I Know, Right?

If you were using a company for a service - let’s say it was for your taxes, and they

a) didn’t get them finished until the day before they were due for filing - which was awesome since you also found out that you had to pay a big chunk of $$ and in order to not have to pay a penalty - you had to get the money together in less than 24 hours  

b) ignored your e-mails and phone calls when you kept trying to find out what was happening and what the status was two weeks before the deadline 

c) you actually gave them the paper work 6 weeks before the deadline and were told it would be done in the next 2 - 3 weeks, but then were given the lame-ass excuse that they were “busy” during this time and couldn’t get to it.

I’m not stupid - I know tax time is crazy for those people, but seriously, does that warrant that excuse and poor workmanship?

I want to send the company a letter saying how disappointed I was in how they treated me as a client, but I don’t know if I am just overreacting and need to just let it go. 

What would you do?

Today is our 3rd Anniversary - and I was completely spoiled with the most gorgeous bouquet of flowers to have sitting on my desk, allowing me to gloat to all my peers!

I seriously couldn’t be more lucky to have this man in my life - there is so much support, companionship and understanding between us - he is more than my best friend in life.

Happy Anniversary, my love!

Things in life have been busy, crazy busy. If I’m not going all day at work, I have things going on at home and projects to get done. I just haven’t been in the head space to write too much.

I haven’t forgotten any of you - I just need a couple more days to get things sorted out.

Got this meme of Nevis’ Blog. I thought it was fun and I totally don’t have time to post about anything - life is way too busy right now to sum it up.

1. What were you doing 5 years ago today?

I was living with a friend and her husband, but spending a majority of my time with my love of my life, Jerry.  We were talking about buying a house and starting our lives together.   I was also working at an injury law firm (and hating it).

2. Name 5 snacks that you love:

• Chocolate
• Cookies
• Pastries
• Chocolate
• Cereal

3. What are 5 things on your ‘To-Do’ list for today/ Or things you’ve already done today:

• Yelled (in an email) to our accountant for leaving our taxes until THE DAY BEFORE THEY ARE DUE
• I took a poopy sample of Meimei’s into the vets
• Take a moment in my day to work on some personal stuff
• Try to get the baseball sized knot in my shoulder out
• Make a couple of meals tonight so that we can take them for lunch the rest of the week

4. Name 5 things I would do if I won five million dollars:

• Pay off debt
• Renovate our house - and while it’s being renovated - go on a shopping holiday.
• Quit my job and open a pet boutique - spending my days with the girls - shopping for the coolest pet products around.
• Start up a financing program for people who can’t afford medical treatment for their pets.
• Pay someone to clean up after us. Someone who comes in everyday and cooks and cleans for us.  I know there isn’t much - but I just think it would be so nice to have.

5. Name 5 bad habits you have:

• Junk food.  And snacking when I’m not hungry
• Emailing instead of calling.  I’m not a phone person and would much rather email.
• Start things and not finish them
• Fall asleep during movies.  I can’t help it - I can fall asleep anywhere, I have no control!
• Hitting the tire on the curb.  Man, I hate it when that happens.

6. Name 5 places you’ve lived:

• Calgary, Alberta
• No where else, lame I know.

7. Name 5 jobs you’ve had:

• I worked at Wendys Restaurant for three years and did every position there - even management
• Court Runner
• Concession Gal at a movie theatre
• Retail assistant at Pacific Linen
• Legal Assistant

There - now you play!

I’ve been around long enough to have learned that, when you have a gut feeling about some one you HAVE to listen to it.  Otherwise you will be kicking yourself in the ass like there is no tomorrow.

A couple of years ago I met this guy who is a “Pug” person and runs a big Pug event every year in our city.  We had gone to the event once when Meimei was young and we were looking for a breeder to get another pug from.  It seemed like a pretty lame event, actually.  A couple of months later I started the Pugsters group and this guy joined.  I offered to help him organize his next pug event and when he attended the first Pugsters event - I knew.  As soon as I saw him and talked to him I had a feeling that he was a scum-bag and I soon found out that I was totally right.  Too bad that I had already done so much for the event (I did it for the pugs!) because I found his morals and ethics to be disgusting.   The day after the big event he dropped out of the pugsters group - telling me that I was too negative and he didn’t need that in his life (I kept telling him he was committing fraud - I guess that would be a downer).

Saturday we were at a local event with Pawhaus and when Jerry was stretching his legs a woman approached our table.  I noticed that her shirt had a paw print on it so I figured she was a pet person and a potential buyer, so I chatted her up.  Suddenly, the conversation seemed like it turned into an interigation focusing on me!   How did I come up with this idea?  What else do I do?  Where do I work?  Do I own my home?  When I was finally able to get a word in I asked her what it is she does.  No surprise that she owns 4 home businesses and is always on the look out for people, like me (barf), that would help them in expanding their offices.   I tried to find out what the line of business was (for the sake of knowing it’s a potential scam) and she was very illusive.   When she saw that Jerry was headed back to our table she tried to wrap up the conversation telling me that she would be getting in touch with me to go for coffee and handed me her card.

I filed that in the Big Black Filing Bucket (read: garbage can). 

Gut feelings can always go the other way too - that you have a feeling that a relationship will be solid (I had a guy feeling about Jerry right away) and enrich your life - but I think for the most part your gut gives you warning to things that you just need to stay away from.   Kind of like what it’s telling me now about that fritter I had at lunch - bad, bad news.

Last week was just for crap.  I’m not even going to re-hash why, I just want to move on and forget it.  

Which is what the weekend was for - and it did a good job of it too.  Saturday my sweet and supportive husband accompanied me on a day long venture at a community “Spring Fling Trade and Craft Show”.  Just a little (and boy, was it little) something in the community church put on by a local business for people like us (Pawhaus) to come and set up and table with our wears and make some connections.  I think making money may have been part of the idea too but I’m guessing that didn’t happen much.    It was a fun day though, Jerry and I hung out and confirmed that: even without TV, Laptop, music or pugs we can sit together, staring at a wall, inside of a CHURCH (no less) for 5 hours and still have fun together.  

After the show we booked it out of there and tried to enjoy some of the +22 degree (Celcuis) weather that was happening!   We popped into the local grocery and picked up some necessities, went over to the video store (found nothing interesting), picked up our Saturday night champagne and even some of my favorite - Gelato ice cream to top it all off!    We got home to two happy pugs and settled in for the evening.

Sunday I met with some old acquintances who recently opened up a doggy daycare facility and worked out some business/networking with them.  Stopped in for more groceries and errands and then headed home.  I spent most of the rest of the afternoon tidying up and putting some stuff away. 

Nothing too eventful - but that’s sort of what I was in need of.  Low Key.

I am excited for tomorrow’s finale of Biggest Loser!  I never watched it before the strike and now it’s my favorite two hours on TV!  I cry EVERY SINGLE EPISODE.  It’s so heartwarming and inspiring.  Really.  Seriously.  Best reality show.

Hopefully I will feel more inspired tomorrow to write good stuff. Right now I am fighting a migraine coming on and am just trying to keep it real.

***WARNING***I’m in a foul mood and much swearing will be happening.

Today hasn’t been a great day.   I really don’t want to unload it’s messiness onto you - but at this point I feel like it just keeps bubbling up to the surface and I need to let it go.

To the Ladies behind me on the escalator:

When you are talking about how it’s so great to be working, because you don’t have to work, so it’s great to make the choice to work full time and not have to be at home all day - I would prefer it if you just shut the fuck up.  Not everyone has the luxury of making that “choice” and we don’t want to hear you gushing about how awesome it is.

To the Place I have been waiting 3 months for my friggin product:

Next time you are behind on getting orders out, have some fucky courtesy and give me the heads up before I end up getting frustrated and contacting you and asking what the hell is going on.  Then, after you promise to get said product out - don’t act like a total douche-bag and send it improperly and then have the nerve to email me and tell me that you have been given a notice that you will have to pay to have the package sent back to you and then send it out to me again.  At this point, almost three months after my initial order - let’s just say I don’t give a fuck what you have to do.  Then when you told me that you were going to resend the product (before the notice) right away so I would have it as soon as possible and then tell me that it will go out at the end of the week (a week AFTER you first said you were sending it out) I think I might just tell you to go fuck yourself and give me back my money. 

To the Person who Claims I’m at Fault:

When you advertise a service on your website and take payment for it, don’t be surprised when I email you 5 weeks later asking what the deal is (because I hadn’t heard anything from you yet beyond the “thanks for your money” email) and I’m a little bit frustrated that the service you claimed to offer isn’t the service I thought I was going to get.  When I then ask for my money back, don’t be a little bitch and tell me that it was no fault for not “understanding” and just suck it up.  Cause guess what - the dozens of people that I have recommended to you are going to hear about it and it’s not going to be pretty.

To the Computer that sits on my desk at work:

Stop fucking telling me that my virual memory is low.   I don’t care.

To my Boss that keeps coming into work sick:

Stop spreading your fucking gross kid germs to me.  I can feel myself starting to get sick and I blame you completely.

Blarg.

You know sometimes when you are having a full-blown crap day and things just continue to frustrate you and go wrong?   Well, I had one of those weeks - but surprisingly there have been a couple of times when I was ready to put on the rage and I got such a pleasant response in return that I actually came away from the experience feeling better.  Crazy hey!

So, the first thing was with our car.  A few weeks ago we saw that our tire pressure light went off (which it does often since we live in a neighborhood that has lots of construction and downtown has tons of construction - we keep getting nails and such in our tires) so we took it into the dealership to get them to check it out.  $320 later, after a fluid change and 4 tires with air put in them we were a little unsure as to whether or not they checked the tires for leaking or if they just bent us over and said they did.

Sure enough, a couple of days later the tire light went on again and the same tire that was low before we took it in was showing low pressure.  FABULOUS.  We kept filling the tire up until we were able to get the time to take it back in again (which was Monday) and when we did I was in full expectation of getting into a brawl with the service centre in order to get the tire checked out properly.   After I received that call that (shocking!) there was a screw found in the tire I was told the amount of the service and that we could pick it up any time.  Well…. that didn’t quite wash with me and I decided that it was time to take action and call the service manager.   I had a speech all prepared and had worked myself up into a big anger moment, expecting to have to huff and puff about the lack of service that we received when all of a sudden… before I could say much at all - the service manager apologized for the inconvenience they caused and took care of the bill for us.

Well…. if that’s the way your going to be about it all….

 The next thing was when I had made an order for some products for the biz.   I had made the original order in mid-January and was patiently waiting for it’s arrival.  About a month later, I emailed the company and asked if they had shipped the order yet because I hadn’t seen anything.  They apologized for the delay and shipping would happen soon.   A couple of weeks after that I got an email with the shipping bill on it and a promise that it was going out that day.  It’s been a month since that email and I still don’t have anything.   So, this morning I emailed the company again - with a firm tone of how I was starting to get a little impatient with this and wondered if they could track the package so that I could get an idea if it was ”lost” or not and the response was very apologetic and understanding of my patience and they offered to replace the order and have it delivered express without a charge to me.  

Not much I can debate about that, is there?

So, just goes to show how quickly things can turn around and show you a silver lining on your dark cloud.   Now I gots to get me a lotto ticket!