What's upsetting you today? - Page 288

Shawnee123 · 07-15-2009, 05:20 PM

Mother of freaking god...there isn't a rental car to be had from north of here all the way to Cincy, due to the Dayton Air show. Can I get a freaking break?

dar512 · 07-15-2009, 05:34 PM

Not today. Evidently.

You are having a "Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day".

My sympathies.

Shawnee123 · 07-15-2009, 05:35 PM

Hehehee...yeah, not today. My dad just called and said to play the lottery, my luck is gonna change BIG.

So, I added the beater car back onto insurance.

Yeeesh.

dar512 · 07-15-2009, 05:36 PM

Wow, capnhowdy. Is that where you live?

Will you adopt me? And my extended family?

All seriousness aside, it's a beautiful place.

Clodfobble · 07-15-2009, 06:28 PM

I'm pretty sure that's where he works, meaning it was his job to clean up that mess.

Travelcaster · 07-15-2009, 08:10 PM

My gps took me off of the LIE in Queens while driving to NJ. It was supposedly detecting traffic conditions ahead. So I neglected my better judgment and did what it told me. It had no idea where the fuck I was in about 3 minutes.

While I was lost it just recalculated. I got to where I was supposed to be 45 minutes late, but the worst part is that I had fender bender outside of a tunnel that I wouldn't have been anywhere near had it not been for that fucking GPS.

Griff · 07-15-2009, 08:15 PM

So you're saying you were targeted for elimination by Garmin? O brave new world...

Travelcaster · 07-15-2009, 08:32 PM

Maybe not targeted, but definitely hit like a bulls eye.

Aliantha · 07-15-2009, 08:35 PM

The navman does the same thing. We had a trip of over an hour the other day because I wasn't quite sure how to get somewhere. Turns out (after taking a trip to China) that I could have driven there in less than half the time it took the navman to get me there in.

capnhowdy · 07-15-2009, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by dar512

Wow, capnhowdy. Is that where you live?

Will you adopt me? And my extended family?

All seriousness aside, it's a beautiful place.

Not my place, Dar. I am the Butler/ Caretaker there. I am housesitting at the moment, (with brief relief from one cow orker). But I am responsible for everything that happens there from the kids making it to school/dance/cheer/gym/ et al..... toilets flushing to bank deposits.... yada yadayada....
Six full timers here. Yeah... resonsible for them too. 5 kids, one autistic. Six cars 9 4 wheelers, 2 motorcycles and a golf cart. I love my fucking job, and my job loves fucking me.
I started as their personal graphic/faux artist, but we finished the project and well.... Here I am. Nice salary, too... I might add. But basically 24/7. The bar is always stocked tho. Hell... I stock it.

Another one of life's little pluses

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wolf · 07-16-2009, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Travelcaster

My gps took me off of the LIE in Queens while driving to NJ. It was supposedly detecting traffic conditions ahead. So I neglected my better judgment and did what it told me. It had no idea where the fuck I was in about 3 minutes.

While I was lost it just recalculated. I got to where I was supposed to be 45 minutes late, but the worst part is that I had fender bender outside of a tunnel that I wouldn't have been anywhere near had it not been for that fucking GPS.

I deal with that by saying, "Shut up, DirectionsBitch. I'm driving where I want to."

Latest update on the car thing. I had a ride arranged to either work or the dealership today. I called shortly before I was to leave, and they said the car should be ready around 1730. Not good, as I have to be in work at 1600.

Ride came, momwolf's friend was nice enough to even stop off at the convenience store for me so I could grab a soda.

Got to work a bit early, so went in to find chaos erupting all over and the day shift trying to scoot out of there like scalded cats. Went into the nurses station, swiped in, and my phone rang.

Yeah. The car was done and available to be picked up. I actually had up until 2000 to get there.

No such luck. It was so freaking busy I couldn't even take the 15 minutes or so it would have taken to get a ride down, pay, and ride back.

I will have to arrange for a ride to the dealership tomorrow.

ZenGum · 07-16-2009, 08:47 AM

Shawnee: Oh Noes! No no no!
Since your car was so new, can you get "new for old" replacement? Down here, if your car is less than 12 months old, they give you a new one (and take ownership of the old and repair it if possible). Chase your insurance company for that.

Wolf: damn, $850 for a fuel pump? That seems like a lot to me. But then, I've mostly owned old-style, simple cars.

Capn: nice billet! but the toilet paper wrapping is pretty minor, really; more of a "mildly irritating" thing I would have said. Teenage dickheadery, no doubt, but they didn't smash stuff or steal stuff.

Shawnee123 · 07-16-2009, 09:00 AM

My brother is talking to an attorney friend (brother has pullz) and from now on both insurance companies are going to have to talk directly to my lawyer. Seems that even my insurance agency will try to cheap out by getting it fixed where THEY want, maybe not even using Saturn parts.

I am unable to bargain, threaten, insist...so this is probably the best route. As I lamented how evil and thieving the world is (I can only be honest, I don't understand anything else) my brother said you can't change it, it just is, and you have to deal with it...and mentioned his friend.

How far I would have gone in this world if only I had been a stone cold evil and lying person.

TheMercenary · 07-16-2009, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

A kid ran a red light this morning, when I was almost to work. Demolished my car. I haven't had it but two weeks.

Everyone is OK. Though there were witnesses who saw him run the light he is claiming it's a conspiracy against him, but he is OK and I am OK and they're just vehicles. In the grand scheme, it means nothing. But, still, I'm a bit sad.

WOW! that totally sucks. Sorry to hear about that. From reading the rest of the threads it sounds like they are going to take care of things. Was it brand new?

TheMercenary · 07-16-2009, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

How far I would have gone in this world if only I had been a stone cold evil and lying person.

Possibly a very long way. And you could be Madoff Rich.

07-15-2009, 05:20 PM	#4306
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Mother of freaking god...there isn't a rental car to be had from north of here all the way to Cincy, due to the Dayton Air show. Can I get a freaking break? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-15-2009, 05:34 PM	#4307
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Not today. Evidently. You are having a "Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day". My sympathies. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

07-15-2009, 05:35 PM	#4308
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Hehehee...yeah, not today. My dad just called and said to play the lottery, my luck is gonna change BIG. So, I added the beater car back onto insurance. Yeeesh. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-15-2009, 05:36 PM	#4309
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Wow, capnhowdy. Is that where you live? Will you adopt me? And my extended family? All seriousness aside, it's a beautiful place. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

07-15-2009, 06:28 PM	#4310
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I'm pretty sure that's where he works, meaning it was his job to clean up that mess. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-15-2009, 08:10 PM	#4311
Travelcaster Worthless Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 8	My gps took me off of the LIE in Queens while driving to NJ. It was supposedly detecting traffic conditions ahead. So I neglected my better judgment and did what it told me. It had no idea where the fuck I was in about 3 minutes. While I was lost it just recalculated. I got to where I was supposed to be 45 minutes late, but the worst part is that I had fender bender outside of a tunnel that I wouldn't have been anywhere near had it not been for that fucking GPS.

07-15-2009, 08:15 PM	#4312
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	So you're saying you were targeted for elimination by Garmin? O brave new world... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-15-2009, 08:32 PM	#4313
Travelcaster Worthless Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 8	Maybe not targeted, but definitely hit like a bulls eye.

07-15-2009, 08:35 PM	#4314
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	The navman does the same thing. We had a trip of over an hour the other day because I wasn't quite sure how to get somewhere. Turns out (after taking a trip to China) that I could have driven there in less than half the time it took the navman to get me there in. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-16-2009, 08:47 AM	#4317
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Shawnee: Oh Noes! No no no! Since your car was so new, can you get "new for old" replacement? Down here, if your car is less than 12 months old, they give you a new one (and take ownership of the old and repair it if possible). Chase your insurance company for that. Wolf: damn, $850 for a fuel pump? That seems like a lot to me. But then, I've mostly owned old-style, simple cars. Capn: nice billet! but the toilet paper wrapping is pretty minor, really; more of a "mildly irritating" thing I would have said. Teenage dickheadery, no doubt, but they didn't smash stuff or steal stuff. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-16-2009, 09:00 AM	#4318
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	My brother is talking to an attorney friend (brother has pullz) and from now on both insurance companies are going to have to talk directly to my lawyer. Seems that even my insurance agency will try to cheap out by getting it fixed where THEY want, maybe not even using Saturn parts. I am unable to bargain, threaten, insist...so this is probably the best route. As I lamented how evil and thieving the world is (I can only be honest, I don't understand anything else) my brother said you can't change it, it just is, and you have to deal with it...and mentioned his friend. How far I would have gone in this world if only I had been a stone cold evil and lying person. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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