Can I get an Amen...

Why are things so difficult?

I mean...calling almost any large company or service is filled with poor hold music...operators appreciating my patience...telling me someone will be with me soon...as I mentioned in my first entry....I have recently been removed from my job.  I won't bore you with details but I assure you it wasn't pleasant....

This not only pulled the cheddar from my wallet...it's forced me to deal with several departments within the state and federal government...let me tell you...It's been a real pleasure...oh wait...NO IT HASN'T...45 minute hold times...followed by six transfers...one gal actually told me sorry she's so tired and wasn't thinking straight...I feel you girl!  But you see your information is going to determine if and when I get hit by a bus will I be covered by insurance...or will I get to enjoy the never-ending payment plan from hell!

So picture this...as I'm writing this to you...The same six notes of a song are playing in broken audio over and over and over...I mean can't a brother get some HOT 101 or THE MIX in here...hell I'll settle for some elevator music...

Then it happens...it stops and I think I'm home free...NOPE just a message telling me that I can use their website...ya...but the website told me I HAD TO CALL...

Another topic I enjoy is the balance between needing help at a store (a la Home Depot) and not being able to find a rep...or having so much social anxiety that I will not tell the rep closest that I NEED F*CKING HELP!  All because I assume he thinks I'm an asshole who doesn't know anything...so that allows me to wander for twenty more minutes looking at all kinds of sh*t I don't need...You're welcome self...and to top it off I have to ask anyway...only to be told..."OH you're no where near where you need to go...oh really ZED...thanks...thanks for solidifying why I don't ask questions...I'll figure it out myself...

The only thing better is to accidentally wear a red shirt to Target...that's a party...

oh that reminds me...sometime ask me to tell the story about the time when in college AT&T wireless gave me a cage to stand in...in...Walmart...it's a good time