk, who has just told her that they are not responsible for damages done to items. He also tried to make her pay them for turning the white areas of her dress to a dingy gray. Emma is sobbing to Dawn, and Dawn tells her to "Sic Michael on them."
I took offense to that - not really sure why, but I was there about four minutes later.

Yup - he had large items hanging in each earlobe. "Life choices" I think to myself.
I introduced myself, explained why I was there, and asked if he was authorized to write checks from the company account. He said no.
"Is your manager here?" I ask the Boy George wannabe.
"No - he's not."
"Then call him right now."
He calls.
"Mark" answers, and after explaining that there is no sign anywhere in his establishment stating that they are not responsible for ruined articles, I then
explain that Emma placed her trust in your company to perform one action: Clean her dress.
"Maybe she should have stipulated that you should'nt ruin it, huh?" I say.
"Mr. Daniel, I understand that you're upset" (wait for it) "but our policy is very clear..."
I stop him in mid-sentence.
"Yeah? Where would that sign be Mark? Tell Geroge here to point out that policy to me. It should be where customers can actually read it! Right?"
Silence.
I continue while he is befuddled.

"Here's the deal Mark - you and I both know that the right thing to do here is to write my daughter a check and be done with it. Barring that happening, what happens next is far more dramatic, because I have several vacation days that I have to use before the end of March. I hope you don't think that I won't drag you and whatever other partner that you are tied to into court on a civil suit. The costs go up if we come to that - I'm sure you know this though."
I wait.
"Let me call bla bla bla, etc etc etc and see what I can do."
"You bet", I tell him. I also tell him that he has until today to give me an answer, and give him my phone number.

A while ago, I get the call. Not only has he spoken with the regional manager of the store that Emma purchased the dress from, but has had them agree to cover the replacement cost of the dress for Emma. He also had one of their drivers deliver the dress to the store and fill out paperwork stating that they were the party that cleaned the dress.
I tell him he is a good man, and hope we do not have to go through this again. (not likely)
Emma loves me... for now. Dawn tells Emma, "Told ya", and thanks me.

Never be afraid to raise hell if the situation warrants it.

[Boomer]

You have style, class, , tact, and a very large amount of whoop-a$$. Im not quite that....subtle.

I would probably start with a pair of needle nose pliers on those fishing lures he had attached to his ears, and then things would get ugly rapidly! Hey - at least Dawn knows what to do!!!!