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Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Saturday, May 05, 2007 - 11:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
Check goes in the mail Monday

Mail takes a few days. Any way to get your bank to directly transfer the money electronically??

Here in Canada I've done a similar transaction. I'm jsut thinking that you'd like this over fast and this way you wouldnt have to wait for days for confirmation that they received the rent payment for May.

I assume it is this last month that they are waiting for. GOOD grief this whole situation sounds stressful!!

Chin up! we're here if you need to debrief!!

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Saturday, May 05, 2007 - 11:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
thinking that the Bank could even Fax a receipt to those people's lawyer too. so you can Get it all over with fast.

Justavice
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11-22-2005

Sunday, May 06, 2007 - 1:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Justavice a private message Print Post    
Grrr.... So I just came from the grocery store and I am really angry. Cantaloupe was on sale so I went to buy one and there were two male employees chatting right near the melon section, one of them was the produce person. So I am looking over the melons and realize most (if not all) had some faint, bluish fuzzy stuff on them and I asked the produce guy if it was mold. He insisted that it was not mold, that it was just the ripeness of the melon. I asked him if he was sure and he got the other guy to start laughing at me and making fun of the fact that I thought it was mold. He handed me a melon he deemed perfect so I just took it and left. Anyhow, I just looked online and IT IS MOLD!!! I dug my receipt out of the trash and will be returning my MOLDY MELON tomorrow. I might even print out the info from the internet to take with me. It wasn't expensive, but I hate it when someone tries to make me feel stupid and doesn't even know what they are talking about. Ok. I feel better. Rant over.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, May 06, 2007 - 2:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Justa, call the store up and let them know what happened. Also, it's likely they'll say to go ahead and toss the melon and just bring in the receipt for a refund. (That way you don't have to schlepp a moldy melon around.)

Next time, stick to your guns... ask the produce guy to cut one open. If requested, they should cut one open. If they won't, find another store! (My produce guys are awesome... all I have to do is ask "how sweet are the <whatevers>?" and they'll grab one and cut it open to give me a bite!)

Justavice
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11-22-2005

Sunday, May 06, 2007 - 3:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Justavice a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the support Costacat! But from the website I looked at, the inside of the melon would still be ok (unless it was super moldy) but the mold on the outside apparently is the kind that was discovered to contain pencillin. Technically, I could cut and eat it, but I think it's gross to eat something that had mold on the outside of it. And I don't like being lied to. I thought about chucking the melon, but I want to take it in as evidence that the blue fuzz is there. Sigh... I recently moved to South Carolina from southern California and I really miss Trader Joe's...

Chewpito
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01-04-2004

Sunday, May 06, 2007 - 3:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
Justavise, Id eat the good part of the moldy melon, and take back the reciept anyway and tell them it was bad (call like costa said,then toss it) and demand (or ask kindly) for another...that way you get a two for one...you complain and win at the same time....

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Sunday, May 06, 2007 - 3:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I never cut a melon until I've completely scrubbed the outside to within an inch of it's life. Anything on the rind will be carried into the fruit when you cut it...and who knows what that might be.

Justavice
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11-22-2005

Sunday, May 06, 2007 - 3:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Justavice a private message Print Post    
Thanks guys. Chewpito- I don't want ANY of their melons. Seriously, they all had this fuzz on them. And now that I know this is mold, I have this aversion to even touching it, much less eating it. (Which is weird, even to me, because I love bleu cheese.) I was just irate at the fact that the guy lied. And maybe he didn't know and just said what he did, but regardless, to try and humiliate me with his work buddy really pi**ed me off.

Chewpito
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01-04-2004

Sunday, May 06, 2007 - 3:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
Thats very true Ophilia, I worked in produce for many yrs and I wash the crap outa my stuff... I dont care how nice the store is or where ever, that stuff comes in trucks and is stored on pallets... where rats and bats and all kinds of "fun" stuff hang out... I even wash my tin cans befor I open them...I dont drink sodas, but anything that you have in a tin...you should wash first...that stuff is really dirty.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Sunday, May 06, 2007 - 4:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I HATE grading research papers. Even w/step by step instructions, examples of what good paragraphs, citations, etc. look like AND guided practice, my seniors this year write s*h*i*t! They completely ignore the instructions (both written and verbal) and it makes it so damn hard to grade! I'm ready to knock heads together, and I'm pretty sure it won't cause brain damage b/c whatever brain is in there, they've hidden away!

Cheri4angels
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11-15-2006

Monday, May 07, 2007 - 9:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cheri4angels a private message Print Post    
Sunshyne, we decided to pay by money order, the current month due, the one we owe 'cause Bob screwed up the check book so a check bounced, fees for that, and even one extra month for good measure, so there'll be no question (they say we pay the month previous each month, we say we pay for the current month.) Even got a money order for the money I owe her for a dog that she said I could pay whenever. Even threw in an extra dollar for the hell of it. Now all we have to do is get them to meet us and take the money. I don't think they want to, they want us to default so they'll get the trailer and have a chance to have a judge make us pay court costs and lawyer fees.

They are now claiming that since we moved our stuff out we have vacated the property, even though they refused to let us move the sheds and trailer.

Poor, misunderstood people. All they want is everything. UGGGGGG I just want to scream!

Serate
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08-21-2001

Monday, May 07, 2007 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Cheri can you give the money orders to their lawyer? If all they are wanting to do is cause trouble they could "lose" the money orders. If you are giving it to them in person, get a receipt book - one that gives carbon copies. Write down each money order number, the amount the money order is for, and what the money order is for. Then have them sign it and you sign it before you give them their copy. Matter of fact, give them the original - because it's too hard to change a copy and you'll have better proof. Heck even if you give it to their lawyer do something like that. If you have to involve the sheriff's department. If you can't give the money orders to their lawyer, and they refuse to take the money, be there when the trailer is taken out. With money orders in hand, and call the sheriff's department before hand. Not much they can do.

Good luck.

Cheri4angels
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11-15-2006

Tuesday, May 08, 2007 - 4:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cheri4angels a private message Print Post    
Sunshyne, I wish I had thought to write down the money order number and stuff. I didn't. I did write on the money orders "For rent and dog- paid in full". I assumed I could go to the Western Union website to check to see if they were cashed. Didn't think about them deliberately not cashing them. (I had to get a total of 3 money orders, I had no idea there was a $500 max on them.) Bob met them at the sheriff's office and told them beforehand to bring receipts. One thing I have to say, John's always been very good about giving us detailed receipts. So I do have those, from John himself, acknowledging payment. They supposedly "forgot" to bring the paperwork on Lady, which ticks me off thoroughly. Maybe they don't want a papertrail showing they re-sold a humane society dog. Oh well, she's mine now anyway.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, May 09, 2007 - 1:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Justavice, I have had good luck "getting even" with rude or snotty store clerks such as you describe. I take the time to sit down and write out a letter to the store manager (you already wrote it here, actually). I try to get the person's name when they initially piss me off, but if you can give a good description of the person, along with the date and time, the manager can most likely figure out who it was. That person has no future in retail anyway, so I figure I might as well help them along to their next job sweeping floors or unloading boxes. And the store will probably send you a coupon or something for your trouble. Managers in the retail industry take a dim view of employees lying to customers.

Justavice
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11-22-2005

Wednesday, May 09, 2007 - 3:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Justavice a private message Print Post    
Thanks Juju. I considered it, but decided to just move on and not shop there anymore. There are plenty of grocery stores I can patronize instead. I don't really know the circumstances of the man's life (kids, family, etc.) and I would hate to be last straw that caused him to lose his job because of some mold on a $1.25 cantaloupe.

Justavice
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11-22-2005

Wednesday, May 09, 2007 - 3:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Justavice a private message Print Post    
Juju- I did want to add that I have written many a letter of complaint in my life and will not hesitate to do so if I'm suitably pissed. I guess some things sting worse than others for a lot longer. I tend to get really mad and then recover quickly. But there are those few things that are just unforgivable and worth the time and energy put into righting the wrong.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, May 09, 2007 - 4:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I got an amazing chance the other night.

Recently I had a chest xray and I tracked down the place I had a chest xray three or four years ago, figuring it would be good to be able to compare them. Wasn't easy finding the place since it is associated with a hospital that was taken over by Tennant (sp?) in the interim.

So I go in and they don't have me on the comupter. I really question if they still have the earlier xray, as well as a back/hip scan I had done there. They say oh sure, but I'm not convinced

Then the tech, who I am pretty sure did the other xray and scan is basically rude and uncommunicative.

I don't even know if they sent a report to my doctor, but that is a different matter.

So the other day I get a phone call from someone in another state (or wherever.. she said "good night" nad it was 1:30pm here) who also clearly knows nothing about our area or hospitals here, and she proceeds to ask if I'm mind answering questions about my recent procedure.

Would I mind? LOL! I answered the questions and at the end she asked if it was ok if the hospital called me. OH fine with me! Doubt that I'll hear from them, but you never know.

Cheri4angels
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11-15-2006

Thursday, May 10, 2007 - 4:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cheri4angels a private message Print Post    
LOL, good for you, Sea. I need to make not accepting shoddy treatment the norm rather than the exception. I tend to take it unless really provoked!

Lateeda
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12-01-2006

Friday, May 11, 2007 - 3:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lateeda a private message Print Post    
Backstory - my oldest daughter started in the school orchestra back in 5th grade. She plays the viola. For 4 yrs we did the fundraisers and attended concerts, participated in Orchestra family nights - ice-skating, hayrides, bowling, etc. At the end of each year, we attended the banquet. We were served yummy cake and juice, coffee or water bottles. The cafe was decorated in our school colors, and there were bowls of peanuts, M&Ms, Skittles and Rainbow Mints on the tables. The night would end w/a raffle, and parents on the banquet committee had rounded up great items like TVs, passes to Cedar Point or Kings Island, Gift Cert to restaurants, Circuit City, Best buy, etc. All of this was paid for w/money from fundraising. The kids received awards (ribbons or trophies) plus a participation certificate. It was a FUN night! They would have a great send-off for the seniors, and of course there would be crying.
So fast-forward to the present. We moved to Georgia last year and my daughter started her Freshman yr w/a new orchestra. Again, we sold the magazines, poinsettias and cookie dough fundraisers, and then it was time for the banquet. I rec'd a letter saying it would be a buffet-style dinner followed by the awards ceremony. I had to pay $20/person!! I don't generally spend that much per person in a decent restaurant! Well, there are 6 of us, and there was no way I was paying $120 to go eat at the school, let alone for just a buffet. So just my daughter and I went. Needless to say, the food was just so-so, and no way did it warrant $20/plate! We then headed to the auditorium for the awards. Well the Band Director is head of the music dept., so Band and Orchestra had their banquet together. The ENTIRE 2.5+ hours!!!! of awards was about the band! Yes, I had to sit there and watch a slide show - 100% of it covered the band. Then sit and listen to the 20+ seniors give their farewell speeches, not to mention the Band Director tell an anecdote about each of them. Then, all of the band awards, which took FOREVER as they have 200+ members. So finally, the last 15 minutes, the orchestra members were called up to get a piece of paper, no talk about any of the 4 seniors, no mention of their Superior rating at the adjudicated contest...nothing, just their name called. woopee.
So now this year's banquet is next Wed. We were to pay our $20/person by today. I asked my daughter to find out if it was the same format and we'd skip the dinner and just go get her award. She now tells me that they are charging $5 per person just to show up for the awards!!! WHAT the heck?!?! *I* have to pay to sit through close to 3 hours of BAND people be ranted and raved over, and then just my daughter's name called? I can't even get a picture as it's so dark and she is literally up and down the steps in 4 seconds. GROWL!!
So she and I just had a heated argument - she really wants to go to the dinner to hang out w/her friends...so I'm paying for her to go, and neither her Father or I am going at all. She'll bring her piece of paper home and I can take her picture w/it here.
Man, talk about a complete Day/Night scenario. This move has been hard in SO many ways, but having to put up w/illogical, boring, costly school activities, especially when I've seen how well it COULD done, is frustrating.
And I'd really like to know what the fundraising money goes to as WE had to pay 100% of her orchestra dress, and there are zero family activities that the booster club pays for...except the band does things together and the marching band gets food/dinner before football games - so apparently, we make money for the band!

Lateeda
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12-01-2006

Friday, May 11, 2007 - 3:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lateeda a private message Print Post    
OK, wow - that was LONG! Sorry.
I'm just really frustrated and angry (hurt, disappointed?) in dealing w/what we left behind and what we have to deal w/here.
I really want to go home....

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Friday, May 11, 2007 - 3:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Lateeda, I also play the viola, and have since I was in the 3rd grade (uh, I'm 50 now!). We had the same issue in our school district. Our orchestra was about half the size of the band, but that's generally the way things are. We played grade 6 music and were adjudicated with perfect scores. We were even invited to go and play in New York City as a guest orchestra at some fancy shindig thing. I recently played with my 2 sisters (one plays violin and the other also is a violist) for a production of Cinderella. After each performance we had bunches of people from the audience come up to us and the pit orchestra director telling us that the "strings made the performance." We were so thrilled to hear those kudos!

I don't know how anything will ever change until there are orchestra conductors who will jump in there and demand equal time during banquets and recognition events. Tell her to be proud of playing a stringed instrument. We are the BEST!!

Oh, I forgot...there was a lady who brought her 6 year old grandson to the performance on Saturday evening. She had to bring him back for the Sunday performance because he said he "just loved the string ladies." There is hope for the future musician in that child!!

Grooch
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06-16-2006

Friday, May 11, 2007 - 4:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grooch a private message Print Post    

quote:

I take the time to sit down and write out a letter to the store manager (you already wrote it here, actually). I try to get the person's name when they initially piss me off, but if you can give a good description of the person, along with the date and time, the manager can most likely figure out who it was.




I guess I do the opposite. When I get good service at a store (Walmart, KMart, Publix, etc.) I actually search out for the manager to tell them what great service I received from the employee.

The funny thing is that the manager is at first looking very upset and angry when I first approach them.

After I tell them they better do what they need to do to keep that employee because it made my shopping experience so much more pleasant, I can see their faces fall in relief and they really thank me.

I guess I am used to bad service and expect it in this day and age, so I go to point out the people who make it better for me.

I should probably get names and actually write a letter for the employee for thier files, but I know I will never do that.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Friday, May 11, 2007 - 4:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Ahh Lateeda!!! We moved last summer and I am on the verge of tears reading your post. Most people would probably think that's a bit melodramatic but when you say how hard the move was/is and how you just want to go home... I can so relate. It's everything, leaving a home, family and friends.. trying to make a new house into a home, trying to learn the roads and where the good stores are. Girls having to make new friends and in this age of email they are reminded every day of the fun things their old friends are doing together. We came from a school that was the best of the best to a school that is not (will leave it at that). We moved because of DH's job and he loves it here and is really thriving which is ironically making it harder on me and the kids, I have to fight off resentment constantly. It's been such a rough year. How are your kids doing in the new school? Did it take long for them to settle in and make new friends?

Landi
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07-29-2002

Friday, May 11, 2007 - 7:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
i learned one thing, if YOU want it to be better, YOU need to get involved. stop complaining and do something. maybe the band has such a big awards part because those parents are doing something about it. stop sitting on that hand and start raising it and volunteer. i did it for my daughter's swim team. it makes all the difference in the world.

it doesn't matter what the cause is, but if you want something done, quit depending on someone else to do it for you. join and volunteer to make it better!


Lateeda
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12-01-2006

Friday, May 11, 2007 - 7:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lateeda a private message Print Post    
Rissa - wow! You said it all!
I'm so tired of hearing about how much better the weather is here, "Well you don't have to worry about driving in the snow!" Um, yeah, I don't remember ever complaining about THAT! I love the snow! Like having a milder climate makes up for not being around family and friends, and having to pull up some very deep roots.
My 15 yr old is really struggling...friend-wise, grade-wise, attitude-wise. My 13 yr old is fine. She left a not very nice BFF back in OHio, and thankfully has made friends w/some girls who have good heads on their shoulders. My son is so-so. He's done great w/friends and making the select soccer team, however, his grades have really dropped. He was in a gifted program back home, which they don't offer anything remotely close here, so he's bored and has stopped caring... I've asked for him to be tested, bumped up, but I've been met w/great resistance to that. Still working on him and his needs....~sigh~ Then my 5 yr old is fine, she doesn't know from Ohio to Georgia...but I can tell her Kindergarten year is sorely lacking what the other 3 had back in Ohio...
And I so get what you mean about your DH thriving and that being harder on you! the first 6 months I was soooo nasty about everything here and vocally outspoken about my misery, just trying to push the guilt! We've talked, many times, and are compromising...with a shared goal to move back to Ohio in about 4 yrs. That is what keeps me going...