Twos’daze better that that $%^& Muhndaze,,,

really do not like making the calls I made today.    Mostly because I DESPISE talking  to robots,,,,    Anywhoooz,,, Called UPS about the shipment that has been in question.    Run-around with Robotic voice that says “shipment was delayed for reschedule by (garbled) and will arrive on the new agreed upon date.   Does this answer your question?”

Um, NO!! What was the new agreed upon date? 

Start the whole process over but this time, every question is answered with “I wanna talk to a person”.  ONLY took 6 questions for the robot to give in and re-direct my call.

And amazingly, an NATIVE english speaker!!!   If not born in Good Ol’ U, S, of A, at least spent enough time here or with GOOD tutors to fake it.

Lots of apologies and sorries and well’s  but the end result being “we don’t rightly KNOW where your package is: you will need to start an investigation through your shipper,,,,”    IE, Driver saw what it was, liked it enough to risk job and took it home,,,,   At least that MY opinion.    (FYI, the item in question is camping gear,,,,)

SO,,,, Now armed with a reference number courtesy of UPS, I call the Zon and start another robotic tap and dance, but this time, I go straight for proper body temperature and cognizence, telling ol Robbie the Robot, ‘piss off and let me talk to your programmer”

Robbie the robot offers “if you want to wait on hold the wait is 7 minutes, or we can call you back at (this) number,,,,  Do you want to wait for our call?”

What the hell, I have had to deal with this once before with The Zon and they do have GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE, (which finding out that UPS is rather archaic and stone-agey, was a shock) “call me back”

Five minutes later, I am on phone with a HUMAN BEING, and while not native speaker of the ol’Amurikan, not bad and I only had to ask him to repeat himself ONCE,,,,

New item on its way, (within three days) no charge to my card and I got a $20 rebate applied as well ‘for your inconvenience’. AND, this time around, in a plain brown box so prying eyes don’t know whats being delivered.   I swear that is what happened (though obviously, I don’t know for certain: I can only extrapolate.  BUT, current location and the fact that ‘rural’ ‘outdoorsman types’ and oppurtunity,,,,,  )  When I mentioned this, the operator/CSR didn’t outright say he agreed, but his tone was ‘ya, you’re probably right, and not the first time I have heard THIS story,,,,’.

So, while not satisfied YET, I have rectified the situation to some extent.   When the item arrives, THEN, I will fill out the questionaire asking how it went.   (email from CSR after the fact)

Today at J.O.B. was uneventful, still on the grumpy side but mostly because Ol’ Arthur came to visit last night and ALL OF THE OLD WOUNDS in my right arm were out in full force.  Even the old hairline fracture of my ulna felt fresh and alive.   I slept very little, and a handful of OTC’s, some topical stuff and a compression bandage on the wrist/thumb area,,, I was ‘mostly functional’.   My biggest asset is between my ears, so I was still able to do my job, even if not physically able to handle things (much,,, I still did, but my right hand grip was near non-existent.)

Shit still hurts, but at least I can control my hand again.   I wasn’t even able to move the first two fingers or my thumb until around noon.     Fingertips to shoulderblade, one big mess of pains.

This gettin’ old shit SUCKS,,,,

Little story from Brudda B.   Seems he has been bouncing around a pair of alternate realities lately.     Working at his shop, work, cleanups, work cleanups,  wash rinse repeat, over the last two weeks: he found one of these

Then today, in the same spot, after a full cleaning of house, FOUND ANOTHER.

Funny thing is, I have one myself.  I know where mine came from, and it wasn’t dropped in my path by goofy gremlins with a sick sense of humor.  (I will tell that one at some point, just not now.)

Seriously, serendipity or syncrhonicity?   You decide.  

Or maybe it was the Nazi scientists playing with a remote time viewer and left him a gift,,,,   WTFK, right?

SO, without going into all the Kabuki theater taking place, (who wants to talk wars and shit.  WATCH, yes,  Talk about it,,,, Nottasomuch,,,,) I leave you with some thinks,,,,,

CYA on the morrow

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