Random Rants
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Seasonal? Started already? Ouch. One of the best things about living in Norway is the huge difference it makes to my pollen allergies. April to September in the UK, one week in June and one week in July above the arctic circle.
Yup, and its looking like it's a start of a long Spring season allergies wise.
But damn, having one week of this annually sounds like heaven. The cold tho, I don't know if I'll survive … lol -
If you bank with M&T Bank, and just received a rather large deposit that you weren't expecting, please don't spend it. It wasn't for you. It was a wire transfer meant for the car dealership THAT GAVE ME THE WRONG MOTH##FU##ING G##DA## ACCOUNT NUMBER!! ARE YOU FU##ING SH##ING ME?!
Oh, and great news, it's the weekend, where banks can't be made to do anything of consequence…
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Yea. If you see an order for about 100 pairs of jeans you'll know where it went…
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We had something like that in our garden once. Tent came from the neighbours… -
Update! The receiving bank rejected the wire due to the mismatched account owner name. Now all I have to do is rewire Monday then it's off the to the "Our Dream Cars" thread.
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Yea don't get me started. I even called them to confirm the info, but the person I was speaking with got the same erroneous info from the accounting department, so we were both verifying that two wrong numbers matched. How is this the default way to transfer money in 2021?!
Now, I was always pretty sure that I wouldn't have any problems reversing the transaction in the end, but it's best to have a vast sum of $$ missing in the ether for as little time as possible.
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Last week I posted a few items for sale on GRAILED, most items got accepted (some got refused because I needed to add more pictures) and by Sunday I had a couple people interested.
When I checked my account on Monday (26/04) I found out that it got frozen because of a "conduct violation", I have no idea why or what I did wrong. I contacted grailed support through all possible channels (FB - Instagram - Customer support Email - even called twice but got a voicemail)
No reply from grailed yet, no explanation or anything… Starting to get seriously pissed...
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What we thought there'd be: replicants! space battles! pandemic disease! unlivable climate!
What there turned out to be: nonexistent customer service! automated messages that go nowhere! pandemic disease! unlivable climate!
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We had the pest control guys come out to the house to spray for bugs this week. In the process, the pest guy manages to hit our porch fan and shatter the blade. Replacement blades are not sold by the manufacturer, the only option is to buy a new unit. Comparable replacement outdoor rated fan is $1500 from said company. Pest control company says they're willing to offer us $200 for the replacement.
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How did he manage to do that?
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@Clint_D I'd take the $200 in check form as an admission of guilt, then take them to small claims court for the rest. You know Judge Judy would rule in your favor…
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I noticed some discoloration on the pits of my IHT-1600 and so did a rinse in the sink and then put it out in the sun to dry. I just checked on it only to find that a bird had shit on it. Now more rinsing's needed…
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So my company is being bought by a larger company. Today we had a "information on the buy-out" meeting. Prior to today, all communication was:
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We expect this to happen mid-year sometime
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We will let you know more later
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Until then we are separate companies, it's business as usual
Well this "information meeting" was basically this:
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The buy-out is happening next week
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The other company has different work from home policies
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Starting next Monday, we expect everyone to be back in the office full time
So, they're asking us to unwind 1 year of lifestyle change in three business days. The person delivering this edict did not acknowledge how insane of a request this was, given that this person has no idea of who was coming in when, or what anyone's life situation had become. There are people who come in daily as it is, and there are people who haven't been there in 6 months, for example. To say nothing of the people with school-age kids, for whom the summer break looms.
Of course, this person made sure to remind people coming into the office to make sure and social distance, and reiterated the mask policy, as well as the skin temp sensor to get in the building. You know, all those things necessary to be safe in the place that they don't need to be but for the policy telling them to be there.
Luckily my immediate supervisor, being a reasonable human, just said: "no idea what's driving this, do what you can." But policies of this nature, delivered in a manner that betrays either an ignorance or an indifference to the human costs of enacting them, does not bode well for this buy-out.
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