"going into the weekend" RANT

so ....
here i am on a friday afternoon, am listening in
on a call from sis to a bank - she closed an account
five months ago ... she gets a statement in the mail
says she owes $17+ in monthly fees for an account
which has carried a balance of 15 cents since she
supposedly closed it ... she did not deposit the 15 cents
at any time and the bank does not know where it came
from ... but the first customer service rep said
1) nothing he can do about it 2) sis will have to go to
bank in person to sort it out ...
so she asked for his supervisor ....
anybody wanna venture a guess as to how long sis
was on hold, waiting? SOP, more than 20 minutes ...
finally, a supervisor came on, looked at the inactive
account, and said she would take care of it - except for
the fact that the lady 5 months ago said it was taken
care of also, this is a successful conclusion for sis ...
but how many ppl would get angry and hang up? how
many would hang up after waiting 20 minutes? how
many would say screw it, here is the $17 now close the
damn account?
now the story above is no big deal ... but it IS symptomatic
of corporate greed vs. the little guy and when you think
about the same principle magnified by 100 at the
upper echelons ... it is staggering, really
***
i think this weekend i will take a respite from news,
alternative and all others ... i am so tired of trying
to understand the manipulations of this world, what
good will it do if i ever do understand? i think perhaps
playing with papier mache and reading and being outside
in the sun is in order for the next couple of days ....
***
sigh

I think that is a very good idea hippie. BTW when I get real angry about something similar in the corporate world if I get hung up on I just call back. I refuse to let someone like the corporations kick me around anymore. I know what its like to be kicked around so anything they do over the phone is not going to worry me.

WineHippie wrote:

so ....
here i am on a friday afternoon, am listening in
on a call from sis to a bank - she closed an account
five months ago ... she gets a statement in the mail
says she owes $17+ in monthly fees for an account
which has carried a balance of 15 cents since she
supposedly closed it ... she did not deposit the 15 cents
at any time and the bank does not know where it came
from ... but the first customer service rep said
1) nothing he can do about it 2) sis will have to go to
bank in person to sort it out ...
so she asked for his supervisor ....
anybody wanna venture a guess as to how long sis
was on hold, waiting? SOP, more than 20 minutes ...
finally, a supervisor came on, looked at the inactive
account, and said she would take care of it - except for
the fact that the lady 5 months ago said it was taken
care of also, this is a successful conclusion for sis ...
but how many ppl would get angry and hang up? how
many would hang up after waiting 20 minutes? how
many would say screw it, here is the $17 now close the
damn account?
now the story above is no big deal ... but it IS symptomatic
of corporate greed vs. the little guy and when you think
about the same principle magnified by 100 at the
upper echelons ... it is staggering, really
***
i think this weekend i will take a respite from news,
alternative and all others ... i am so tired of trying
to understand the manipulations of this world, what
good will it do if i ever do understand? i think perhaps
playing with papier mache and reading and being outside
in the sun is in order for the next couple of days ....
***
sigh

did you mention the

Here's my rant

i love Seattle ~ but

i haven't seen it in weeks
only nuclear

The Sky Needle is somewhere behind that cloud!

I dont like the sun myself Gio, I know I am weird. I like thunder, lightning, lots of rain and wind, darkness and clouds. Now because I come from oz I dont think we get that much, so I would love to live in Seattle where I heard there is always lots of rain.

Only one thing wrong with that scenario, I am not a US citizen, so I would have to leave again.

gio

please explain your picture..it changes each time i look at it..and liast night i was seeing some things
that rattled my cage a bit

now that sky pointed it out, i see the photo has changed, too -
is it some sort of live cam result?

Hippie, that's a disgraceful way for a bank to behave. After a couple of minutes hanging on, I'd have hung up and written them a letter stating that you're refusing to pay the $17 and if they wanted to contact me and talk about it, here's my number. When they call you back, YOU keep them waiting 30 minutes instead. Still don't pay the $17 dollars as this is a bank error and you have already informed them previously. Their loss, not yours.

saturday morning udate:
rise before sun, put on warm things / check
open all curtains / check
let dogs out / check
make coffee / check
let dogs in / check
enjoy the pink of the sunrise / check
smoke doob with sis / check
boot up computer / check
go out with dogs for poop time / check
note beginnings of "clouds" & few chemtrails / check
bring dogs in, return to comp / check
find something to elevate mood, emotions .... CHECK:




along with my comment on vid page:

Quote :

just love-ly, thank you ... in the 80's, when my two sisters and i "took over" an art building at a local college for a few semesters, i kept my walkman in my pocket and andreas in my ears .... the perfect meditation, creation music .... and the art we created at the time was inspired ... really affects mood nicely, doesn't it?

WineHippie wrote:

now that sky pointed it out, i see the photo has changed, too -
is it some sort of live cam result?

Ya.....

Quote :

saturday morning udate:
rise before sun, put on warm things / check
open all curtains / check
let dogs out / check
make coffee / check
let dogs in / check
enjoy the pink of the sunrise / check
smoke doob with sis / check
boot up computer / check
go out with dogs for poop time / check
note beginnings of "clouds" & few chemtrails / check
bring dogs in, return to comp / check
find something to elevate mood, emotions .... CHECK:

Seems like a pretty busy day so far!!

sky otter wrote:

gio

please explain your picture..it changes each time i look at it..and liast night i was seeing some things
that rattled my cage a bit

You like that

its a weather webcam from atop of the Capital Hill area of Seattle over looking Puget Sound www.wunderground.com
its an excellent weather site

here's Mt Adams ~ Trout Lake Washington

The $17. seventeen bucks was only for 2 months, the fees would have been more like $45. fourty five bucks up to that point, and that's only because I happened to open the stupid statement which I thought was just another ad from a bank that had my address because I USED to be a client. If I just ignored it, it would have gotten bigger and BIGGER and no, I wouldn't be able to just tell them to BITE ME because they have bank type connections and they may be able to take money from me out of my other account.

I have had them just TAKE my money from me before and at the worst possible moment. You read that right, they wiped out the little bank account which was the only money 2 old ladies had to live on. That was a long time ago but it was a valuable lesson none the less.
Sis

Soulsister...we should all keep notes on those calls and write a book..
hey ..don't be such a stranger...come back more often and do your sisterly duty and tell stories about your sister.
( hippie}


Thanks Gio..the city cam was cool..i saw something/someone on the roof the first time i looked and he/it wasn't there the second time and
i was going YIKES..then in the morning i saw it was daylight and sorta kinda figured it out...but i surely appreciate your coming back and saying for sure

ty, nb - it amuses me to think we are "riling" them .....

Soooo Northern Boy!!!


DILLIGAF


I would have to say, No not really!!!!!

What does dilligaf mean guys. I have been meaning to ask.

Biggles wrote:

What does dilligaf mean guys. I have been meaning to ask.

Does it look like I give a fuck

Reunite wrote:

Biggles wrote:

What does dilligaf mean guys. I have been meaning to ask.

Does it look like I give a fuck

Oooh, for a moment there I thought you waz being rude kermie bear, then the penny finally dropped, what ya gonna do.

Northern Boy, your naughty you are.

Biggles wrote:

Northern Boy, your naughty you are.

ya, but .... he don't care!