NYLIBUD Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Yesterday counts,?ok.So I needed to update my fathers phone for him.I go to the Verizon store..To make a long story short,the guy helping us was a snotty little POS.??I wanted to pull him outside and have a talk with him,but he refused to come out side.Talking to my father like a retard(no offense),no way.Hes 85,he doesn’t know any kind of tech.Oh and between dealing with one guy,and then the other moron,it went on for almost three hours.Never going to step in the store again.And If u are on this chat room,,& live on Long Island.Its the Verizon store in the Mayfair shopping center.Enter at your own risk. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoMoCo66 Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 27 minutes ago, NYLIBUD said: Yesterday counts,?ok.So I needed to update my fathers phone for him.I go to the Verizon store..To make a long story short,the guy helping us was a snotty little POS.??I wanted to pull him outside and have a talk with him,but he refused to come out side.Talking to my father like a retard(no offense),no way.Hes 85,he doesn’t know any kind of tech.Oh and between dealing with one guy,and then the other moron,it went on for almost three hours.Never going to step in the store again.And If u are on this chat room,,& live on Long Island.Its the Verizon store in the Mayfair shopping center.Enter at your own risk. Man that sounds awful ?. I have definitely had experiences like that but nothing as bad as that.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 My back is out. Lifted something wrong, or who knows what. Hobble-shuffling around like...an old geezer who hobble-shuffles around. Can't even sit at the keyboard for more than a couple minutes. Sometimes it goes away as quickly as it comes on, sometimes it lasts for days. Not a good time for this... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redscampi Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 2 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said: My back is out. Lifted something wrong, or who knows what. Hobble-shuffling around like...an old geezer who hobble-shuffles around. Can't even sit at the keyboard for more than a couple minutes. Sometimes it goes away as quickly as it comes on, sometimes it lasts for days. Not a good time for this... Man that sucks! Your back is...well, everything. Get better soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Verizon...'nuff said.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 5 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said: My back is out. Lifted something wrong, or who knows what. Hobble-shuffling around like...an old geezer who hobble-shuffles around. Can't even sit at the keyboard for more than a couple minutes. Sometimes it goes away as quickly as it comes on, sometimes it lasts for days. Not a good time for this... Hope your back issues will go away quickly. Being in pain really ruins your day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 3 hours ago, Mark said: Verizon...'nuff said.... I'm with you, Mark. They irked me today, they irked me yesterday, and NO doubt they'll irk me tomorrow! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Went in to work at 8am. Had a Conference with The Boss & His Wife (she handles all personnel and payroll issues) at 9am Was laid off and out the door by 10am. This place has been one of the worst places I have ever worked for, but I did not expect this.... I'll not miss it, but looking for work in 106 deg, heat is no fun. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 Was scheduled to have a followup visit for my hernia surgery. I had been told it was the same place as my other doctors offices are. I get the appt confirmation call and it turns out it's in the clinic . I canceled the appt and will schedule when the surgeon is in the other facility. No way am I going to sit in a cramped waiting area and take the risk of catching something when I'm just visiting getting back on my feet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A modeler named mike Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 (edited) Once again the post office that usually screws up did again. They rerouted my package in the wrong direction, from that last post office location it should be routed to my hometowns post office. Lower the standards for employees and this is the service we have to put up with.. ?.. it'll come but not when promised and more chances to be damaged. Edited June 29 by A modeler named mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 So last evening I'm shutting the blinds I notice something moving around at the base of the bird feeder in the back yard. At dusk sometimes it is hard to see all the details of a small animal and it takes me a minute to realize it is a Racoon about the size of a small dog. This explains the destroyed bird feeders of late. I stepped out the back door and the Racoon sort of freezes in place. I start down the stairs on to the patio and he takes off running for the culvert at the edge of our yard and the golf course cart path. He jumped into the culvert and then turns around and stares at me thru the bars of rebar that are supposed to keep larger thing from going down the drain. I sewer he was sticking his tung out at me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 2 hours ago, A modeler named mike said: Once again the post office that usually screws up did again. They rerouted my package in the wrong direction, from that last post office location it should be routed to my hometowns post office. Lower the standards for employees and this is the service we have to put up with.. ?.. it'll come but not when promised and more chances to be damaged. My eBay mailings have taken forever lately. Since I sell flat paper items, I ship in a standard business envelope with first class postage so I don’t see the tracking. Seems it’s been taking up to a month coast to coast. I had on going to Texas and after a week the buyer was asking me where it was. The next week he agreed to keep waiting. Week 3 it landed back here for postage due! It went all the way there and back. So I weighed it and I had the correct postage on it. But what ya gonna do. I put it in a clean envelope and sent it again. This time the buyer got it in a week. I’ve had several returns for invalid address. Buyers confirmed address was right, got there the second time. What I surmise is that the scanner / reader kicked it out and they no longer have folks to look at it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 41 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said: ...they no longer have folks to look at it. From the way things are mis-delivered by my local PO, I'd have to surmise some of the drivers don't read English or understand numbers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 17 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said: From the way things are mis-delivered by my local PO, I'd have to surmise some of the drivers don't read English or understand numbers. The driver doesn’t even need to look at it! Zip plus four is your address. The AI equipment sorts the route down to the house. The mailmen used to have to sort the mail, but no more! When you get your neighbor’s mail instead of yours, it probably means one house didn’t get any mail that day and the route is one number off. Back when we did the mailing for NNL East 2023, we got a ton back marked insufficient address. When I checked, the addresses were correct but I noticed the label was put on high on the card, like right below the stamp. My post office agreed that the reader only looks at the bottom inch or so of an envelope or card and rejects if it doesn’t detect a zip code. With my eBay mailings, I hand address the envelopes so I figure the machine couldn’t read my handwriting and rejected the piece as “no such address”. There used to be a job called Nixie Clerk. That was the person who got all the undeliverable mail to deal with manually. They would straighten out all this stuff. The post office declared the machine as infallible and eliminated the position. And we all know how that’s working out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 6 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said: ,,,There used to be a job called Nixie Clerk. That was the person who got all the undeliverable mail to deal with manually. They would straighten out all this stuff. The post office declared the machine as infallible and eliminated the position. And we all know how that’s working out. Lotta that kinda stuff in the world today, and it's just going to get worse with more reliance on AI...at least until AI decides it's smart enough to figure things out for itself, and that "getting it right the first time" should be a priority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 People who beg you to do a job for 'em, you're really too busy but relent because they "NEEEEEEEEED it so badly wah wah wah", then when you're well into it decide they're going to "finish it themselves" but call you every 15 minutes for free advice. I really should know better by now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brudda Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 My dog. Tried to chew my 1/8 Ferrari 250 GTO seat. I can fix it. I hope. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 1 hour ago, Brudda said: My dog. Tried to chew my 1/8 Ferrari 250 GTO seat. I can fix it. I hope. That looks rough, Bruce.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 There are other ways the PO messes up in sorting mail. For some reason, two or three times a year I get the mail intended for someone on the next street over, but with the same house number. On those days I end up wondering where MY mail went, because the next street over in the other direction is a main drag, with different numbering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brudda Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 3 hours ago, slusher said: That looks rough, Bruce.. Hello Carl, yes it’s bad. Yes the dog is still alive. I cannot get mad at her. She’s just doing her dog thing, here is the culprit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnslow Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 (edited) got up yesterday morning to a stopped up kitchen sink , did the usual and snaked out the line to the trunk , no bueno . Called our plumber and his truck is in the shop , trans issues , now waiting to hear from him to when he can come out . ☹️ Still using the sink , large container catching the water , but just inconvenient . Edited July 2 by oldnslow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webestang Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 OY!!!!! Two weeks before the move into my new house and both my Mustang's are dead. My 88 convertible won't start (electrical problem) and the transmission is not shifting right in the 99 coupe. Sending the 99 to the trans shop to see what's up. Hope it's just a torque converter and does not need a total rebuild. Lucky I have a friend with a van I can use. Just could not wait till I was at the house.............OY!!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 2 minutes ago, webestang said: OY!!!!! Two weeks before the move into my new house and both my Mustang's are dead. My 88 convertible won't start (electrical problem) and the transmission is not shifting right in the 99 coupe. Sending the 99 to the trans shop to see what's up. Hope it's just a torque converter and does not need a total rebuild. Lucky I have a friend with a van I can use. Just could not wait till I was at the house.............OY!!!!!! Ouch! Tell them Mustangs to Shape up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 (edited) Software incompatibility issues between old hardware (2006 camera) and old software (Nikon photo-editing suite running under Win7) where unasked-for "updates" sneaked in without my knowledge, apparently during the few minutes the old computer was online with the firewall disabled. Took all morning to manually delete the "updates" so I could get on with my billing. Man, I sure wish all the IT dweebils would leave stuff alone THAT WORKS JUST FINE. Again, undoing some numbnutz ideas of what's "better" so I can get on with my own work. Edited July 2 by Ace-Garageguy TYPO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brudda Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 15 hours ago, slusher said: That looks rough, Bruce.. Hello Carl. The seat might have a chance. Need to keep filling , sanding and priming. And with a prayer it will be good. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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