Friday, August 01, 2003
I'm getting close to the end of my run on Jim D's site. I posted regarding the Pop Culture Countdown at that site, so bounce over there for the usual nonsense.
10:15 AM |
Thursday, July 31, 2003
Those of you looking to earn the eternal gratitude of The League, may want to consider shoppping early for me for Christmas. If I receive this from a reader, it is guaranteed that I will print your name here in The League of Melbotis.
2:56 PM |
Today I am mad at my job. I would not go so far as to say I am sick of it, but stupid things keep happening, and I am going to have to sort them out. It's days like today I wish I had a job where all I had to do was dig a hole or something. Without going into it, I essentially messed up the TPS reports and am paying dearly.
12:12 PM |
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
BTW, I posted over at Jim D's site today, if anyone is curious.
10:30 AM |
actual quote from someone involved with the show: "Eric always brings enough passion as a producer that when he got excited about a 300-pound tumor, I got excited about a 300-pound tumor."
When we moved out to Arizona from the Great State of Texas, many of the transactions I was attempting to fulfill were meeting with some static. In our digital age, I found the confusion on the part of bankers somewhat odd. They both insisted we could keep our account listed as a Texas account and simultaneously gave me grief over the fact that we did not have our accounts in Arizona. So, choosing the path of least resistance, I opened an Arizona account, leaving the Texas account to wither and die. Back in April we had a SNAFU with the Texas account, and without getting into too much detail, I'll say we closed the Texas account. So about three weeks ago I tried paying my credit card bill online. I'm not a technophobe, but I am lazy. Well, apparently the Texas account was still the account I had listed with AT&T Universal Card (a provider I have used faithfully since college). As I mentioned, I am lazy, and not particularly detail oriented, and did not notice the lack of currency in the account number listed as our bank account. This morning, on our walkies, I picked up the mail and was surprised to find a letter from AT&T Universal Card stating that my online payment had been rejected. Well, I think I deduced what the problem was... the credit card was associated in their database with our old account from Texas, which was gonzo. So I went online to amend the situation. I put in new info., I even changed my alert status which was supposed to be e-mailed to me, and did several other things. It accepted all the new info., but then, after acknowledging the new account info., refused to accept the new account's payment. I called AT&T Universal Card. "So I tried to pay my bill online, and you guys took 3 weeks to send me a notice saying it didn't go through." "Yes sir." "But you had my e-mail address and phone number, and even the mail isn't that slow." "I don't know why it took so long, sir." "Well, I'm getting a red error message when I try to pay using my new account info that I entered." "Your account is frozen for 30 days. You can't pay online until we reconcile the new information." "But the website already verified the account." "We can't accept payment online. Your account is frozen for 30 days." "Oh... Well..." "We can accept payment on the phone." "Okay. Great! I have my checkbook-" "No, wait, we can't do that, either." "Oh." "Since your last payment didn't clear, we can't take any payment that way. For 30 days." "You said-- The account has money in it. I'm looking at my statement right here." "You're going to have to mail it in. When is it due?" "In two days. On the 30th. It's not going to make it." "No. No, it's not. Let me see if I can extend your payment deadline...." "That would be good." "Five days." "Okay. I still don't know if it will make it. You know, by the time someone opens it and all..." "Five days, sir. And, I noticed something else on your account. Do you want to consolidate your loans--?" "No. I have no loans." "We're also offering cash advances--" It was at this point I desperately wanted to ask her to advance my account the cash so Peter may pay Paul, but I thought better of it and politely declined. I did manage to drum up an envelope and stamps, and sent my check off to an address from the web-site, which, I have honestly never seen before.
10:26 AM |
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