Today's Gripe

I’m the IT doormat at my office. If someone forgets how to type in their password (caps lock is on, etc) they call me to tell me that their computer isn’t working. Last week was a bad week to be the IT doormat in an office with 50 nodes (workstations) and 45 users who can’t figure out why their cordless mouse doesn’t work (batteries, duh). On Monday, my outside tech showed up to install a second computer on our reception desk. While he was there, almost everyone downstairs fell off the network. Joe headed down to the server room to check out the problem. ... Read Full Story

I never knew what this was until I tried something new with my credit card. I wanted to try paperless billing. So I got this notice with one of my credit card statements that said to sign up for paperless billing. Sounded like a great idea, not that I am into the Green movement , but why not. So I go online, visit the credit card’s website and bam, in only 10 minutes I am signed up for paperless billing. Let’s think about what I just did. With “snail mail”, I usually get about 10 “important” pieces of mail a month. This includes bills, ... Read Full Story

It is time to renew my driver’s license, so I head on over to the Motor Vehicle Department. Of course when I get there, there is a line a mile long just to pick a number. So after a good 25 minutes of standing in line just to get my number, I go and sit on a chair that came from a 1950’s classroom made of wood and leaning to the left. So there I am waiting for my number to get called, looking in amazement at all the arguements taking place between customers (us) and the government workers (”clerks”) behind the counters. They ... Read Full Story

It seems everywhere I go these days, there is always an upsell. I am getting pretty tired of this. If I wanted the more expensive option, I would have ordered it in the first place. Here are some recent examples; At the movie concession stand: “For $1 more, you can get a large coke!” Remember this post and this post , I am trying to lose some weight. At the department store: “You can save an additional 10% by applying for our store’s credit card!” Yeah right, and then I can make up that 10% savings by paying 18% interest on your card. At ... Read Full Story

I ordered a computer from curcuit city in January 2008 for my daughter (Megan 13 years old ). When she got it there was a small dark spot on the screan, but it worked just fine so we didn’t think much about it. I paid 1200.00 for the computer,after using it for less than two months she used it one night and closed it down. The next morning when she opened it to complete some home work ,the screan would not come on. I called the Sony co. in San Diego and they told me it could have been damaged during shipping and to ... Read Full Story