I'm feeling annoyed today, and because it is Monday that is increasing it ten-fold. Therefore, I must vent:
Complaint #1: Bank of America Sucks Donkey Balls
I have done my banking there since 1996, and have pretty much hated them since the inception of our relationship for one reason or another, though I'm not sure there is a banking establishment out there that I would truly love. It just kind of is what it is, and I stay because it is a pain to move everything. HOWEVER, I recently received a random envelope in the mail from them saying "Hey, here's a new debit card because your info was potentially compromised. Totally our bad, sorry about that." And there were three main things that really irked me about the situation: 1) WTF? Potentially compromised? The nonchalance of the letter was irritating. 2) The card had a new number (obvs) but I had my old one memorized -- which proved very convenient when making online purchases at new retailers -- no need to dig through my wallet! and 3) Do you know how many things I have automatically debit out of my account? About a million -- netflix, the gym, student loan payments...yada, yada, yada...you get it. But let's just say in the last 3 weeks I have gotten a lot of "Something is wrong with your credit card" emails and phone calls (including a "Collections" call from 24 Hour Fitness complete with a rude ass girl on the other line demanding payment) and I would really like to just punch Bank of America in the stomach each time I have to deal with it.
Complaint # 2: Yahoo! You Are Dead to Me
So about a week ago I tried to sign into my Yahoo! account and got an irritating error message. I sent the appropriate complaint and received a canned response of "We're working on it!" And then I waited. And sent another complaint. And got another canned response. And waited. And got an email with a ticket #. And waited. I don't know what the hell they are working on but after more than a week I still can not check my mother-loving email. And for someone who checks their email probably 30 times a day this is...oh, how do you say...UNFUCKINGACCEPTABLE! Everything comes to that email address. EVERYTHING. Obviously I am going to have to move on to another address (especially after googling this problem and reading about people who have been dealing with it for over a year...um, no) but again, now I have to figure out by trial and error exactly what I need to update. Also, it means until Yahoo! fixes the problem everything stored in that account (aka future travel itineraries, groupons, contacts, etc) are gone. GONE. Ugh, the thought of it all kind of makes me ill. I think Yahoo! and Bank of America may be in cahoots.
Complaint #3: I miss the skin on my hands and knees
So Garrett and I joined a CrossFit Gym about a month ago (the nasty call from the 24 Hour Fitness Rep ended up being the perfect time to cancel our old gym membership...HA! Take that, bitchy chick.) and really I have loved every minute since, you know aside from the blisters on my hands and the rug burn (Yes, I injured myself doing modified push ups. Awesome). The first month you spend 3 days per week learning technique and most of the lifts and then do an abbreviated workout. Abbreviated. Yet I have pretty much been sore everyday since we joined. So last Friday we finished our course and now I guess we get to join the rest of the folks and do the real workouts, and honestly I feel a little freaked out about it. Sometimes I find the warm ups a challenge (embarrassing as that is to admit) so the thought of an entire 40-60 minute workout is freaking me out a bit. I just went online and looked at our WOD for tonight and HOLY SHIT. Now I have 10 hours to try and figure out how the hell one modifies a handstand push up. OHMYGOD.
I think I will leave it at my top 3 complaints because, really, that is probably enough. I don't want to get on a roll or I will never shut up and I don't need to start this day with a downward spiral in attitude.
What's bugging you this Monday? You know you want to vent.
2 comments:
I always find the warmups in CF hard. Which I agree is totally sucky.
Modified handstand pushups: take on the boxes you use for box jumps, and kneel on it, lean over and put your hands on the ground and do a push up from there. The closer your hands are to the box, the harder, the farther out (approximating a push up position w/knees on the box) the 'easier'.
You will be find, promise :)
I realize your post is ages old, and I'm just some random blog lurker, but I feel the need to comment anyway.
I totally agree about BoA. I've been with them since 1999, and I'm SLOWLY working myself over to a credit union. When I called the credit union, I told the rep that they were stealing me away from one of the giant evil banks. Her response? "Chase or Bank of America?"
I've gotten THREE letters from BoA with new debit cards in them. Perhaps they want to beef up their security? It's cute that they think they're doing us a favor. "Your account may have been compromised, so just in case, and because we care about you, we're sending you a new card. Smooches."
The change is hard and it's going to be a sloooooooooooow process. I'm just tired of paying $5/month for my savings account.
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