So. Monday morning (today) hits.
I wrote a letter to the general manager about the situation with the manager here. I sent it off to my own company email instead of sending it to him from my personal account. I wrote the letter over the weekend, forgot to add.
I got to work this morning and pulled it up. Read it over. Very detailed, somewhat lengthy but had to go there to make sure the full story was told. I then thought about the potential consequences for clicking on the forward arrow, inserting the general manager's email address and hitting the send button. Loss of job? Dunno, maybe. Manager getting pissed at me for doing so? Granted and expected. Potential discord with certain other (@$$ kissing) employees? Yup, a couple of them. One in particular the warehouse dude that throws everyone under the bus anyway. Also, what if no one else confirms what I am saying? What if they are too in fear of losing their jobs that they will keep their mouths shut?
But the hell that this man makes work? Over-rode all of that. The authoritarian fear-based "leadership" he doles out through threats and insults came to a head with me, I can't do this anymore without speaking up. So, after a few minutes of consideration, I did hit the send button and come what may.
I went out on a run. I figured when I got back, I would hear something. And sure enough. The first thing that happens is the manager comes into the showroom and asks me about my phone call to the GM today? The look on his face spoke thousands of words. Uhh, nope, I didn't speak to him. He gives me "his" look. I volunteered that I had sent him an email. Though I didn't really feel the need to give him any info. If the GM did, good for him. So, he told me that the GM was coming up next week and we were going to have a meeting - him, the GM and me. I said great, let's do that! While thinking, what good is that going to do? This isn't about me, I'm not the only one thinking this way. But whatever. He avoided me the rest of the day. A coworker said he appears to be butt-hurt. Great, please take a dose of your own medicine.
Regardless, he was visibly upset but stayed away from me. And when I checked my email at the end of the day, I found an email back from the GM saying he was coming up and would do a "state of the store" meeting and have everyone there. Well, I do hope that that is productive, but I am not confident that many people will speak up. They are in fear for their jobs. I don't want to lose my job, no. At the same time, I am driven by this man's illiteracy in "emotional intelligence" as the company puts it. And yes, I am more than willing to push this up to corporate. I didn't do that last time, this time I am resolved to see this through to the end - whatever end that may be.
So, I have no idea what is going to happen day to day now. I've set myself up against this manager, rightfully so though - but still. Upper management needs to see through all of this. The GM visits once in a while, goes and sits in the manager's office, you don't see him. All is hunky dory.
I am going to write down every incident that I can remember on paper. I have a dozen of them in mind and I am going to ask a few others if they can remember anything. Yup. it's all going to be brought up. I'll do it alone if I have to.
Meanwhile, my birthday is on Super Bowl Sunday. Steelers got run over yesterday by the Patriots so my team isn't going to be there. But, it got me to thinking: take some time off. So, last week I asked for a week off and I at least didn't get an issue about that. I have 141 hours availablle. I haven't decided what to do. I don't feel much like doing anything, but then again, a drive to Fort Worth and a flight somewhere. Just get me out of here. Or get in the car and drive. Just away from here. I'm just thinking.
Ahh, life. Well done with this one.
Monday, January 23, 2017
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Been taking a break from blogging. I just kinda lost the desire to do it. Happens occasionally. But I haven't posted in a while so I'm going to do an update.
As for today, the kid next door begging to let him borrow the 4 wheeler so I let him. But, you can't take it out on the street. What does he do? Takes it on the street. Both his mom and I put an end to that quickly, but the damage was done. Maybe 30 minutes later, 2 police cruisers come through the neighborhood, but by that time the 4 wheeler was put up. They just drove on by slowly. 10 minutes after that, his dad - a sheriff and on duty - pulled up first to their house but then quickly came over to me.
His first words? 6 more days......rofl. He was referring to Trump taking power in the inauguration. And cops apparently are very happy about Trump coming into power and legitimizing law enforcement again. Then I saw this awesome AR rifle in his car and started talking about that which of course he was delighted to go into, but the boy - cannot ride the 4 wheeler in the neighborhood again, which I totally agree with. The uncle has a huge swath of land outside of town and that is where they normally take it.
Christmas was good if uneventful. I can't decide whether I missed being with family for it or not. They didn't have it on Christmas Day anyway, so no loss there, but the event usually lasts only 2 or 3 hours and that is it. Bye bye, c'ya next Christmas. I almost made it midnight New Year's but I fell asleep like 15 minutes before 12, lol.
Ummm, really now. I am still a bit absorbed in the political realm. The unending "conflicts" dems/liberals/progs are bringing up against Trump are rather amusing to me. The "final" one, providing another one doesn't prop up between here and Friday (which it probably will so not holding my breath), is they are allegedly going to dump up to 750,000 protesters in DC to attempt to actually stop the inauguration. Seriously, when have you ever seen this kind of nonsense after a president has been elected and before he was inaugurated? I dunno if this level of fruitcakery has ever happened, I certainly don't remember it.
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Well, it's a bit hard to finish a post around here. A lot comes up. I was watching the Steelers game on Sunday and at 1 minute 55 seconds left in the game, Steelers up by 2, someone comes to the door. Gag. I was like, uhhh, yeah, one moment while standing at the door, looking at the tv. But the ending to the game nothing grand. They just ran the clock out to win the game. Still, that puts the Steelers in for next Sunday to play for the conference win. Which would take them back to the Super Bowl if they actually do win.
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Well now I'm going to do some venting. For when I came back from a run today, the warehouse manager showed me a ticket - from a month ago, and asked me what happened with a hand written in backorder. In other words, the quantity had originally showed shipping and then I had changed it to show it had not shipped. I don't remember, I know we shipped them though. 5 minutes later, the "new" manager, not so new now, comes out, calls everyone together and then starts in on me. And I got right back in his face. He started cussing, calling m e out personally and telling me "You'd better think hard. You'd better be thinking hard for a looooong time until you remember". Talking down to me, getting angry, I had had enough.
You can't even think to remember something from a month ago when someone is in your face talking like that to you. Apparently the look on my face spoke more than my words, for I was getting angry. I've had enough of this a-hole getting angry about petty s*** and then coming up to us and talking to us like we're 5 year old in Kindergarten. We fired back and forth at each other for at least 10 mintues. Finally the thing came back into memory and then I got very vocal. Yes, I remember now. I brought this ticket in there, informed those two - the warehouse manager and the inside salesman - that this ticket needed to be changed because I couldn't fit the material that was showing backordered onto the truck, pointing at the two the entire time. Those two have NO problem throwing all of us under the bus, they can get a dose of their own medicine.
But I wasn't letting off this fake manager that gets mad over stupid stuff. He stood there and said I'm getting angry, apparently thinking I would intimidated by it. No and no thanks (and if I would have thought about it, I would got out my phone and called his manager on the spot). I did everything that YOU said to do. When I got to the jobsite and saw they hadn't changed the ticket (this was a HUGE order, filled the entire truck up and much of it double stacked with pallets), I placed the non-shipping material on backorder. When I got back, I took the ticket into them again, showed them the error and told them it needed to be changed before being billed.
I have tried and tried to just let the man have his way, keep my mouth shut but this was the straw that broke the camel's back. I had had enough and everyone there knew I was at bursting point. Seriously, if that man had continued on with it, I probably would not have a job right now. But, I kept my cool enough to deliberately give him his stuff right back at him in calm tones. Don't read this wrong. I didn't blow up. I didn't cuss back. I didn't mouth off, but I wasn't backing down - at all - either. I basically kept speaking up the entire time until he finally backed off. He stopped himself, realized what kind of s*** he was pulling. Got a strange look over his face, and then actually apologized to everyone.
That wasn't enough for me though, for he had singled me out and it was completely and totally unwarranted. So yes, I kept bringing up the pertinent points to his petty ranting that led to unwarranted anger on his part. He finally changed his tones and said okay, okay. Let's just work towards getting this better and offered alternatives. Yes, let's do that. And btw, when I say something to someone about changing a ticket, it goes in one ear and out the other. That got his ire but that's exactly what goes on. He finally settled down after he saw I was having none of it and I was definitely not backing down. I'm a man, not a child and I'm not going to let this person talk down to me like this anymore. The next time this happens - and yes there will be a next time because this dude can't stop himself - I'm calling the general manager and he can hear how this guy is acting out.
There was one marked difference after this exchange. 5 minutes after it happened and everyone walked off, he came up to me an profusely apologized. Perhaps there is hope for the man after all. Who knows.
And, after that, everyone else was commenting on me. I'm not going to say I wasn't getting extremely agitated with his behavior, they saw it on my face. They all thought I was going to bust. And in fact, that what was what was happening internally. I at one point had to look down, gather my thought quickly, calm myself down and then continue on. They all saw that and knew what was going on. It actually ended on a much better note than any of these interactions with this man has occurred before.
Okay. It's Thursday night, tomorrow is the Inauguration of Donald Trump. Projected up to 750,000 protestors showing up, including talk of rioting and violence, human chains and all kinds of garbage. I hope and pray that violence doesn't occur.
As for today, the kid next door begging to let him borrow the 4 wheeler so I let him. But, you can't take it out on the street. What does he do? Takes it on the street. Both his mom and I put an end to that quickly, but the damage was done. Maybe 30 minutes later, 2 police cruisers come through the neighborhood, but by that time the 4 wheeler was put up. They just drove on by slowly. 10 minutes after that, his dad - a sheriff and on duty - pulled up first to their house but then quickly came over to me.
His first words? 6 more days......rofl. He was referring to Trump taking power in the inauguration. And cops apparently are very happy about Trump coming into power and legitimizing law enforcement again. Then I saw this awesome AR rifle in his car and started talking about that which of course he was delighted to go into, but the boy - cannot ride the 4 wheeler in the neighborhood again, which I totally agree with. The uncle has a huge swath of land outside of town and that is where they normally take it.
Christmas was good if uneventful. I can't decide whether I missed being with family for it or not. They didn't have it on Christmas Day anyway, so no loss there, but the event usually lasts only 2 or 3 hours and that is it. Bye bye, c'ya next Christmas. I almost made it midnight New Year's but I fell asleep like 15 minutes before 12, lol.
Ummm, really now. I am still a bit absorbed in the political realm. The unending "conflicts" dems/liberals/progs are bringing up against Trump are rather amusing to me. The "final" one, providing another one doesn't prop up between here and Friday (which it probably will so not holding my breath), is they are allegedly going to dump up to 750,000 protesters in DC to attempt to actually stop the inauguration. Seriously, when have you ever seen this kind of nonsense after a president has been elected and before he was inaugurated? I dunno if this level of fruitcakery has ever happened, I certainly don't remember it.
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Well, it's a bit hard to finish a post around here. A lot comes up. I was watching the Steelers game on Sunday and at 1 minute 55 seconds left in the game, Steelers up by 2, someone comes to the door. Gag. I was like, uhhh, yeah, one moment while standing at the door, looking at the tv. But the ending to the game nothing grand. They just ran the clock out to win the game. Still, that puts the Steelers in for next Sunday to play for the conference win. Which would take them back to the Super Bowl if they actually do win.
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Well now I'm going to do some venting. For when I came back from a run today, the warehouse manager showed me a ticket - from a month ago, and asked me what happened with a hand written in backorder. In other words, the quantity had originally showed shipping and then I had changed it to show it had not shipped. I don't remember, I know we shipped them though. 5 minutes later, the "new" manager, not so new now, comes out, calls everyone together and then starts in on me. And I got right back in his face. He started cussing, calling m e out personally and telling me "You'd better think hard. You'd better be thinking hard for a looooong time until you remember". Talking down to me, getting angry, I had had enough.
You can't even think to remember something from a month ago when someone is in your face talking like that to you. Apparently the look on my face spoke more than my words, for I was getting angry. I've had enough of this a-hole getting angry about petty s*** and then coming up to us and talking to us like we're 5 year old in Kindergarten. We fired back and forth at each other for at least 10 mintues. Finally the thing came back into memory and then I got very vocal. Yes, I remember now. I brought this ticket in there, informed those two - the warehouse manager and the inside salesman - that this ticket needed to be changed because I couldn't fit the material that was showing backordered onto the truck, pointing at the two the entire time. Those two have NO problem throwing all of us under the bus, they can get a dose of their own medicine.
But I wasn't letting off this fake manager that gets mad over stupid stuff. He stood there and said I'm getting angry, apparently thinking I would intimidated by it. No and no thanks (and if I would have thought about it, I would got out my phone and called his manager on the spot). I did everything that YOU said to do. When I got to the jobsite and saw they hadn't changed the ticket (this was a HUGE order, filled the entire truck up and much of it double stacked with pallets), I placed the non-shipping material on backorder. When I got back, I took the ticket into them again, showed them the error and told them it needed to be changed before being billed.
I have tried and tried to just let the man have his way, keep my mouth shut but this was the straw that broke the camel's back. I had had enough and everyone there knew I was at bursting point. Seriously, if that man had continued on with it, I probably would not have a job right now. But, I kept my cool enough to deliberately give him his stuff right back at him in calm tones. Don't read this wrong. I didn't blow up. I didn't cuss back. I didn't mouth off, but I wasn't backing down - at all - either. I basically kept speaking up the entire time until he finally backed off. He stopped himself, realized what kind of s*** he was pulling. Got a strange look over his face, and then actually apologized to everyone.
That wasn't enough for me though, for he had singled me out and it was completely and totally unwarranted. So yes, I kept bringing up the pertinent points to his petty ranting that led to unwarranted anger on his part. He finally changed his tones and said okay, okay. Let's just work towards getting this better and offered alternatives. Yes, let's do that. And btw, when I say something to someone about changing a ticket, it goes in one ear and out the other. That got his ire but that's exactly what goes on. He finally settled down after he saw I was having none of it and I was definitely not backing down. I'm a man, not a child and I'm not going to let this person talk down to me like this anymore. The next time this happens - and yes there will be a next time because this dude can't stop himself - I'm calling the general manager and he can hear how this guy is acting out.
There was one marked difference after this exchange. 5 minutes after it happened and everyone walked off, he came up to me an profusely apologized. Perhaps there is hope for the man after all. Who knows.
And, after that, everyone else was commenting on me. I'm not going to say I wasn't getting extremely agitated with his behavior, they saw it on my face. They all thought I was going to bust. And in fact, that what was what was happening internally. I at one point had to look down, gather my thought quickly, calm myself down and then continue on. They all saw that and knew what was going on. It actually ended on a much better note than any of these interactions with this man has occurred before.
Okay. It's Thursday night, tomorrow is the Inauguration of Donald Trump. Projected up to 750,000 protestors showing up, including talk of rioting and violence, human chains and all kinds of garbage. I hope and pray that violence doesn't occur.
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Well, haven't posted in a while. I have been absorbed in my new moderator rule in this huge political debate group I'm in. BTW, anyone interested in joining let me know and I'll post a link to the group. It's a closed group and there are some fruitcakes in it, but there is some real debating that goes on in there too. I'm getting my feet wet at the mod role and dealing with a large variety of issues, though the most sticky ones are getting in between people that go into anger and start the stupid name calling and such. Almost every single time, I end up having to boot a person from the group. So, that's part of what I"ve been doing.
The rest is buying Christmas gifts and getting them sent out, sending out Christmas cards, raking and burning leaves, going to work and dealing with the daily grind. I got a wonderfully nice sized rib roast yesterday at Kroger's. I went in there to find these small little roasts out in the cooler and I don't like getting a cut of beef like that in such a small size. It doesn't cook right, at least not for me, it gets over-cooked too easily. A good roast like that is going to be nice and red on the inside, not pink or medium or anything else. Usually the small end of the cut will brown nicely for those that want more well-cooked beef. Well I knocked on the butcher door and asked if they had any larger roasts? Nope, but we can cut you one to size. I said about 10 pounds. They got it very close to 10 pounds and I was very happy.
My new credit card turned out to actually lower my credit score more than it was at before. Why? Because when I asked for a balance transfer from one of my other cards, I asked for X amount to be transferred. Well, they transferred the entire amount which was well above my credit limit on that card. Meaning it's showing I'm over the limit to the credit agencies and that automatically dumped my newly found increases, at least on Experian. So,, I have asked them to at least increase the credit limit to the amount I owe on the account. There is no risk to them for that, it's not going to give me any ability to spend anything on it, so I am hoping they will do it. This credit score business is turning into a real headache.
Posting this one even though unfinished. I have too many drafts in there, got to post something! lol
The rest is buying Christmas gifts and getting them sent out, sending out Christmas cards, raking and burning leaves, going to work and dealing with the daily grind. I got a wonderfully nice sized rib roast yesterday at Kroger's. I went in there to find these small little roasts out in the cooler and I don't like getting a cut of beef like that in such a small size. It doesn't cook right, at least not for me, it gets over-cooked too easily. A good roast like that is going to be nice and red on the inside, not pink or medium or anything else. Usually the small end of the cut will brown nicely for those that want more well-cooked beef. Well I knocked on the butcher door and asked if they had any larger roasts? Nope, but we can cut you one to size. I said about 10 pounds. They got it very close to 10 pounds and I was very happy.
My new credit card turned out to actually lower my credit score more than it was at before. Why? Because when I asked for a balance transfer from one of my other cards, I asked for X amount to be transferred. Well, they transferred the entire amount which was well above my credit limit on that card. Meaning it's showing I'm over the limit to the credit agencies and that automatically dumped my newly found increases, at least on Experian. So,, I have asked them to at least increase the credit limit to the amount I owe on the account. There is no risk to them for that, it's not going to give me any ability to spend anything on it, so I am hoping they will do it. This credit score business is turning into a real headache.
Posting this one even though unfinished. I have too many drafts in there, got to post something! lol
Saturday, December 3, 2016
Okay look, I have zero experience transferring balances from one card to another. So, it was rather shocking to see my Platinum card with Capital One at zero balance and the Barclay card acquiring the entire amount of the balance. The reason is surprised me is because I originally put the request in with only taking out a portion of the balance. This is about credit building first, for me anyway. Saving money is also right up there. I wanted the amounts on both cards to be at or less than the limit experts say you should have any given card at - 30% - in account balance. Second, because the balance on the Cap One card is more than the credit limit Barclay card gave me to begin with.
The good news of this is that I now have 15 months of interest free payments to pay that amount off and I definitely intend on doing that much faster than I originally intended to. A $200 payment - is worth $200 - not $120 or whatever with interest added. In 10 months I'll have that card down to near zero. I was charged with 2 fees to bring the balance over for some reason, they did it in two transactions of which I don't understand but will be asking them about. However, the fees are negligible to the amount of money paid towards interest over that same 15 month period if it were still on the other card so I'm not going to complain. I just don't understand why they even bothered to do that when it went over their limit for my account.
I'm also curious if they are going to try to add over-limit fees. We'll be having a long conversation about that since it is irrefutable that my request was for X amount, that was less than the credit limit of the card. But I am not going there tonight. What I need now is Capital One to increase the credit limit on the now zero balance card. Not so I can spent more money, but so that my overall credit use is lowered. Fingerhut just gave me an increase to over 3 grand, of which I have a $200 balance on it and no plans to buy anything from them anytime soon.
Well enough of that for now. Just my current "fad", I guess. Get the credit back in shape, at least get it into the 700 range and then explore my options. A few owner financed properties available, but unappealing. Including a 10 spot mobile home park with a site built home for the owner to live in. They want far too much money for it. I could start a 10 unit park just outside of town instead of out in the boonies for a fraction of the cost. I also found a lot of owner financed homes at really good prices. A huge house on 5 acres for 150k. You have to wonder about a property like that, though. Always appraisals tell the story.
Well, nothing new around here. Rain, rain and more rain. All day long, everywhere. Driving in it, working in it, getting wet in it. The pond project at a stall, just have to wait until next weekend, that is, weather permitting. Mom's Christmas present to me should be arriving some time this week. A large enough tool box on wheels. She declared today she is the owner of 2 homes - but soon to be in her new place which she claims she really likes. My brothers. I don't hate them, but they are some of the most selfish people I know. Why couldn't they lift a finger to help her? I almost wish I was still living there to have been around to help her through all of this. Operative word being almost.
The good news of this is that I now have 15 months of interest free payments to pay that amount off and I definitely intend on doing that much faster than I originally intended to. A $200 payment - is worth $200 - not $120 or whatever with interest added. In 10 months I'll have that card down to near zero. I was charged with 2 fees to bring the balance over for some reason, they did it in two transactions of which I don't understand but will be asking them about. However, the fees are negligible to the amount of money paid towards interest over that same 15 month period if it were still on the other card so I'm not going to complain. I just don't understand why they even bothered to do that when it went over their limit for my account.
I'm also curious if they are going to try to add over-limit fees. We'll be having a long conversation about that since it is irrefutable that my request was for X amount, that was less than the credit limit of the card. But I am not going there tonight. What I need now is Capital One to increase the credit limit on the now zero balance card. Not so I can spent more money, but so that my overall credit use is lowered. Fingerhut just gave me an increase to over 3 grand, of which I have a $200 balance on it and no plans to buy anything from them anytime soon.
Well enough of that for now. Just my current "fad", I guess. Get the credit back in shape, at least get it into the 700 range and then explore my options. A few owner financed properties available, but unappealing. Including a 10 spot mobile home park with a site built home for the owner to live in. They want far too much money for it. I could start a 10 unit park just outside of town instead of out in the boonies for a fraction of the cost. I also found a lot of owner financed homes at really good prices. A huge house on 5 acres for 150k. You have to wonder about a property like that, though. Always appraisals tell the story.
Well, nothing new around here. Rain, rain and more rain. All day long, everywhere. Driving in it, working in it, getting wet in it. The pond project at a stall, just have to wait until next weekend, that is, weather permitting. Mom's Christmas present to me should be arriving some time this week. A large enough tool box on wheels. She declared today she is the owner of 2 homes - but soon to be in her new place which she claims she really likes. My brothers. I don't hate them, but they are some of the most selfish people I know. Why couldn't they lift a finger to help her? I almost wish I was still living there to have been around to help her through all of this. Operative word being almost.
Sunday, November 27, 2016
Well, the end of 4 days off. I know it's barely noon Sunday, but it goes so fast. I got up, let the dogs out, enjoyed a large breakfast - something I really don't get into but she loves to cook and this really was tasty - then headed up to Lowe's. I have been working on the pond project this weekend, with the wall mostly built and mortared in. However, I forgot about rebar and though I couldn't stick it inside the blocks as you are supposed to do, I was at least able to drive them into the ground directly behind the blocks and up against them and then cement them in. This has turned into a much more involved project than I expected. It's because of the proximity to the house. OtherI pwise, I would have been able to just dig a hole and no have had to put up any retaining walls and it would have already been done.
But, getting too far out into the yard would have defeated the purpose of being able to sit there and enjoy a pond while sitting on the front porch. And my water run-off drainage pipe limited how far away from the porch I could put it. It would have been ideal at around 2 feet. Instead, it's about 10 inches, which is good enough.
Anyway, I got my materials and got up to the contractor's check out. I'm not a contractor but that never stops anyway. The young lady running the counter had a foul attitude, which was obvious before even got up to her with the way she treated the people in front of me. I thought, well, I just have a few things, get this over with and get out of there. However, she rang everything up and and gave me the total, which I thought was way higher than what it should be. I decided to say nothing, if I need a refund I'll go to the customer service counter instead of dealing with her.
But, it didn't happen that way. First off, she was complaining about the purchase itself with the rebar. Do you know how much these are? No, I replied. There was no prices on most of it. She got upset at that while talking to this other young employee standing there. I kept my cool while enduring her foulness. She rang everything up, I paid for it, she handed me the receipt. I stood back from the register and turned slightly to head out the door. I was looking at the receipt, there was a $22 charge for something on there that I definitely didn't buy and was the source of the conflict. She grabbed the receipt out of my hands without asking and said: "let me look at that". That is where she crossed my line. I still said nothing while she issued a refund and then demanded that I sign a paper for it. Huh? You make a mistake and you want me to sign for it? She just looked at me. I then stated: You have an attitude problem. She got a pissy look on her face, said okay and then walked away from the register. I asked her her name.
No reply. I asked the other employee's name. No reply. An older guy had just walked up and I was asking for a manager. Well what's wrong? She's getting an attitude with me because of her mistake! Enough. Note that this lady never once apologized for her error. Nothing even remotely close to it. I walked out of there before I was going to lose my cool, loaded the stuff into the car and went into the other entrance, to the returns counter and asked for the manager. Is there something I can help you with? A lady with a clearly Texas drawl asked. No, I want to speak to the general manager of this store, is that individual here?
She calls her up, meanwhile attempting to try and pry info out of me It was more curiosity on her part so I accommodated her with a piece of the information. I then quickly said, no, it's not you anyone standing here. Ohhhh, she said, okay. The manager came up, listened to my story and started trying to explain away the receipt and what happened. I quickly stopped that line. I don't care about that, it's that lady's attitude that I am complaining about. I didn't make this mistake, I didn't get the bad attitude, I don't expect to come to Lowe's and get treated like this for no good reason. This lady wouldn't give me her name, grabbed the receipt out of my hands without asking and never apologized for her error. She has a bad attitude and I expect you to deal with this in whatever way you find appropriate.
The manager got the hint and the clue, profusely apologized for the other lady's actions and said she would deal with it. Thank you! And I left, wishing them all a good day. I forgot Merry Christmas, I started doing that after Thanksgiving. It didn't ruin my day, I just made my point and got out of there.
The block is in, the rebar pounded in, the mortar poured, now I have to wait for it to set. Then I am going to fill in with dirt up to the level of the foundation of the house. After that I can set the final block in place. So, this is going to be resumed next weekend. I get home from work now and it's almost dark already. Yes I could run a light out there but I"m not in a huge hurry. I would like to get this done, but it's a step by step process and it can't be rushed.
That's it for today. The leaves are all but burned. Once those are done I have a huge ash pile to dump over the back fence. The next rain will wash it all away down the creek. I was informed, though, that those ashes are good for flower gardens. Hmmm, well if true, I will have plenty more. The ash pile is over two feet high now, I need to get it back to ground level and then I can start over again. I really need a high powered leaf blower. But they are expensive. I dunno if there are any Christmas specials on such, supposedly Black Friday deals are going through the weekend - but - Cyber Monday is almost here.
I'm determined to get my own property out here. There is very little public land anywhere. Ie:places to go to enjoy yourself with dogs running free or firing up the 4 wheelers. It's a culture of land ownership. I'm hopeful by sometime into next year my credit rating will be out of fair territory and into good zone. That will be good enough to secure a low payment loan on a medium sized piece of land, I"m thinking around 50 acres. Unless you have cash, you can't do anything without good credit. I'm not going to get burned by high interest/high payments. Cattle would be in the equation as well. I do need to save up the money for the down payment. Which I have started.
Well, back to the Lowe's fiasco. While sitting here contemplating things, I checked my bank account. The money was not refunded back into my account. That required an immediate call to Lowe's, where I was informed "he" was not available, the store's manager. Now we are going into more lies. He? I replied. Yes, he's on the phone. I'll wait, thinking what is this? The lady that I spoke to said she was the store's manager and that after I pressed her about being the store's general manager. I was hung up on. I called back. Again. I called back. Finally, this guy answers the phone. I dumped all over him. What is going on there?
Finally, a sensible person. He profusely apologized for all of it. He said there are cameras all over the store and he would be reviewing the video of it. PLEASE do, I replied, you will see her snatching that receipt out of my hands. He offered to refund my money in cash, but I am not going back up to that store today.
Well I'm going to put that out of my mind. The Shepherd is getting bigger. I wasn't really looking for another large dog, so I hope that stops soon enough. She is finally getting accustomed to my way of doing things and is starting to blend in - excepting her penchant for jumping the fence. Now, I've been letting her out without being chained up for the last week or so while I"m home, but I just can't do that when I'm at work. The last time she got out I caught her in the act and that was potentially a turning point. Whatever the case, I do hope she isn't pregnant. So far, there are no signs of it.
Nothing much else around here worth going into.
But, getting too far out into the yard would have defeated the purpose of being able to sit there and enjoy a pond while sitting on the front porch. And my water run-off drainage pipe limited how far away from the porch I could put it. It would have been ideal at around 2 feet. Instead, it's about 10 inches, which is good enough.
Anyway, I got my materials and got up to the contractor's check out. I'm not a contractor but that never stops anyway. The young lady running the counter had a foul attitude, which was obvious before even got up to her with the way she treated the people in front of me. I thought, well, I just have a few things, get this over with and get out of there. However, she rang everything up and and gave me the total, which I thought was way higher than what it should be. I decided to say nothing, if I need a refund I'll go to the customer service counter instead of dealing with her.
But, it didn't happen that way. First off, she was complaining about the purchase itself with the rebar. Do you know how much these are? No, I replied. There was no prices on most of it. She got upset at that while talking to this other young employee standing there. I kept my cool while enduring her foulness. She rang everything up, I paid for it, she handed me the receipt. I stood back from the register and turned slightly to head out the door. I was looking at the receipt, there was a $22 charge for something on there that I definitely didn't buy and was the source of the conflict. She grabbed the receipt out of my hands without asking and said: "let me look at that". That is where she crossed my line. I still said nothing while she issued a refund and then demanded that I sign a paper for it. Huh? You make a mistake and you want me to sign for it? She just looked at me. I then stated: You have an attitude problem. She got a pissy look on her face, said okay and then walked away from the register. I asked her her name.
No reply. I asked the other employee's name. No reply. An older guy had just walked up and I was asking for a manager. Well what's wrong? She's getting an attitude with me because of her mistake! Enough. Note that this lady never once apologized for her error. Nothing even remotely close to it. I walked out of there before I was going to lose my cool, loaded the stuff into the car and went into the other entrance, to the returns counter and asked for the manager. Is there something I can help you with? A lady with a clearly Texas drawl asked. No, I want to speak to the general manager of this store, is that individual here?
She calls her up, meanwhile attempting to try and pry info out of me It was more curiosity on her part so I accommodated her with a piece of the information. I then quickly said, no, it's not you anyone standing here. Ohhhh, she said, okay. The manager came up, listened to my story and started trying to explain away the receipt and what happened. I quickly stopped that line. I don't care about that, it's that lady's attitude that I am complaining about. I didn't make this mistake, I didn't get the bad attitude, I don't expect to come to Lowe's and get treated like this for no good reason. This lady wouldn't give me her name, grabbed the receipt out of my hands without asking and never apologized for her error. She has a bad attitude and I expect you to deal with this in whatever way you find appropriate.
The manager got the hint and the clue, profusely apologized for the other lady's actions and said she would deal with it. Thank you! And I left, wishing them all a good day. I forgot Merry Christmas, I started doing that after Thanksgiving. It didn't ruin my day, I just made my point and got out of there.
The block is in, the rebar pounded in, the mortar poured, now I have to wait for it to set. Then I am going to fill in with dirt up to the level of the foundation of the house. After that I can set the final block in place. So, this is going to be resumed next weekend. I get home from work now and it's almost dark already. Yes I could run a light out there but I"m not in a huge hurry. I would like to get this done, but it's a step by step process and it can't be rushed.
That's it for today. The leaves are all but burned. Once those are done I have a huge ash pile to dump over the back fence. The next rain will wash it all away down the creek. I was informed, though, that those ashes are good for flower gardens. Hmmm, well if true, I will have plenty more. The ash pile is over two feet high now, I need to get it back to ground level and then I can start over again. I really need a high powered leaf blower. But they are expensive. I dunno if there are any Christmas specials on such, supposedly Black Friday deals are going through the weekend - but - Cyber Monday is almost here.
I'm determined to get my own property out here. There is very little public land anywhere. Ie:places to go to enjoy yourself with dogs running free or firing up the 4 wheelers. It's a culture of land ownership. I'm hopeful by sometime into next year my credit rating will be out of fair territory and into good zone. That will be good enough to secure a low payment loan on a medium sized piece of land, I"m thinking around 50 acres. Unless you have cash, you can't do anything without good credit. I'm not going to get burned by high interest/high payments. Cattle would be in the equation as well. I do need to save up the money for the down payment. Which I have started.
Well, back to the Lowe's fiasco. While sitting here contemplating things, I checked my bank account. The money was not refunded back into my account. That required an immediate call to Lowe's, where I was informed "he" was not available, the store's manager. Now we are going into more lies. He? I replied. Yes, he's on the phone. I'll wait, thinking what is this? The lady that I spoke to said she was the store's manager and that after I pressed her about being the store's general manager. I was hung up on. I called back. Again. I called back. Finally, this guy answers the phone. I dumped all over him. What is going on there?
Finally, a sensible person. He profusely apologized for all of it. He said there are cameras all over the store and he would be reviewing the video of it. PLEASE do, I replied, you will see her snatching that receipt out of my hands. He offered to refund my money in cash, but I am not going back up to that store today.
Well I'm going to put that out of my mind. The Shepherd is getting bigger. I wasn't really looking for another large dog, so I hope that stops soon enough. She is finally getting accustomed to my way of doing things and is starting to blend in - excepting her penchant for jumping the fence. Now, I've been letting her out without being chained up for the last week or so while I"m home, but I just can't do that when I'm at work. The last time she got out I caught her in the act and that was potentially a turning point. Whatever the case, I do hope she isn't pregnant. So far, there are no signs of it.
Nothing much else around here worth going into.
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