1 down, and a second one decided to get into the IRS scam game. At least they pretended it was a different fake lawyer this time! Reblocked, FTC complaint in, this was seemingly called from the same number that they want you to call back on.
I went the full force of the united states government to fall on these people. For me, it's just a nuisance. For many people, they fall for it and can lose their savings.
They deserve pretty much any penalty they get if they are actually arrested.
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Don't screw around with someone who has nothing else to do other than recover from surgery. I listened to your entire scare call, got the actual phone number that is supposed to be used to call you back at, and reported your idiot tuches' to the FTC.
Have fun explaining yourself to the government. They might not take all the scams seriously, but they do take the IRS one.
Enjoy!
Hawk
P.S. I love using the "block contact" number on my iPhone. Have fun trying to get through to me again for a while!
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At least, don't tell me it's probably benign in a letter and then ask me to come back in 6 months "to confirm this area has not changed".
Personally, I'm annoyed because this is a horrible way to tell someone that their mammogram has something to be worried about. I was in the office where the radiologist interpreted it. They could have come and talked with me so I could ask questions about probabilities. Instead I get a stupid form letter that's supposed to be reassuring. My mother had kidney cancer. I am quite aware that a 6 month cycle means that there's something they are concerned about.
Fuck them. I have an appointment with my primary care tomorrow night about my most recent back herniation, and I'll make him figure out for me if I should really bother going back in 6 months.
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It was a complete and utter success. I was very pleased with Mike & Leo, who came out, saw more nesting areas than we had, and went to obliterate them.
Once the smell has dissipated a bit more, I will take advantage of the 80+(!!!) day and sit with my foot propped up outside for a bit.
Turns out that the moron was not the owner, like I thought, but the owner's nephew/business partner. The owner was pre-warned by our Management people that I was Not. Impressed. the last time I dealt with this company, and we talked for a few. He listened to my incidents, mentioned he'd had another complaint about him (with a stern talking to), and said that the nephew would not be coming back here.
Off to the Brandon Sanderson signing at 2 pm today. I have no clue how crowded it will be, but I'll be trying to get there before 1.
It'd be more fun to go with people, but BF doesn't care anymore and there's no one down by me whom I know would care to go.
We'll see if the skeevy Oakland VW sales clowns give me a call while I'm over there. I've been trying to buy a car from them since last Sunday - same model year/style as mine, just with auto. Mine's in better shape & has a full spare/theirs has a few extra perks I don't care about and a 50/50 spare which I'll have to update. If they decide to start properly negotiating with me, rather than giving me calls when the negotiations not finished and saying "Your new car is ready for pickup on Friday!", I might get a new car.
They've already lost $300 of the price I'm willing to pay for the three calls like that they placed. Let's see if they make it $600-$700...
I don't care how old or young you are, if you're job title is scientist or executive admin. U do not use twitter/text writing in ur professional writing. It's stupid, and makes you look like an idiot. I don't care how rushed you were, because YOU didn't check your spam before deleting it and somehow managed to get the emails we sent you in your spam box twice. That doesn't remove from you the obligation to interact with other professionals as an adult.
Is there a dearth of good, basic, education in this country or am I just misunderstanding what exactly basic education is?
Back in high school, I learned that the majority of Indians are Hindi, and that being Hindi means you don't eat cow because it's sacred. Now, I don't recall that much otherwise about Hinduism, but I've always kept that in mind to not offend my Hindi friends.
I had lunch at a fast-casual Indian buffet. I'm the only customer in the store, until a tall, lanky, 40ish white guy walks in. I don't hear what the cashier said, but the guy said that he'd be in more than once a week if they did more variety, like fish or beef.
I happened to be sitting by the drink carousel, and as he walked over I politely said to him "You do know that Indian restaurants tend to be Hindi, which holds the cow sacred?" He was polite about being corrected, but all "Oh.... that's why I don't see beef in Indian restaurants".
Dude, I learned that by 10th grade. Isn't that one of the basics of World Cultures that they teach in schools? Or is it just one of those things that only the "smart kids" remember?
Sheesh. I was so tempted to go up and apologize to the cashier for this guy.
I left work early today as my (supposed) sinus infection was kicking my ass. Since I had time to kill before my dr appointment, I went to my comic store to hang out.
The guys there are generally fun to hang with; today, however, the 21 year old kid who worked there earlier in the year was also there.
Elath, were we ever that stupid? Not only did he not comprehend how to deal with the bank, that was charging him $35 A DAY in overdraft fees, but he seems to be genuinely clueless about life. I pointed out to him that if he was that much in debt, maybe he should try working somewhere other than the movie theaters. After being told that he was putting out resumes, I demanded to see his (as he had his laptop with him).
His resume was 2 pages long, had tons of white space, used a silly email address, had lots of job specific jargon that made no sense, and too many high school activities that no one would care about in the "real" world. When I asked him what his cover letter looked like? He asked me what one was.
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I cheerfully ripped his resume apart, with the other guys in the store nodding their heads in agreement, and then told him to go to the local government job locater agency and take some classes. And I stupidly told him that if he revised his resume and wrote a sample cover letter, I would help him with it.
Hell, I might as well have fun ripping people's resumes apart in front of them. The mocking we do at work isn't very fulfilling, as those people aren't in front of me to make them cry.
I bought the "Natural" colors multi-pack of ready-to-use rolled fondant expecting at least three of your four colors - Light Brown, Dark Brown, Pink, Black - to be skin toned. That expectation was enhanced by your product, which has examples of multi-racial smiling faces decorating a cake (see picture below).
Why then did you insist on putting in tiny letters under Pink "skin tone"? Is the Dark Brown or Light Brown not skin toned? Do only "pink" people buy your product? Are you, like so many other companies, still clueless that most people are not "pink" skin-toned & that marketing your product in this manner is both asinine and counter-productive? Am I annoyed that I could not find a box of only black fondant, instead of this?
Whatever possessed you to leave a six-year old child alone at a National Park? I don't care that it's Yosemite & that you were staying at Curry Village, which should be safe. A six-year old is too young to be left by themselves in that situation. Especially as I didn't come across your crying six-year old at your cabin, but standing in the middle of the Village crying for mommy because she couldn't find her. She (and you) are damn lucky BF & I came across her and not someone else who'd be less... human.
I know it might not look like I was doing much, when you finally wandered by and saw your child; however, I was there keeping her calm, asking her questions about where you or your wife might have disappeared to, while BF was checking your cabin and trying to find a ranger. I deliberately didn't go elsewhere with her, as we were in a prime spot to see everyone coming through the Village area. I didn't stop to help her to win accolades, though it might have behooved you to acknowledge the fact that someone had stopped to help your child, rather than just ignore my presence completely.
BF thinks I should have reamed you up & down. I probably should have. However, the child was there, calming down because at least daddy was there (though she wanted mommy), and I didn't want to wind her up again. Also, I was frankly startled at the fact that you weren't even acknowledging my existence.
I'm sure either you or your wife would have claimed that they told the child where they'd be and to stay put. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the child had been told, and then forgotten. However, here's the deal - it's a six-year old. They're not going to necessarily remember squat about that sort of thing, and you don't leave them alone in the woods - ever - even if it seems safe because other people are around. It's a shame that they don't require licenses before they let you have children. Maybe you would have learned some common sense before now.
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