RL Peeves
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FOUR support tickets in a row that were solved by a reboot, two of whom yes lied about trying it, as they do. It’s nice to be able to solve problems, but I was working on things that were actual issues! Mutter.
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“Please shut down your computer, wait one minute, and start it up again.”
“I already tried that.”
gritted teeth “Please do it again.”
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@Snackness said in RL Peeves:
“Please shut down your computer, wait one minute, and start it up again.”
“I already tried that.”
gritted teeth “Please do it again.”
Yep! My go-to, “Okay, great! Let’s do it again, so I can see what it looks like.”
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My office managing partner sent out an email to the entire office thanking me and a few others for our adopt-a-family event. She spelled my name wrong. Again.
My name has four letters. There is an H at the end. The H at the end of my name is not optional. I HAVE WORKED HERE FOR 8 FUCKING YEARS GET MY GODDAMN NAME RIGHT.
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@bear_necessities I know a Sarah who has an extremely similar complaint.
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As someone with a common name that is spelled differently - I feel this.
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Just work stuff. My life would be less stressful if people followed processes and behaved with some agency.
Another team needed something to happen like YESTERDAY several weeks ago and needed my input. So I do my thing and tell them. Crickets for weeks. Reader, they’re still chasing their tales on this and acting confused about something very simple.
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My favorite part of the holiday season is compulsively checking my e-mail and watching the expected arrival date of the gifts I bought creep ever closer to being late.
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I have this working theory that to get good automotive service, The lobby of the automotive place must be dirty, oily, and smell like tires. It is the cost to pay in order for service with integrity.
I’m at the point in my life where if the lobby looks like it has been cleaned recently beyond a sweep then I know to leave because I will be cheated.
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@junipersky Not a bad rule come to think of it. I know how to fix cars and I use it as my secret weapon when I need to. I’ve only had to use it once though so that’s good.
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When I had more energy I would aggressively mechanic shop to find someone who wouldn’t rip me off. Exhausting.
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@junipersky said in RL Peeves:
I have this working theory that to get good automotive service, The lobby of the automotive place must be dirty, oily, and smell like tires. It is the cost to pay in order for service with integrity.
I’m at the point in my life where if the lobby looks like it has been cleaned recently beyond a sweep then I know to leave because I will be cheated.
Believe this or not, I have a similar theory about nursing facilities. The cleaner a place is, the shittier the care provided.
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When I had more energy I would aggressively mechanic shop to find someone who wouldn’t rip me off. Exhausting.
I always start with ASE certified. That’s at least a starting point. Even a place where my parents knew the owner well tried to fuck me over.
Long story short, I’m standing there arguing with a service manager about my car being messed up after an oil change when my parents pull up. Right after them, the owner shows up (absolute coincidence). Manager starts explaining his side to my dad (remember, I’m clearly an idiot wahmen who knows not about car stuff), but his face entirely changed when the owner greets my parents by name.
I never saw him again. I wasn’t a bitch, I didn’t even come in hot. All that happened was the transmission wire got knocked loose during the oil change. Literally no big deal. Took longer to argue with me and tell me that nothing was wrong than to put it on the lift and fix the problem.
It’s not will there ever be an issue. It’s all in how the issue is handled.
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@Luna I remember being in my early twenties (100 years ago) and being quoted some crazy price to get my back brake pads or something changed. Like, IDK, a $1,000 maybe? I thought this was unusually high.
I took the car to three more places until I got to someone who looked shocked at the price and told me something more reasonable. And they stayed my mechanic for a long time. But it was a PITA.
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@tsar It’s so stupid that there isn’t any form of reference for basic costs. It’s the mystery of it all. And then they have you, like you’re already there and you don’t know if it’s a good or bad cost. I mean, I do, I generally know roughly how long something should take, roughly the cost of the parts, and how complex it is to get to. (Like the throttle body on my Jeep isn’t on top but is buried for god knows what reason, making a simple job more complicated)
But even a ‘good’ shop can totally screw you up.
I’m sick of mystery prices, and they’re everywhere. From car repairs to dentistry. As mad as mystery price repairs make me, mystery price medical enrages me.
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@Luna While Google probably shouldn’t be used to diagnose your health issues, I’ve definitely spent a lot of time on car forums so that I could get a general idea of issues before I go in. I’m probably fairly obnoxious for anyone to deal with, lol.
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When I have to go somewhere new after they quote me I always say, “Ok, let me go call my <insert male relative, sometimes dad, sometimes brother in law> before we decide anything.”
Strangely they don’t argue with me when I come back and say “no, no, no” down their list of “suggestions”.
Then I don’t go back ever again.
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@tsar It’s always cancer. Or a tumor. Or a tumor and cancer.
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