Thursday

I guess what I posted yesterday - didn't post after hitting the post button.

Whatever.  These people that "showed up" but didn't show up, called after they allegedly showed up and said my pedestals were underwater? Disputed it and they apparently automatically get their money back.  Until I dispute the chargeback. So, I spent 32 minutes on the phone today with these people. 

It's one of those deals where English is far from their first language and understanding anything they are saying is difficult at best. The first person? Can you put someone on the phone that speaks English, please? They don't like hearing that but if they are being hired to deal with English speaking people, perhaps the employer should ensure that the prospective employee's speech is at least intelligible and a normal person can actually understand what they are saying.

I went through 3 more people after that, tho not because I was asking for someone who speaks English. I was, well, give me all of this information. Great, I'm getting somewhere. Yes, well now we will transfer you to the chargeback division.  Next person: takes all the information, yes, we will now transfer you to the chargeback division.  Next person: takes my information and after all of that, tells me that a chargeback can only be done on the internet.

I became completely irritated at that point.  What? Why didn't you, the last person or the person before that just tell me that in the first place?  Why did you ask for all of this information? Well we have to verify it's you.  Who the hell cares who is calling if all you are going to do is tell the person that they have to use some other venue to make your dispute?   

That's as far as I got. I had no interest in further communication in any format with this company so I just blew it off for today. I will get back to it this weekend, the online version anyway.  

I think D-Day is lost on generations that could care less about our nation's history or why we even exist as a nation as it stands.  Without the people that fought that battle at Normandy and defied and defeated Germany, who knows what this world would look like right now?  All of those people did not die in vain, but I fear their demise is lost on generations who don't give a damn about anyone but themselves.  I feel we are living in the most selfish, self-centered times in any decade that I have lived through. 

Work today was uneventful. Waking up this morning in a fog that didn't go away for many hours, I could have easily slept another 2 or 3 hours.  This always happens on work days whereas on days I am not working? I can't even sleep  7 hours.  Ridiculous.   The washout didn't take long and the loading was fairly quick, out of there and back home before 1:00 pm. That's a decent day right there.

Get the thing unloaded tomorrow and I have the weekend off.  

I would have gone by the tractor dealership today, their power is still out.  They can't do anything until that is back up and so, I have to sit and wait until their power is on or, go to Longview and see about a Kubota tractor. 

Democrats: "Convicted felon" and all the rhetoric and endless bs that is going along with it.  I'm tired of politics but it greatly affects our lives and how we live it.  People may think it doesn't affect them, living in a bubble and denying the reality of what these people are doing to the quality of life in our nation isn't going to somehow make it better.  How many coal fired plants need to be shut down before we all start paying a price for that? Or getting rid of natural gas appliances? Forcing EV vehicles down our throats because of some concocted calamity that is going to end the world as we know it?

You know how many times they have been saying the world is going to end or some version of it with this climate change crap?  I don't deny we could do better in emissions, but let's get that capability to cover the power grid in there first before we just say no more natural gas anything, thanks.  Natural gas is pretty clean burning as it stands.  

Well, I'm done here. I might get back on later but I feel the need to take a nap.