Ugh, guys, I try so hard not to take frustrations out on CS reps on the phone, but I just snapped at one and hung up, because in response to my comment that this FSA has been more difficult to deal with than any other I've ever been a part of, she said "Is there anything else I can help you with?"
Mal: Well, you were right about this being a bad idea. Zoe: Thanks for sayin', sir.
'Serenity'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Mar 14, 2016 5:51:47 am PDT #17414 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Burrell - Mar 14, 2016 5:57:12 am PDT #17415 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
How do they live in between???
I share your confusion there. I worked up to the fall when I started grad school, but then I had at some point taken 3 months off work to travel to China, so there's that. Young people! So free!
Jesse - Mar 14, 2016 6:00:55 am PDT #17416 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Dana, sounds like the call was done anyway? I mean, I pretty much always just say no and hang up at that point, even if everything is going well. I don't need to keep chatting.
I had at some point taken 3 months off work to travel to China
What? That sounds amazing! I would like to hear more.
Dana - Mar 14, 2016 6:04:43 am PDT #17417 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Well, the call was done in the sense that she was totally unhelpful.
-t - Mar 14, 2016 6:05:34 am PDT #17418 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
How do they live in between???
I don't know. Unless they are going to grad school somewhere else and need to move and find a new job there?
I am not into today. I decided to pick up a pie to share with my coworkers (because Pi Day but I did not bake this weekend) so I also picked up breakfast (Nation's Burgers has pie and breakfast as well as burgers) so I was sick-to-my-stomach with hunger by the time I got to work and didn't order exactly what I wanted and didn't pick up butter to go on the pancakes and everything is already cold. And I have to work! Bah.
If we have to do this Daylight Savings bs (and I don't think we do, personally), we should at least wait until after the equinox. Shifting around daylight when it is less than half the day is ridic.
-t - Mar 14, 2016 6:06:36 am PDT #17419 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ugh, Dana. So, hanging up instead of saying "anything else? You didn't help me with this!"
Burrell - Mar 14, 2016 6:07:15 am PDT #17420 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
One of my HS besties was living and teaching in China, where they were paying her in renminbi (the people's currency so it couldn't be traded for US currency). She wanted a travel buddy, and how often would I get a chance to travel around China with someone who could both speak and read the language? So I went. And we came home via the Trans-Siberian railroad which was pretty cool too.
Jesse - Mar 14, 2016 6:08:25 am PDT #17421 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That sounds fantastic.
Burrell - Mar 14, 2016 6:12:48 am PDT #17422 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
It was great, mostly because she was the perfect travel partner for it.
-t - Mar 14, 2016 6:15:48 am PDT #17423 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Wow, how wonderful!