The Not Happy Thread

I guess, maybe The other cultures look at things differently. Maybe they find it hard to believe how peaceful this country can be... And anyway thanks i haven't read the book yet, i can't find it at Half-Price. Getting it new costs alot I saw it everywhere when it came out, but now i hardly see it. Im still on the hunt for it.

 

I am really angry. For those of you running small businesses, take note. I mean, hey, holla, first world problems, but I'm angry.

I ordered a pair of fluffy legwarmers (that I wear to electronic music events) twelve days ago. I got an email one hour ago that said my package had just now been shipped.

The USPS tracking code isn’t even updated for the tracking number yet. Which means that it is probably still sitting in Texas until tomorrow morning, as it's not even in the system. And, by the way, this email was only sent to me after I sent an email to them asking when they shipped my package, because the shipping info promised that all packages would be shipped within 3 days and USPS First Class takes 2-5 days shipping, but I've been waiting for much longer. So I'm pretty sure they didn't even remember that I had placed an order! I wouldn't be so angry if it had been a custom order, but the pair I purchase were pre-made and up for sale. So all they had to do was box them up put them in the mailbox or take them to the post office.

Are you serious?!

The email I received said that the company used USPS First Class mail --and that would have been fine if they had shipped it two weeks ago when I ordered it. But I specifically ordered this pair for an event that I'm going to this weekend, so I wanted them by Thursday to wear them on Friday. I want them the day before because pre-made fluffies are usually too long on me, and I will need to alter it to my calf length. And if it takes the full five days, then it's going to be too late. And I made a point to say so in my email to them. The seller should have upgraded it to first class when she realized that it was way late.

I AM NOT HAPPY.

Don’t ever buy from Dead Girl Dancing. They aren’t professional at all! Two weeks to send a fucking pre-made order, and because you screwed up and forgot that someone placed an order, I might not even have the chance to wear them at all!

I mean, the least they could have done was spend a few bucks on upgrading my order to faster shipping. That would have made all of this better. I would have thought to myself, Oh, they screwed up, but at least they upgraded my shipping so it will be here in time. That was considerate and professional of them, and I feel mildly better about this. But now they probably wont even be here in time for me to wear them, and that really pisses me off. You cannot run a business and decide to ship your products whenever. What’s worse is that I, the customer, had to REMIND THEM that I paid and had been waiting a long time on my order.

That is just beyond unprofessional. And I didn’t even get an apology! —I just got an automated message from Paypal saying that my package is now marked as shipped.

Are you serious?!

 

I'm sorry, Merc. I hate it when websites do that.

 

I would have been pissed. More pissed than the fact that the place I ordered my computer from didn't send a Windows back-up dvd. -,-

 

It made me so mad!! I really hope they get here in time. I have other outfits I could use, or I could just go in street clothes; I don't care. It's just fun to dress up and I have been looking forward to this outfit I've been planning for a while, and now it might not work.

I'm not buying from them again; what an unprofessional company. I mean really --forgetting that someone placed an order with you?! How freaking bad can you get?

And Admin, I have no idea what a backup DVD is, but I feel ya with computer problems. Mine is less than a month old, and it's already been giving me fits with the Blue Screen of Death error and lost all my internet connections twice. At least their customer service was helpful...

 

Just a disk that would allow me to reinstall Windows if I formatted my drive. As far as your computer programs, I have some advice for you: The Triforce of Computer Protection. Honestly, I do not know how some computers get to be in such horrid states. Had mine for three years and not a single problem. Anyways, the triforce is AVG Free AntiSpyware, Malewarebytes, and Super AntiSpyware. Get rid of Norton or McAffee as I'm sure you have either of those if you use any major internet provider that offers them for free. They are garbage and only clog everything up until you can't use your computer any more. Routinely run defrags (Get Defraggler if you want some more customability) every night before you shut your computer off, as well as virus scans and maleware scans. Turn your internet history/memory off so you don't collect cookies that slow down your computer, and internet toolbars are the devil. Never, ever install a toolbar.

 

Bike broke down while I was riding it to my math exam review. Still made it on time, but walked through a downpour with my bike in tow. Raincoat provided me little comfort.

 

Mercurial, I plan to launch a sole proprietorship within the next 5-6 years, and if the work involves shipping to customers, then I will definitely heed your advice. I won't let that happen to any of my customers. Thanks for the heads up.

 

I've been served by two mean people today. Well, the post office person was just unfriendly I guess. But the woman in the shop I was buying something from talked to me in a really patronising tone, asking if I was old enough to use a debit card. Uhh, yes I am. I was tempted to show her ID and be like 'YES I AM OLD ENOUGH'. Probably to do with having to buy something that most young teenagers buy, not twenty year olds, but still.

And I haven't got what I've ordered yet and I thought it would be here by now. Sigh.

 

How old do you have to be to use a debit card?

 

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Sixteen, I think.

 

What? Is that a new policy or something? I've had my own debit card since I was 11 years old, and started using it on my own at about 12-13.

 

Maybe I'm behind the times and talking complete rubbish.

 

You say that, but Eunoia's rude lady seemed to think there was some sort of age limit. Maybe I just never knew you had to be of a certain age to use it on your own.

 

I didn't think so either.

However, I started using a credit card (not the same as a debit card, I know) when I was about 19.

 

I dunno, because the debit card replaced Natwest's Solo card and you could get that in your young teens I think. If I look younger than thirteen... pfft, stupid lady.

 

I look 15, so yah. :> Though they just ask to see my driver's license.

 

You mean your not really twelve! OMG!!

 

I didn't know I often posted like a 12-year-old. I figured 15 at most. :]

 

So my mother-in-law likes to do this thing where she asks me a question, I give her an answer, and then she calls Joel and asks him the same question, as if to verify my answer. She does it all the time. It pisses me off. She did it today. Three fucking times. And I'm really battling myself to not send her a pissed off email about it. So fucking rude.

 

Jeez, Heather, that sucks. I wish I could tell you something you don't already know --you seem to handle it pretty well giving how obnoxious she is... I wish we could just delete some people from our lives as easily as we can erase words on a page...

I'm just hating school right now. I have two exams and a quiz tomorrow. Some horrible coincidence caused all my exams and quizzes and papers to be due on the exact same day pretty much all semester. Sometime in October I have two papers due and three exams all in the same day, and all my finals are crammed in the same day too. It makes for a fairly laidback semester (at least I don't constantly have to be cramming), but it sure makes the last few days up until the day of to be incredibly stressful.
And. I. Am. So. Burnt. Out.
I am trying to tell myself that I'm halfway done already and have most of the hard stuff done. After this semester all I have left for my Spanish major is electives, and I only have one more course requirement for biology for next semester too. But it is so hard to just not give up sometimes. I am really tired.

I've only got 580-some days until graduation. I need one of those construction paper chain-link countdowns... You know, like you would make as a little kid for Christmas? (Was that just me?) Thinking about the future is sometimes the only way to get through the present, hah.

In other news, I got another email from the company from hell today. I was informed that my package did not ship today --surprise surprise, because the label wasn't printed correctly? WTF. They upgraded me to priority shipping so it should be here within 2-3 days (Thursday or Friday), which is good or I would have just told them to keep the fucking product and give me my money back. I still haven't received any kind of personal attention from them apologizing for their multiple errors. It's just annoying now. If nothing else goes wrong, hopefully I'll have them in time for the festival though.

I am also just feeling all kinds of mixed up inside right now about things, so I'm not only academically drained but emotionally too... Mother Nature / Karma / Life has a really bitchy sense of humor sometimes. I'm trying to laugh at it since there's nothing I can do to change it, but, ah. It's a little difficult to be positive when things are suckish.

I just don't feel like myself lately. I'm not behaving like me...

 

I hope your package gets to you in time!! I totally feel for you, having everything due on the same days. That's how it is for me this semester, too, and it sucks. Hang in there, though! The day you get your diploma, this will all be worth it.

 

Heather, just start answering, "The same answer Joel will give you."

Now, if only you can get Joel to answer, "The same answer Heather will give you."

Pretty much gets the point across, no?

 

Depressed.
Just... depressed.

 

Depressed. More than ever tonight.