The Vent - Part 2

[Marilyn. 340]

I don't think I have ever been to Arby's..

LA has so much good food... I keep telling the hubby that we need to move out to the country where there isn't so much temptation

[SapphireDreams 71]

I'm not even kdding I think everyone I know in Canada and the US is getting those car warranty calls. Even numbers on the Do Not Call list.

I got another one the other day that was different and now I can't remember what it was for. Those buggers!!

[Kathryn41 3,205]

My husband got the car warranty call on his cell phone and reamed the guy out for calling a "Do Not Call" number. We were at a garage sale when the call came in and everyone who was there overheard his response and started to cheer him when he finished the call, hehehehe. We reported the number to the Do Not Call Registry when we got home.

[Krikit 1,163]

*sigh*

I can't seem to stop moping today. This place doesn't feel like home but there's no place for me in Bermuda anymore and there's certainly no place for me back in Ontario. I feel completely ungrounded.

And of course, all of this is making me really miss my mom. I wish I could talk to her right now.

~ Catherine

(((((((((((BermyCat)))))))))))) (F)

[Carlawarla 1]

St. Louis has some awesome Mexican food restaurants! Lots of ethnic diversity here in fact. There was never a good Mexican restaurant back home, so I always enjoy eating it here.

[sara..... 371]

i signed up the three numbers a little while ago but have not received the email from them that i have to respond too lol maybe they have a lot of people signing up so it will take a while lol

sara

Be sure to check your spam/junk folder When I signed up the other day I got my email immediately.

i got three emails one for each number that we have i hope it stops them lol

sara

[thetreble 19]

you know like the ones parking people give you and like WTH? I was allowed to park there and everything..

You mean me?

so I start my car and proceed to pull out of my spot when I notice the car driving weird... so I stop and get out and walk around the car and notice that my front tire on the passenger side is completely flat... and then I also noticed there was chalk written on the back tire... 04/03/09 - 72 hours and 18:35... I guess they probably would have towed my car if I hadn't moved it today..

so being the helpless female that I am .. I go inside and wake up hubby to come and change the tire... he pulls it off and we see a screw in the tire, kind of on the side of the tire... personally I think it was deliberate, just because of where the screw was and it does look like it was screwed in... luckily hubby had a full size spare in his car so he put that on and I was on my way to work.. when I noticed a few specs of something dried on my window, it looked like egg.. gggrr, some kids on fun with my car I guess I had not driven my car since last Thursday....

That sucks, Mar. I had a kid throw a really hard snow ball at my car a few months back. Not only did he give me quite a fright which could have caused an accident, he actually dented the driver's side panel of my car a teeny, weeny bit. The best part? It was right across the street from the police and fire station in my town.

[Krikit 1,163]

so I start my car and proceed to pull out of my spot when I notice the car driving weird... so I stop and get out and walk around the car and notice that my front tire on the passenger side is completely flat... and then I also noticed there was chalk written on the back tire... 04/03/09 - 72 hours and 18:35... I guess they probably would have towed my car if I hadn't moved it today..

so being the helpless female that I am .. I go inside and wake up hubby to come and change the tire... he pulls it off and we see a screw in the tire, kind of on the side of the tire... personally I think it was deliberate, just because of where the screw was and it does look like it was screwed in... luckily hubby had a full size spare in his car so he put that on and I was on my way to work.. when I noticed a few specs of something dried on my window, it looked like egg.. gggrr, some kids on fun with my car I guess I had not driven my car since last Thursday....

Oh wow. I missed this, Marilyn. That's terrible!

[Emancipation 2]

UGH.. last night hubby & I went to the post office to mail the kids easter box. We got there at 5:25 and were in the lobby trying to get the box together (hubby still hadn't written out his cards)... well our main Post office just changed hours and stared closing at 5:30 instead of 6pm and while I was STANDING there struggling with the box, they closed the doors to the post office..

I'm like it couldn't have been MORE obvious that I was going to mail the package BAH! They could have had a last call or something.. so much for customer service*sigh.. Hubby laughed at me and said.. that's the problem.. you expect gov. workers to actually GIVE customer service.. Frustrating though.. and we would have used the automatic postage machine in the lobby, except we forgot to bring packing tape.. and of course we couldn't BUY any cause the office was closed

[JillA 2]

My car is cursed. It's a 2005 Mazda 3, and 2 weeks after I got it, a rock smashed into the windshield requiring me to get a new one. 3 months later, it's winter and I'm driving to Montreal on the 401. A giant block of ice flew off the roof of a truck and hit my windshield, it cracked it so hard I swerved and nearly had an accident. Had to replace it in Kingston as it was too damaged to drive safely. A year later another rock, crack, new windshield. I swear my insurance company got suspicious. I finally replaced it right before I moved, I'm now on my 4th windsheild and *knock on wood* so far so good....

[trailmix 77]

UGH.. last night hubby & I went to the post office to mail the kids easter box. We got there at 5:25 and were in the lobby trying to get the box together (hubby still hadn't written out his cards)... well our main Post office just changed hours and stared closing at 5:30 instead of 6pm and while I was STANDING there struggling with the box, they closed the doors to the post office..

I'm like it couldn't have been MORE obvious that I was going to mail the package BAH! They could have had a last call or something.. so much for customer service*sigh.. Hubby laughed at me and said.. that's the problem.. you expect gov. workers to actually GIVE customer service.. Frustrating though.. and we would have used the automatic postage machine in the lobby, except we forgot to bring packing tape.. and of course we couldn't BUY any cause the office was closed

I would just like to add that it isn't only gov workers who provide zero customer service

[thetreble 19]

you expect gov. workers to actually GIVE customer service..

Hey now...I'm a government worker and a small part of my job is customer service. You tell your hubby that not all of us are lazy and mean. We get that ALL the time here in NJ. The stereotype government worker here supposedly is overpaid, doesn't work and is rude.

I'm definitely the exact opposite of all those three at my job! haha

[TheATeam 0]

DPX, I've been to Julio's and I too thought it was good Mexican until I moved down here! There's an awesome Mexican restaurant here! YUM! The thing I miss most is my Dim Sum restaurant in Edmonton. SO yummy! The good news is that the Dim Sum in Sacramento is awesome and we can get it when we visit my husband's grandparents.

[Krikit 1,163]

UGH.. last night hubby & I went to the post office to mail the kids easter box. We got there at 5:25 and were in the lobby trying to get the box together (hubby still hadn't written out his cards)... well our main Post office just changed hours and stared closing at 5:30 instead of 6pm and while I was STANDING there struggling with the box, they closed the doors to the post office..

How rude!

My car is cursed. It's a 2005 Mazda 3, and 2 weeks after I got it, a rock smashed into the windshield requiring me to get a new one. 3 months later, it's winter and I'm driving to Montreal on the 401. A giant block of ice flew off the roof of a truck and hit my windshield, it cracked it so hard I swerved and nearly had an accident. Had to replace it in Kingston as it was too damaged to drive safely. A year later another rock, crack, new windshield. I swear my insurance company got suspicious. I finally replaced it right before I moved, I'm now on my 4th windsheild and *knock on wood* so far so good....

Sorry about your luck, Jill, but.... somehow.... that made me feel better. Except I'm really really glad you didn't have an accident.

I would just like to add that it isn't only gov workers who provide zero customer service

True dat.

And thankyou for being a good customer service person, Treble.

[The_Dude 1,142]

I don't think I have ever been to Arby's..

LA has so much good food... I keep telling the hubby that we need to move out to the country where there isn't so much temptation

Never been to Arby's?

You probably got the marks on your car because of an annoying neighbor. You can't leave your car parked for more than 72 hours

Mel thinks Taco Bell still qualifies as Mexican food. I have at least showed her some really good restaurants, and she's starting to be a bit more adventureous with her ordering

And here is my actual vent of the day. I heard some absolutely awful news this morning on the radio. Movie studios are planning to remake Ghostbusters, and Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid. What is even worse is that Tom Cruise and John Travolta are in negotiations to star in Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid.

Edited April 7, 2009 by Rob and Mel