I get that the world we live in is different from what it used to be, but sometimes I wonder how the heck some things are allowed to go on.
This week was nothing earth shattering or considered high on the importance scale of life, but I found myself irritated none-the-less. Maybe you can identify with some of these types of situations.
- An oil change taking over 75 minutes. When asked, I got a response of, “Well, we washed your car for you” like that would take that long. I would have appreciated an answer like, “We got backed up. Sorry for the inconvenience.”
- Having to shop for tires and having it explained that even though they are billed as 60K tires, everyone assumes they only last around 40K. The higher number is only in ideal driving conditions, which exist no where in the world.
- Finding out that the tires require an additional $99 fee for alignment. Yep, you can buy four new tires but they won’t be put on properly. If you don’t pay for the alignment, you forfeit your warranty. So let’s be honest here. The tires are an additional $25 each. I’d rather have that said upfront.
- Having a business cash your payment, but not post it to your account. They can’t locate the payment anywhere, but the bank shows it has been cashed. They then need another couple of business days to research where it is. In the meantime, they dock your paycheck for the loan you’ve taken, even though you have paid it off. The bonus? No, we can’t call you when we locate your money. You have to keep calling us back. Double standard. When it comes to us paying our hard earned money, no leniency. When it comes to them, they have unlimited time to do whatever they need to.
- You ask the local chapter of your professional agency a question. They tell you to post the question on the national listserv. You do so and the answer is that you should ask your local chapter those kinds of questions. Obviously, no one plans to help me.
Like I said, nothing monumental. It is aggravating though, day after day. Sometimes it is just exhausting to have to be on your guard and have your thinking cap on every minute to make sure you know what is going on. And it is hard to be powerless when you can’t get what you need to live your life the way you are supposed to.
I call bullshit.
End rant.
May 10, 2018 at 5:14 pm
Darcy, I hope the cluster of aggravating things is closed and you can enjoy a cluster of care free days.
May 11, 2018 at 8:00 pm
Me too… not yet today, but there is always tomorrow!!
May 11, 2018 at 12:32 am
I get it…the minor stuff is just as aggravating than the big things…especially when it costs you big $ more than you budgeted/expected. WTF why now?
May 16, 2018 at 3:31 am
It’s all those little things that add up which pushes you over the edge when a big one decides to tag along. Customer service has taken an even further back seat. Thanks to yearly increasing minimum wages. Sounds backwards, huh? Fewer employees and increased prices to balance out those yearly wage increases. It’s not working……
Did I tell you my inspection story? Trying not to think about it. Cost me almost $60 FOR AN INSPECTION!!! Have a car over 3 years old? You pay more. Huh what? Why? Do they not inspect 3 year old and under cars as well? How about the state starts inspecting their roads, the real danger. It’s almost June and they remain as they were through winter.
May 16, 2018 at 4:26 pm
Sigh. Yep… Big screwed up system!