I picked up a set of golf clubs on Primeday.
The cheap golf course next to my house is closing in two weeks.
The cheap golf course next to my house is closing in two weeks.
Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!
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Getting really pissed that my Amazon packages never actually make it here in two days. Latest offender is most of the things I ordered on Prime Day that I was supposed to get yesterday didn't even SHIP until this morning. If this was a one off thing because of overload I would be more forgiving about it, but shit I order is ALWAYS late and I'm sick of placating emails.
Theoretically I will too soon. My packages will probably still be late.
Call them or chat and complain loud and long. They should, at minimum, give you a free month of prime (ie, extend your current year subscription a month), and sometimes they will instead offer gift cards.
Further, if you check often and find it's shipping late, call immediately and complain before you receive the item, particularly if it's something you can get locally.
Email support isn't going to go very far, but you can continue to complain via email and they may still recompense you for it.
If they've already switched entirely over to using their "own" logistics service, your chances of packages ever being reliably on time again is about nil. We were in one of the test markets for Amazon Logistics, and I canceled my Prime membership because I was done being lied to, having my packages delayed, and never getting anything more than a "oh, sorry about that, we can't really trust these guys to do anything right." For those not in the know, Amazon Logistics is the Uber of package delivery services. They're actually using gig-economy drivers - and they don't care if that driver has 2 hours worth of time to spend on deliveries or 10, everybody gets the same amount of packages, so your packages may sit and wait in the back of a delivery van overnight (or longer) until its driver has a chance to work as a delivery person again. It's happened to me more times than I can count, and they are 100% committed to making their own logistics network and cutting out the middlemen of DHL, USPS, UPS, and FedEx. The issue, of course, is that as much as those middlemen can and frequently do suck, they've at least got their own secure storage areas, tracking software, hiring standards, etc., and Amazon Logistics has none of that. That delivery van full of packages that didn't get delivered? Yeah, it's not sitting at Amazon, or at a gated yard or anything like that, it's just sittin' in someone's driveway, or on the street, waiting to be broken into. It got to be so bad that we had to call Amazon and tell them not to have Amazon Logistics deliver anything to us after one of the drivers came to the house to deliver something, wouldn't stop asking my wife questions about me (where was I, where did I work, what hours did I work, when would I be home, etc.) and then didn't leave for the 3 hours that it took for me to get home. He was still sitting in his van, a couple houses down, just waiting. We never did find out what the hell was going on, but he seemed to either be casing the joint, or waiting to see if I came home when she said I would and breaking in to rape her if I didn't show. We got about a year and a half of deliveries from normal sources and then Logistics started showing up again, with all of the previous problems still included (aside from the one creepy driver), and after another failed delivery, I was done.
GasBandit
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Last night at a gas station I made an impulse buy of a bag of some snickers bites. Then I forgot to take them in with me when I got home.
Came back out to the car this morning to find a conveniently bagged snickers lump of sludge.
Gonna put it in the fridge and then, I dunno, hack it up with a knife or something I guess :/
Came back out to the car this morning to find a conveniently bagged snickers lump of sludge.
Gonna put it in the fridge and then, I dunno, hack it up with a knife or something I guess :/
I've done a similar thing. Still tastes pretty good, but it feels quite asinine to use a knife and fork to eat a snickers sludge-bar. Fun-size fact: my grandfather ate snickers bars with a knife and fork.
Oh. TIL you and @Fun Size are related.
I just Skor'd a 100 Grand when it comes to forum relatives. I feel like it's Payday every day!
Bleh. I posted something minor about my health on Facebook. I am so stupid. I hate people trying to diagnose me. I don't understand why people need to question my diagnosis and feel that food choices and diet are more relevant than the medical advice my team of doctors have given me and the current medication I am on that has taken years of trial and error to find. I had a few people post stuff directly but more contact me privately. My sister is helping me through this and telling me to be calm and saying that they care and want to help, but I find the need to second guess my diagnosis and challenge my treatment and tell me to eat whole foods incredibly offensive.
For the record, I'm all for healthy food and with my stomach issues I'm eating pretty clean anyways but none of that changes my DNA.
For the record, I'm all for healthy food and with my stomach issues I'm eating pretty clean anyways but none of that changes my DNA.
Wife let me order a poster as early birthday present, only for us to discover it wasn't really a poster, just a small image blown up to be pixelated and blurry. More research shows the art was stolen, so of course they didn't have the original image to properly resize. And no refunds. Back at ya, Astoriageek.
Silver lining, two of my Godzilla posters have been in cheapo frames that aren't holding up well, so the new frame I got for the new poster is now giving a better display to the Godzilla Mothra King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack poster.
(Yes, that is the real title of the film.)
Silver lining, two of my Godzilla posters have been in cheapo frames that aren't holding up well, so the new frame I got for the new poster is now giving a better display to the Godzilla Mothra King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack poster.
(Yes, that is the real title of the film.)
Maybe you need to increase your fiber intake so you can give more shits.
--Patrick
Ha!
Depending on who you ask, that's evil stuff though!!
Depending on who you ask, that's evil stuff though!!
You do have to be careful with fiber intake, yes. It's wonderful stuff for diabetics, because it can help regulate blood sugar levels, but eat too much and you'll be breathing in through your mouth/nose and out through your arse.
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Dammit, Nick!
Not sure why you'd need one to attend, but you've got the fancy pen and handwriting down so it's not like you couldn't make one.The Aquabats! are in Pittsburgh tonight. I have the time and money to go, but not the will.
Not feeling THAT bad today. [emoji14]Not sure why you'd need one to attend, but you've got the fancy pen and handwriting down so it's not like you couldn't make one.
More meh than blah. And meh trumps an 80-mile trip each way.
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A beard splinter? What kind of monstrosity are you growing on your face?I got a beard splinter in my thumb, and it's in too deep to get with tweezers!
GasBandit
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You've never had a beard splinter before? That surprises me.
As you know, human facial hair gets more "spiky" the shorter it gets. There's a magic length, about 2mm or so, where it's not stubble but it doesn't bend like hair, and becomes a jagged microspear of keratin. And these little bastards can come from otherwise harmless beard hairs, by just having the last little bit of it break off and jab you.
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(not mine, I just googled it up to provide a visual aid)
GasBandit
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I'm not going to be lectured by a feathered stringiform.
Hey, you don't hear me rant about the taste of pellets, do you?
Nothing is too deep to get with tweezers. Nothing. I should know.I got a beard splinter in my thumb, and it's in too deep to get with tweezers!
--Patrick
I've had beards (goatees) for nearly 30 years and never had that.
For the first month or so my beard is hard as hell, but it never poked me.
For the first month or so my beard is hard as hell, but it never poked me.
GasBandit
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I was able to get it at work, I have forceps here, which are better than tweezers.
Not to perpetuate the whole "fur" analogy, but I'm told groomers get them a lot.