Sometimes you just need to scream!!!

[pbrme]

^seams like you do a lot at your work between this and reviews.

I HATE IT whenever I stay up late on Sunday, to squeeze in one more show or movie, beer, etc... to finally make it into bed, accidentally wake the cat up and listen to it lick itself back to sleep for the next 30 min.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Finally got a response from the landlord on Friday. Actually it was from his attorney, and the letter basically said that they will sue us if we sue them. This is getting interesting very quickly...

Final update on this story:

We had our day in court last Thursday (Nov. 3rd), and basically close to the worst case scenario played out. We had to wait in the seating area of the courtroom while we waited for our mandatory mediation session, and while we waited we quickly learned that we did not want to get in front of this particular judge. He was definitely not in a good mood and was dealing with a pair of squabbling ladies who were just pissing him off more with their lack of preparation and their inability to even illustrate a reason to be in court. After about 20 minutes, the judge had to call a time-out because these ladies were creating a back-up of people waiting for mediation (which made him even more upset).

So when we finally got back to talk with the mediator, we find out he was the mediator for the two ladies in court in front of us and was also in a bad mood (although much better than the judge). The mediator listened to our side (with the landlord out of the room), then listened to their side (with us out of the room), then talked with us again separately to discuss options. He told us that the landlord had a pretty strong case and that things would probably not go well for us if we went in front of the judge because the landlord had receipts, invoices, and some intentionally not-so-flattering photos of the house. They even showed up with a counter-claim of ~$700 more (also with backup).

The landlord ended up making a few concessions with what they had told us they would do, we conceded a few things, and ultimately we agreed that the deposit stays with them, that neither of us owes the other anything else, and that neither of us can go after the other for anything more if discovered later.

So on one hand I paid $150 in court & prep costs to not pay the landlord the $93 he originally billed me, but on the other hand by paying a little more to the courts I ended up not having to pay $700 more to the landlord plus we now have protections in place to keep us from getting sued from more BS charges in the future.

Oh well, at least this chapter of my life is done and I don't have to deal with that POS house again.

 

[engineergurl]

If you have three lunches within one hour, me thinks you need to spread those out into three separate 20-minute lunches.

Hah.

No, I was sitting down at my desk while eating, and had three different people come babble at me ask me questions. Happens every day, usually 5-6 times. We don't have a breakroom or any other place that would be convenient to eat. The worst is my boss, who not only asks me questions but also stands there waiting for a detailed response.

Simple soulution, take a bite of food, and give the detailed response with your mouth full... I bet they won't bug you again if you even go far enough to have some food fall out due to your excitement of the subject.

 

[snickerd3]

thats disgusting but true!!!

darn it i have had somethign in my eye for the last 20 minutes. I've tried eye drops toget the eyes to water and still nada.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

I don't understand auto insurance. I am going over my bill for adding the Bronco to the policy and I discover that the rate for my Camaro went up. I called customer service to find out why that vehicle's rate went up, and they said it was basically because I added the third vehicle. How does this make sense? Somehow I am more likely to wreck my car now that I have another one parked in the driveway?

 

[OSUguy98]

I don't understand auto insurance. I am going over my bill for adding the Bronco to the policy and I discover that the rate for my Camaro went up. I called customer service to find out why that vehicle's rate went up, and they said it was basically because I added the third vehicle. How does this make sense? Somehow I am more likely to wreck my car now that I have another one parked in the driveway?

overcrowding?

I know State Farm will charge you more if you have more vehicles than eligible drivers in the household....

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

My wife threw out the idea that people with more "toys" are more likely to use and consequently break said toys...

 

[MA_PE]

^ I don't buy that argument, actually if the number of drivers remained the same and the number of vehicles increased, then the liklihood of damaging a single vehicle should be less because you can't drive two at the same time.

I agree with you in that I don't see why the premium for an existing vehicle on the policy would get increased because another vehicle was added. Of course, the overall cost of the policy would go up (additonal premiums for the additional vehicle) but unless the primary driver assigned to the existing vehicle changed, I would expect that the premium for the existing vehicle should not change due to the addition.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Yeah, absolutely nothing changed as far as primary driver, primary use, location, etc. We only added the 3rd vehicle and listed it as a "recreational" use. Wierd part is that my wife's jeep's premium was unchanged.

 

[Master slacker]

USAA + extra vehicle = lower cost

 

[Capt Worley PE]

maybe they think you are more likely to back into one of your vehicles, since you now have more targets to hit.

 

[Master slacker]

OWIEFMEW(FJ*#$*()U^MJRIOMWEJFFSDHC()#$!!!!

Stupid )#$%#$) microsoft and their crashing Excel!!! AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

 

[DS58]

Lately the gas stations around here have been adding obnoxious audio/video ad machines at the pump. Someone has tried to sell my idle attention without my permission and it is incredibly annoying. These things are LOUD. It is like they are yelling at you to buy stuff. So far we are boycotting the stations that do this, but more and more are adding them. I may need to wear earplugs just to buy gas. It's like those scenes in Minority Report where everyone is constantly trying to sell you stuff.

:angry:

 

[snickerd3]

^ I have seen those...but not many. I agree they were loud. I don't remember where I was but there were audio/visual ads in the bathrooms!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

They have a mute button. At least the few around my house do. It's a quick learning process as to when you should hit the mute so that you don't have to hit it multiple times because some of them are "reset" once you do something to the pump (insert card, remove handle, etc.). Some of them are only on timers so that when you hit mute, it only stays quiet for 30-60 seconds.

 

[DS58]

No mute button.

 

[Supe]

Give it the mute fist, mute hammer, or mute ice scraper.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Mute bootheel works well too.

 

[engineergurl]

Mute bootheel works well too.

wow, now that would be some flexability!

 

[Exception Collection]

I'm behind on projects, and a coworker is out this week. So of course we have an urgent non-engineering thing that needs to be done, and it gets handed off to me (it was originally MIA-coworker's thing.)

I spent *6 hours* on it. And got very frustrated. And dropped a cluster F bomb at work for the first time ever - my coworkers "didn't even know (I) knew how to swear."

Correction: 7.5 hours total.