Friday, November 9, 2007

Where's a cop when you need one?; 'Puter woes

Warning: Soapbox time!
Does anyone in the US know what this sign means? I am beginning to think not!

When I am coming home from work the other night, in front of WM#3-that's the West Mifflin #3 Fire Hall on Lebanon Church Road, there's a traffic light. A block up, is another one. Now, this is where the road splits and the left lane has to bear left onto Buttermilk Hollow and the right lane continues on Lebanon Church toward Dravosburg, Glassport and or Mckeesport. This sign appears at the light for the firehall. This would be incase there were a fire and the firemen can get into the firehall and the trucks need to get out across traffic. So, traffic infront of me that is going left, stops at the second light. So, I stop before the intersection at the firehall untill they all get bunched up and stopped to see if I will fit in line without blocking the intersection. I WILL fit so, move up in line. BUT, the person behind me AND the person behind them do not. So, they've blocked the intersection. It is just then theat I am wishing for the fire whistle to go off!!!!! THEN, yesterday morning on my way TO work, there is a similar intersection configuration at Brownsville/Broughton Roads just before Horning Road. I again stop to see if I will fit in line, and see that I will and start to continue forward. Just as I do, the guy that was behind me, whipped out around me and pulls in front of me! I almost hit him! What are people thinking? He didn't even get his car pulled all the way into line, just the nose or a little more. His backend was stills ticking out into the other lane! Jerk. I hate people like that!! Obey the damn rules when you drive! Oh, and tonight coming home? Some chic in the FAST lane in a 40 mph zone, again on Lebanon Church, is going 35 blankety blank, freakin' mph!!!! GO the speed limit!!!!!!!! George Carlin said, if your in the fast lane, your ass better be on Rock and roll!
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My computer at work went kaplewie yesterday. Who do I call? Dave. Where's Dave? In a conference. Crap. Well, don't know how long he'll be, so I call Dell. Tell the service tech Cedric, what the error messages are I have. I was so thankful that he was english speaking and he was not in India, but he was in Nashville! He was even a Steeler fan and said he was wearing a Steeler jersey! Well, he says he needs to send me a disc to reload on my computer since they seem to not have sent this particular disc with the computer when I got it. Says it will be ther tomorrow (meaning Friday). So, this morning, I do what work I can via typewriter (ugh!) and sit and wait for the disc to arrive. At 2 o'clock, I call Cedric and make sure it went out. It did and he gives me the tracking number for DHL who they use to ship it. I go into Kenny's office, get online, and track the package. It says "more address information needed". So I call the 800 number on the screen, give the rep the tracking number and tell her what's on my screen. She says" Are you Davis County School?" No, I'm Parker Plastics Corp. 3585 Valley Drive, blah blah blah. She tells me that is the problem. The address is correct, but the name is wrong so the driver wouldn't deliver it. Now, I had seen the DHL van in our driveway about 11:30, but no one came to the door for me to sign for a package. I said, well, it was from Dell. She said yes. I said can he bring it back? No. I have to call Dell back and tell them to correct the name on the package from their end and then I will get it on Monday. But I need it today!!!!!!! DHL does not do a reattempted delivery on the same day, ma'am, I am told. CRAP! So, I guess I have to wait till monday. CRAP, CRAP, CRAP!!!! I have only been in the 21st century for 2 years (at work anyway) please don't make me go back to the dark ages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 comment:

--David said...

Dell trains all their telephone people to say they are the fans of whatever nearby professional team is closest to the caller. It is a "customer relation" tactic... LOL, just kidding...

I wondered why I never got a call on Friday about the CD you were expecting! Guess that's why!! What a pain!