Comments on: My Disposable Income Became A Little Less Disposable http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/2008/06/25/my-disposable-income-became-a-little-less-disposable/ If You Are Not Living, You Are Dying. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:27:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Paulie [eatl/ga] http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/2008/06/25/my-disposable-income-became-a-little-less-disposable/#comment-374581 Paulie [eatl/ga] Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:15:50 +0000 http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/?p=988#comment-374581 Whew, I'm not the only one who gets frustrated with these automated answering systems! :) Whew, I’m not the only one who gets frustrated with these automated answering systems! :)

]]> By: Kay http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/2008/06/25/my-disposable-income-became-a-little-less-disposable/#comment-374573 Kay Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:10:16 +0000 http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/?p=988#comment-374573 ACE automated system: Haha, funny you should write that. It also had my husband ranting, cursing and jumping up and down the other day when he tried to call them to ask if they sold something. Amazing how such a small store can have so many departments, do they even have that many staff?...maybe they have a room full of oompaloompas out the back just to answer the calls? Well, I guess not because when hubby did try to select various departments no one answered anyway. Straight off to Lowes he went. ACE automated system: Haha, funny you should write that. It also had my husband ranting, cursing and jumping up and down the other day when he tried to call them to ask if they sold something. Amazing how such a small store can have so many departments, do they even have that many staff?…maybe they have a room full of oompaloompas out the back just to answer the calls? Well, I guess not because when hubby did try to select various departments no one answered anyway. Straight off to Lowes he went.

]]> By: Barb http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/2008/06/25/my-disposable-income-became-a-little-less-disposable/#comment-374461 Barb Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:28:38 +0000 http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/?p=988#comment-374461 Try coughing or sneezing into the phone with those speaking options..... it is pretty funny, you get the response "I'm sorry, I don't recognize what you just said". # sign works pretty good sometimes too. Sometimes I just push numbers to see where it will send me. (I have to call the Railroads all the time, and they hate letting you talk to someone) Try coughing or sneezing into the phone with those speaking options….. it is pretty funny, you get the response “I’m sorry, I don’t recognize what you just said”.
# sign works pretty good sometimes too.
Sometimes I just push numbers to see where it will send me. (I have to call the Railroads all the time, and they hate letting you talk to someone)

]]> By: Paulie [eatl/ga] http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/2008/06/25/my-disposable-income-became-a-little-less-disposable/#comment-374381 Paulie [eatl/ga] Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:45:09 +0000 http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/?p=988#comment-374381 Wednesdays are hard blogging days right now because I have a 7:30am meeting with my boss. Therefore I didn't proofread the "finished" product and left all of that mess at the bottom. Hopefully all of you who read it have short memories so that when I use the material later it will still seem new. :) Wednesdays are hard blogging days right now because I have a 7:30am meeting with my boss. Therefore I didn’t proofread the “finished” product and left all of that mess at the bottom.

Hopefully all of you who read it have short memories so that when I use the material later it will still seem new. :)

]]> By: Stacy http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/2008/06/25/my-disposable-income-became-a-little-less-disposable/#comment-374370 Stacy Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:41:32 +0000 http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/?p=988#comment-374370 Hitting zero is my motto too. Of course, every now and again you get the obnoxious one that then says, "Okay, I can transfer you to an operator, but first need a little more information..." and asks you to start pressing buttons again. Oh, that totally burns me up. I REALLYhate the ones that you have to speak into as well. Like UPS: "what would you like to do? Say 'track a package,' 'arrange for pick-up', etc..." I always feel like a complete dumbass sitting at my desk just speaking half sentences into the phone between half minutes of silence waiting for the machine to talk back at me. What would I like to do? I'd like to SPEAK TO A HUMAN BEING, that's what I'd like to do! (and, no, it's not a recognized option when you do answer that way) Paulie, I saw all that stuff at the bottom too...thought perhaps you were adding a new category to your blog that I just didn't quite understand just yet. :-) Hitting zero is my motto too. Of course, every now and again you get the obnoxious one that then says, “Okay, I can transfer you to an operator, but first need a little more information…” and asks you to start pressing buttons again. Oh, that totally burns me up.

I REALLYhate the ones that you have to speak into as well. Like UPS: “what would you like to do? Say ‘track a package,’ ‘arrange for pick-up’, etc…” I always feel like a complete dumbass sitting at my desk just speaking half sentences into the phone between half minutes of silence waiting for the machine to talk back at me. What would I like to do? I’d like to SPEAK TO A HUMAN BEING, that’s what I’d like to do! (and, no, it’s not a recognized option when you do answer that way)

Paulie, I saw all that stuff at the bottom too…thought perhaps you were adding a new category to your blog that I just didn’t quite understand just yet. :-)

]]> By: Barb http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/2008/06/25/my-disposable-income-became-a-little-less-disposable/#comment-374318 Barb Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:13:01 +0000 http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/?p=988#comment-374318 Paulie - what you really need to do is invest in a 2nd full propane tank (purchased at your local Ace Hardware). That way when you run out, you just switch the tank, and continue cooking. Oh yeah and throw the empty one in the car and get it refilled sometime in the near future. And - when presented with all those automated options, I just hit zero..... Paulie - what you really need to do is invest in a 2nd full propane tank (purchased at your local Ace Hardware). That way when you run out, you just switch the tank, and continue cooking. Oh yeah and throw the empty one in the car and get it refilled sometime in the near future.

And - when presented with all those automated options, I just hit zero…..

]]> By: Paulie [eatl/ga] http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/2008/06/25/my-disposable-income-became-a-little-less-disposable/#comment-374316 Paulie [eatl/ga] Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:12:04 +0000 http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/?p=988#comment-374316 I wish I had planned it to see if anybody actually makes it down to the bottom. :) As for the AppleTV I've already made many of the house alterations necessary. It's going into the basement to be projected on the screen. There exists a couch and a refrigerator already in place, so life will be good in the ITP Man Cave. Make sure you show up next week Martha. It's one of the 26 Days of Hashing, and you'll get to see all of the people who are "training" for the Peachtree. I'll be there because I've changed my plans about going down to Florida. I will <i>not</i> be doing the Peachtree Pub Crawl or drinking with the hashers on the 4th of July however.... I want to remember what it's like to see the fireworks. ;) I wish I had planned it to see if anybody actually makes it down to the bottom. :)
As for the AppleTV I’ve already made many of the house alterations necessary. It’s going into the basement to be projected on the screen. There exists a couch and a refrigerator already in place, so life will be good in the ITP Man Cave.

Make sure you show up next week Martha. It’s one of the 26 Days of Hashing, and you’ll get to see all of the people who are “training” for the Peachtree. I’ll be there because I’ve changed my plans about going down to Florida. I will not be doing the Peachtree Pub Crawl or drinking with the hashers on the 4th of July however…. I want to remember what it’s like to see the fireworks. ;)

]]> By: Martha http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/2008/06/25/my-disposable-income-became-a-little-less-disposable/#comment-374307 Martha Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:08:07 +0000 http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/?p=988#comment-374307 @Paulie at least I got the speed hump reference. @Steve 'fasting and not drinking', I know that is English but I don't know what it means?? @Paulie at least I got the speed hump reference.

@Steve ‘fasting and not drinking’, I know that is English but I don’t know what it means??

]]> By: Paulie [eatl/ga] http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/2008/06/25/my-disposable-income-became-a-little-less-disposable/#comment-374298 Paulie [eatl/ga] Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:03:56 +0000 http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/?p=988#comment-374298 Ack, I just realized that I kept in the remnants of some of today's "Other Ideas". Deleting now for all of you confused by these comments. Ack, I just realized that I kept in the remnants of some of today’s “Other Ideas”. Deleting now for all of you confused by these comments.

]]> By: Steve http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/2008/06/25/my-disposable-income-became-a-little-less-disposable/#comment-374293 Steve Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:59:48 +0000 http://www.insidetheperimeter.net/?p=988#comment-374293 While I'm sure everyone will miss you tonight Martha, ITP Reader Steve won't be at George's either... something about a physical in the morning and fasting and not drinking... of all the nerve!! -FP While I’m sure everyone will miss you tonight Martha, ITP Reader Steve won’t be at George’s either… something about a physical in the morning and fasting and not drinking… of all the nerve!!

-FP

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