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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: Jan. 2008 ~ Mar. 2008: Free Expressions: The return of The Return of the Gripe Thread: Archive through March 20, 2008 users admin

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Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 12:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
Hukdonreality, I have zero of those and I want more too. Let me know if you find any.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 10:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I'm happy they found some of it. I'd be more angry at UPS too. That sounds like awfully crummy service.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 11:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Seems to me, Gracie, that YOU'VE done all the work, NOT UPS... Push them to give you a HUGE credit towards your next time... if you EVER bother to use them again!

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 1:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
The regular UPS delivery guy came by my dd and sil's to deliver another package and asked them about the one missing. Seems the guy last week was filling in for him. (Sounds like the postal workers in my neighborhood, here. They are filling in, so what difference does it make to them if they bunch several peoples' mail and dump it all in one mailbox?) The UPS driver who gave the box to a minor at the wrong address is not on my good side right now.

The kid who kept the box has my sympathy, because it seems he's been let down by his parents and has to be educated by the authorities on his behavior.

After digging out all the receipts, not including one of the missing presents (that I couldn't find the receipt for), nor the card, gift wrapping, box or packing, but adding in the cost of shipping, the entire box cost me monetarily over $345. I'm curious to see what UPS does. I've never had to file a claim before.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 3:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Gracie, years ago, I filed a claim once with FedEx. I'd sent an article by courier (pre-fax days) to a magazine in NYC and it was on deadline... needless to say it got waylaid and they were GREAT about reimbursing me the value of the article, AND they found it and delivered it a day or so later anyways. The magazine was great about the delay. But I almost had a meltdown with worry. The gal at FedEx was very understanding and kind. Hope you have the same kind of luck.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 12:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I'm not sure how UPS differs by state, but we rarely sign for our packages. The only time I've had to sign is when the sender (a jeweler) specifically requested it.

That certainly doesn't excuse the UPS driver's laziness, however. The address, similar or not, should be all he needs to do his job correctly!

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 12:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
I always sign for UPS deliveries at the office. However, they will just leave pkgs on your front porch @ home if nobody is around to sign. That's why I always have my personal pkgs delivered to the office.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 12:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
I just got off the phone with the lady for story ideas from the Des Moines Register - local newspaper. Told the lady I had a great idea for a story. Why not run a story about a local business committing fraud and false advertisments? She said it was a good idea, she would just need a little more information to see if it was a viable story or not. So I said the company has you pre-pay for their delivery service - which is a normal practice these days so that part is ok. But what isn't ok is the purchased product on a regular basis isn't delivered as promised and they have outsourced their employees to another state, taking away valuable Iowa jobs, so you call their support line and the people on the other end of the line have no idea what is going on in Iowa. Normal excuse is delivery delayed due to increased traffic. When you get so fed up that you aren't getting what you paid for, when you paid for you ask to talk to somebody in charge and you get told to hang on, *hear a tap tap tap* ok I sent an email to the district manager and he will call you within 3 hours. And this call never comes. Eventually the product is delivered but not within the time frame promised and paid for although there have been times the product just doesn't show. So basically customers are left paying for a service which does not meet the terms of the contract, and sometimes paying for a service and a product that never arrives. The lady then said that is sounded like a good lead on a story, could she have the name of the company. I said sure, the DES MOINES REGISTER. She said to please hold while she connected me to her boss. Then the phone got disconnected, on their end.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 12:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Serate, I'm sorry, I shouldn't laugh cuz that sounds pretty frustrating but dang! That was a very creative way to get your point across, lol!

Serate
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08-21-2001

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 1:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
That's ok War I was having a hard time not laughing when I said it.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 3:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
RFLOL Serate. Good job, bet it felt great too.

I have an opposite of a gripe. My dd flew cross country yesterday to visit family and friends. She is 15 and it's the first time she has ever flown alone. When she arrived she met my mom, grabbed her suitcase, tossed it on a cart and went home. It wasn't until they got to my mom's that they tried to pull the case for the first time since the flight and found that one wheel had been ripped out and most of the plastic wheel casing was also missing (so you could see right inside the suitcase - lucky nothing fell out). They unloaded the suitcase and hours later went back to the airport with it. The people there took less than five minutes to say that normally they would repair the case because it was a plastic casing and wheel that could be easily popped back in. That repair would take 2 weeks though and because she was travelling alone they would not make her visit more stressfull and gave her $100 instead. She is going to duct tape the hole so the case can be used for her return flight and we can take some time to shop for an ideal replacement. I am so impressed with this airline (its Westjet btw), never had a bad attitude from their employees and they really are as perky as their commercials. LOLOL

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 4:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
send your story idea to the local tv station.

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 5:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
How clever you are Serate!

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 7:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Another delivery not delivered according to the so-called "service" promised! Great job, serate! You 'handled' your delivery promptly and in great condition.

Wow Rissa! That's a real flip-flop for this thread! LOL

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 6:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Yup, I am going to write to them. Figure most people never hesitate to write when it's a complaint but never think to write about a compliment. She was literally in and out in 5 minutes, no games, no trying to avoid responsibility or blame it on the age of the suitcase, etc. I know it's probably a corporate decision to just deal generously with these types of complaints instead of nickeling and diming customers but I sure appreciate it when it affects a 15 yr old girl travelling alone.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 6:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Yep, Rissa, I wish WestJet flew overseas as well. I'd book with them any time. Every time we have flown with them domestically, it has always been a pleasure. Their staff still delivers *customer* service, still makes a real effort.

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 2:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
I've got to gripe because I've been scheduled for a vac. wk this coming wk for 4 months & I've had to cancel being off because new boss isn't comfortable with me not being there quite yet (however, he is taking a vac. wk the following wk) - go figure.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 6:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
TexasDeb, That's just not right at all. Geez.

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 6:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
I know, it's not right but, I have 12 yrs. of dedication in my current job that I'm not willing to put on the line. It's almost like he's not comfortable with me being off but he can be off because he deligates alot of crap to me that I shouldn't have to deal with & he knows I'll just handle these things when he is out. It's almost like he doesn't want the bigger powers to know that I am the one taking care of things & not him. I continue to chew out the inside of my cheeks on this one.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 9:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
(((Texasdeb)))

Grooch
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06-16-2006

Monday, March 17, 2008 - 10:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grooch a private message Print Post    
I's ask for a raise right about now. :-)

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, March 17, 2008 - 11:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Is there any way to go to TPTB and tip them off to this information?

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Monday, March 17, 2008 - 5:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Maybe he'll take his week off, and TPTB can see how smoothly things run in his absence, and then reschedule your week as soon as you can, and then let TPTB see how not-so-smoothly things run in your absence?

Neko
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08-03-2001

Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 4:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Neko a private message Print Post    
Okay, I need to vent.

At my work, we have a request sheet where we fill out the days we want off for the week that he's making the schedule up for.
I've been booking off a lot of time with school related stuff (I'm the Graduating Class President, so I end up having to do a lot of events to fundraise etc) but I've always been good with writing down what I couldn't work.
For the past couple of weeks, I've had to take a day out of the two I normally work off, but this week, I could work both my normal shifts so I didn't put anything down on the sheet.

On Friday, work called my house, but I didn't get the message until I got home late that night, so I didn't call back. I assumed it was someone hoping I could work their shift, and I couldn't. I guess that was my own fault.

Come Sunday, the day I normally work, I got up, got dressed, and went to work to open the store. The store was already open however, and I look at the schedule to find I'm NOT working my Sunday, and my Friday hours got cut down.

Needless to say, I was PISSED. I needed this money because I can't work the next couple of weeks, and I have to buy a dress (actually two) and business attire for all these stupid dinners I have to go to (I don't have anything else I can wear).

I called my boss that Sunday, get his answering machine, and leave a message asking him to call me back.
Of course he doesn't, because he avoids conflict that won't go HIS way.

Tonight, he calls me to tell me the stores not open tomorrow cause he forgot it was Good Friday, AND that the store isn't open on Sunday (the LAST day I could work for the next 3 weeks) either.
So when I ask him about the schedule issue, he's like "Well, I didn't KNOW that you could work your hours cause I signed up Meghan for these shifts and it turns out she couldn't work them blah blah blah."

I wanted to be like "Well, if you changed the request sheet into a "When can you work for the next month because I'm not going to trust you anymore because one of your coworkers didn't fill in the days they wanted off", then you should have TOLD ME."

I left Tim Hortons to get away from this shit, and it's funny that this place, ended up being so much worse.

I'm almost tempted to give my 2 weeks and just say it. I have no hours to work, no money, and I'm raking up the VISA bill with NO WAY to pay it off anymore.
I had everything worked out before he ruined this week, and now, I'm screwed.

I'm just so tired of everything.

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 5:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
(((Neko))) we can form a posse, gather all the axe murderers' with their sh*t-kickin' boots and make that man WISH he had treated our Neko right!

Seriously though, that really stinks. I hate it when bosses are so inept/unfair/chickensh*t.